recoding tracks from a cassette

coonsanders · Post by **coonsanders** » Wed May 20, 2009 3:43 pm

hi
what setting should i hsve in preferance to record tracks from a cassette tape?i have the tape deck connected to the line in on my sound card but i just have to know if i have the preferances configged tight.thanks...

coonsanders

Post by **waxcylinder** » Wed May 20, 2009 4:03 pm

When I xfrd my tapes I had the project rate at 44.1kHz abd left the Audacity default of 32-bit floating for capture and edit (stereo of course). On Export, I exported to WAV using Audacity to downample at 44.1kHz 16-bit stereo (CD Red Book standard).

Just the same settings that I used for my LP xfrs - and now for FM capture.

WC

coonsanders · Post by **coonsanders** » Wed May 20, 2009 6:03 pm

hi wax

thanks 4 the info.do u also do 78s besides cassette?i do...

lenny aka coonsanders

Post by **waxcylinder** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:07 am

Sadly no. Many years ago I had assembled a reasonable collection of 78s, painstakingly collected from jumble sales etc. - but when I left home to go to University my parents kindly threw all my stuff out, including my 78s

As you can see I still feel the pain of loss, even after all these years ....

WC

coonsanders · Post by **coonsanders** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:48 am

hi
i feel the pain just reading tyour story.......theres a great website called dismuke...its a forum dedicated to trcords..check it
out if your not a member...its worth a look.

lenny

layresearcher · Post by **layresearcher** » Sat May 23, 2009 7:27 am

waxcylinder wrote:When I xfrd my tapes I had the project rate at 44.1kHz abd left the Audacity default of 32-bit floating for capture and edit (stereo of course). On Export, I exported to WAV using Audacity to downample at 44.1kHz 16-bit stereo (CD Red Book standard).

Just the same settings that I used for my LP xfrs - and now for FM capture.

WC

Could you expand on this answer for me waxcylinder?

EG once I have my audio cassette playing where to I feed the output wires on my PC?

I see the Microphone and Speaker holes on one side of my PC and then what look like two round holes to feed sound in on the other side.

So where should I plug the external feed from my cassette player?

and what am I likely to see on my PC screen after that?

Will a soundfile of MP3 or Wav automatically form to accommodate new incoming sound?

Thanks

coonsanders · Post by **coonsanders** » Sat May 23, 2009 10:03 am

hi
well i use the "line in "on rthe soundcard.....this is the same input thats used 4 the microphone...hope that helps.

coonsanders

Post by **waxcylinder** » Sat May 23, 2009 5:53 pm

as lenny (coonsanders) says use the line in on your PC.

But if you have a laptop it may be that you don't have a line in only a mic in - Do NOT use the mic in for the input from the tape deck, the signal will be high in level. Instead if this is the case you will need to buy an external soundcatd - see this thread: http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9477

WC

coonsanders · Post by **coonsanders** » Sat May 23, 2009 7:46 pm

hi wax

sorry to tell u but i have a desktop computer...but thanks anyway.

lenny

layresearcher · Post by **layresearcher** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:57 am

Thanks for that help but have some other major dramas holding back at the moment, like why does my PC refuse to play audio and video sound sometimes???

If you have any ideas on any switches that can be flicked to sort this problem short of rebooting PC it would be good?

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