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Post by gadgets88 on Dec 20, 2006 14:59:42 GMT 8
Anybody tried converting audio cassette tapes to digital files?
Do I need special equipments or just software?
Thanks a many!
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Post by styxmaster69 on Dec 20, 2006 15:08:49 GMT 8
connect your cassette output to your soundcard line in then once you play the music record it with windows recorder.... your media output will be on wav file... convert it to mp3 with a 3rd party software or any ripper....
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Post by P-jhay on Dec 23, 2006 17:05:59 GMT 8
;D
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Post by anthrax76 on Dec 27, 2006 13:14:29 GMT 8
note that there might be "noise" on your digitally recorded sound
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Post by P-jhay on Dec 29, 2006 10:37:49 GMT 8
You can use audio softwares to minimize "noise" in your audio files like Ntrack, Acid Pro 6, and many more.
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Post by gadgets88 on Jan 3, 2007 8:39:44 GMT 8
On my way to buy a stereo jack cable today. Will let you guys know how I'm doing.
Thanks for the ideas fellas.
Abangan...! (to be continued...!)
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Post by losiphile on Jan 3, 2007 16:20:40 GMT 8
On my way to buy a stereo jack cable today. Will let you guys know how I'm doing. Thanks for the ideas fellas. Abangan...! (to be continued...!) If you can get hold of the software ADOBE Auditions 2.0, you can even clean your recording and do some enhancements to your music like re-equalizing them, add more bass, remove some treble, enhance the vocals, up the frequency, and etc. When recording, use 32Bit/96Khz sampling then downgrade to 16Bit/24Khz before transferring to your media of choice even before making it an MP3. This is what I do in transferring music from LP (Long Playing) vinyl. Enjoy recording and just be patient. God Bless.
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Post by gadgets88 on Jan 4, 2007 9:10:53 GMT 8
If you can get hold of the software ADOBE Auditions 2.0, you can even clean your recording and do some enhancements to your music like re-equalizing them, add more bass, remove some treble, enhance the vocals, up the frequency, and etc. When recording, use 32Bit/96Khz sampling then downgrade to 16Bit/24Khz before transferring to your media of choice even before making it an MP3. This is what I do in transferring music from LP (Long Playing) vinyl. Enjoy recording and just be patient. God Bless. Wow! Thanks for the great advice. Sounds like an audiophile to me. What rig are you using? Vinyl playe? Amp? Speaker system? Ears?
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Post by losiphile on Jan 4, 2007 10:44:58 GMT 8
Wow! Thanks for the great advice. Sounds like an audiophile to me. What rig are you using? Vinyl playe? Amp? Speaker system? Ears? Audiophile in a sense that I like listening to music. LP because it sounds better (IMOO) than a CD specially if you have a really mint condition LPs. My rig...well...just a budget set-up all puchased locally... Turntable: Technics SL-6 Direct Drive, Programmable, Linear Tracker (Swap with a 3-year old Nokia 3310) Amplifier: Pioneer VSX-D509S Receiver (DTS/Dolby Digital) (Courtesy of S.O.S. Ever-Gotesco) Speakers (Courtesy of Listening Room - MegaMall): Front - Wharfedale Diamond 8.3 (Floor standing) Rear - Wharfedale Diamond 8.1 Center - Wharfedale Diamond Center Subwoofer - JVC na surplus Ears: Still very good at age 40. Enjoy The Music. God Bless.
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Post by kuchikoo on Jan 4, 2007 22:45:24 GMT 8
brad can i do audio tape-digital conversion on my notebook? what hardware and software do i need? thanks brad! hapy new year!
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Post by losiphile on Jan 5, 2007 11:33:19 GMT 8
brad can i do audio tape-digital conversion on my notebook? what hardware and software do i need? thanks brad! hapy new year! Yes provided you have a soundcard with audio line-in. You also need a good tape deck and ADOBE Auditions 2.0 or other audio grabber software and you're good to record. Hope this help. losiphile
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Post by P-jhay on Jan 5, 2007 12:09:26 GMT 8
wow! sounds good.. ;D
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Post by imusbiker on Jan 5, 2007 15:55:51 GMT 8
brad can i do audio tape-digital conversion on my notebook? what hardware and software do i need? thanks brad! hapy new year! Hi, try this open-source software: audacity.sourceforge.net for audio grabbing and editing...
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Post by gadgets88 on Jan 5, 2007 16:06:51 GMT 8
Audiophile in a sense that I like listening to music. LP because it sounds better (IMOO) than a CD specially if you have a really mint condition LPs. My rig...well...just a budget set-up all puchased locally... Turntable: Technics SL-6 Direct Drive, Programmable, Linear Tracker (Swap with a 3-year old Nokia 3310) Amplifier: Pioneer VSX-D509S Receiver (DTS/Dolby Digital) (Courtesy of S.O.S. Ever-Gotesco) Speakers (Courtesy of Listening Room - MegaMall): Front - Wharfedale Diamond 8.3 (Floor standing) Rear - Wharfedale Diamond 8.1 Center - Wharfedale Diamond Center Subwoofer - JVC na surplus Ears: Still very good at age 40. Enjoy The Music. God Bless. Sounds like we have ears of the same generation. Martial Law baby are we! I also got my Home theater system from Listening Room, Megamall owned by Oliver Pe. Keep on listening. Enjoy the Music. Not too loud (ala bands in Ermita and fastfood joints) and the ears will last as long as the gears, right? It's all a matter of giving a lot of TLC. Just like the way you treat your bike, or your gf, right? I got the stereo jack yesterday at Quiapo at P30. Will try recording this Sunday... Abangan... (suspensful...)
