Can't Record Tapes
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richardash1981
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Re: Can't Record Tapes
I think it depends on the VHS machine whether you need a video source or not. I've had at least one which would do audio-only quite happily with no video input, as well as one which had an audio-only long play claiming 6 hours on a tape, although I never used it as such (the heads were shot on that as well).
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tryingtorecord
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Re: Can't Record Tapes
Thank you for your response. I will look into the things you mentioned, but my question was prompted by my discovery of gaps in the tape directly after I'd tried to transfer the sound into Audacity.
I wish the company that made these language tapes would provide a digital version, but they don't and have no plans to in the near future. I have only an 18-year-old boom box to play the tapes on. I could buy a smaller portable cassette player, but I hate the idea of buying a single-purpose piece of outdated technology when I have an iPod. It also is much easier to stop a digital recording than a taped one.
I wish the company that made these language tapes would provide a digital version, but they don't and have no plans to in the near future. I have only an 18-year-old boom box to play the tapes on. I could buy a smaller portable cassette player, but I hate the idea of buying a single-purpose piece of outdated technology when I have an iPod. It also is much easier to stop a digital recording than a taped one.