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I have a non copyrighted audio book that is on cassette tape that I am trying to transfer to cd before the tape wears out. The problem is it was made to play on tape decks that had a balance control. Is there any way to record it through the line in on my (sound blaster audigy 2 A000) sound card, and use audacity to seperate the channels. I have at my disposal a Behringer Eurorack 6-channel mixing board. I have tried using a stereo 1/8 in. jack cable to run from my radio to my comp but was still getting some bleed through from the other channel. I would appreciate your help as this book is no longer available and is from a author and company that no longer can be reached.

Thx for your help,
Tfrog

The easiest way to split a stereo track into two mono tracks is to use Audacity 1.3.x
You can download the latest version of Audacity 1.3 from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/

To split the stereo track into two mono tracks, click on the name of the track, then from the drop down menu, select "Split to mono".

Thx, I'll give that a try and see if it works.

Tfrog

I'm still getting bleed through of the opposing channel. Is there any way to record only the left or right audio channel? Or do I need a plug-in? This wouldn't be a problem if they still put balance adjustments on tape players. If necessary I can send you a sound bite of the audio I'm working with so that you can see the problem.

tfrog

tfrog wrote:I'm still getting bleed through of the opposing channel.

It's possible that the bleed-through may be on the tape. As tapes age the stereo separation tends to blur. Are you able to test one of the tapes on another tape player?

No, I only have access to one tape player at this time. If this is the case is there any way of cleaning it up or boosting the volume of the channel I want, or am I just SOL on this project?

Thx,
Tfrog

Could you post a short sample as a WAV file to the forum (less than 6 seconds of the 2 channel stereo track).