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Post by losiphile on Jan 5, 2007 17:05:26 GMT 8
Audiophile in a sense that I like listening to music. LP because it sounds better (IMOO) than a CD specially if you have a really mint condition LPs. My rig...well...just a budget set-up all puchased locally... Turntable: Technics SL-6 Direct Drive, Programmable, Linear Tracker (Swap with a 3-year old Nokia 3310) Amplifier: Pioneer VSX-D509S Receiver (DTS/Dolby Digital) (Courtesy of S.O.S. Ever-Gotesco) Speakers (Courtesy of Listening Room - MegaMall): Front - Wharfedale Diamond 8.3 (Floor standing) Rear - Wharfedale Diamond 8.1 Center - Wharfedale Diamond Center Subwoofer - JVC na surplus Ears: Still very good at age 40. Enjoy The Music. God Bless. Sounds like we have ears of the same generation. Martial Law baby are we! I also got my Home theater system from Listening Room, Megamall owned by Oliver Pe. Keep on listening. Enjoy the Music. Not too loud (ala bands in Ermita and fastfood joints) and the ears will last as long as the gears, right? It's all a matter of giving a lot of TLC. Just like the way you treat your bike, or your gf, right? I got the stereo jack yesterday at Quiapo at P30. Will try recording this Sunday... Abangan... (suspensful...) My life started 6 years before martial law. ;D ;D ;D Just be patient in recording...enjoy the music and enjoy the MTB ride. ;D ;D
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Post by yukon on Jan 6, 2007 8:04:29 GMT 8
ey losiphile
we belong to the same age bracket. our AKAI with huge reel tapes are still intact. too bad we dont have good audio tapes left only the LP's which my dad bought from reader's digest.
yep, nothing beats the "de tubo" sound.
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Post by gadgets88 on Jan 6, 2007 8:12:28 GMT 8
brad can i do audio tape-digital conversion on my notebook? what hardware and software do i need? thanks brad! hapy new year! Finally got the conversion to work! Equipments and accessories used: 1 pc. Stereo cable (don't use the ones with mono plugs) 1 unit Tape player unit with Earphone-out socket 1 unit laptop with Line-in socket Procedure: 1. Plug in the stereo cable with one end on the Earphone-out socket of the tape player and the other end on the Line-in socket of the laptop. 2. Install Musicmatch Jukebox, browse the Tips section (I can't find the instruction in the Help section) until you find the Tips that tells you that you can convert your cassette tapes into digital. Configure the Preference of Musicmatch for line-in source and CD-quality (records 1MB per/minute) and mp3 format output. 3. Play the tape and click the Record button of musicmatch. 4. Set a timer for the end of the tape. Get popcorn and juice and watch a movie. When timer alarm goes off, click stop and you now have an mp3 version of your taped audio file. Easy, but time-consuming and everything has to be done manually. It would have been nice if the recorder has a built-in timer!
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Post by oenone on Jan 6, 2007 8:23:01 GMT 8
what kind of soundcard do you recommend? sir, how would you know if it has an audio in jack?
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Post by losiphile on Jan 7, 2007 8:30:27 GMT 8
ey losiphile we belong to the same age bracket. our AKAI with huge reel tapes are still intact. too bad we dont have good audio tapes left only the LP's which my dad bought from reader's digest. yep, nothing beats the "de tubo" sound. I like those reel tape players before, sound better or same as LPs yata. When I was still a young boy, my father has a tube amp but now I will not venture into tube amp, SS na lang ako para mura. Are you still playing those Reader's Digest LP collections?
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Post by losiphile on Jan 7, 2007 8:37:17 GMT 8
what kind of soundcard do you recommend? sir, how would you know if it has an audio in jack? If this question is for me, I'll try to answer. Right now I'm using my 5yr-old Yamaha sound card but I don't think Yamaha still sells soundcards. Marami nang magagandang soundcard today. And when you purchase a sound card, read all the inputs/outputs it has. In my soundcard here's what I have: "LINE-IN" for audio input; "MIC IN" for microphone input; "FRONT" for front speaker output; and "REAR" for rear speaker output. I Hope I was able to help.
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Post by gadgets88 on Jan 11, 2007 16:11:14 GMT 8
Question!!!
One of the tapes I'm trying to record is noisy! Every 5 seconds there are slight ticking and clicking sounds, as if the cassette has a heartbeat!
Anybody knows a software that can equalize or remove the offending frequency?
Thanks aplenty!
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Post by losiphile on Jan 14, 2007 20:01:11 GMT 8
Question!!! One of the tapes I'm trying to record is noisy! Every 5 seconds there are slight ticking and clicking sounds, as if the cassette has a heartbeat! Anybody knows a software that can equalize or remove the offending frequency? Thanks aplenty! Maybe that tape was recorded using an LP that is not so mint. As I've said before, get a copy of ADOBE Auditions 2.0 software, it has auto clicks and pops remover for LP recodings. But here's the warning, not all ticks and pops can be removed but only minimized so do experiment. Hope this helps. Enjoy the music.
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Post by kuchikoo on Feb 11, 2007 18:39:56 GMT 8
thanks sir! will try your suggestion....btw where can i download musicmatch? thanks again!!!
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