View Single Post
  #6  
Old 2008-05-20, 03:09 PM
Audioarchivist's Avatar
Audioarchivist Audioarchivist is offline
Recording/Mastering Engineer
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Re: audio cassette tape to pc hard drive

Quote:
Originally Posted by Karst View Post
Yeah, check the conntections. You might be better off using a Sony Walkman with a jack-lead. Or maybe one of your friends have a tape to CD recorder.
No no no. A full home deck will give better results than any shitty walkman ever could.

Quote:
Originally Posted by trustthex View Post
also, make sure windows/drivers haven't muted your inputs... that may be why you aren't getting any sound

also... is the cassette deck a all-in-one (tuner, tape, cd, etc) or just a stand alone deck. you might not be hearing much of anything b/c the deck is putting out a line level signal. run it through a amplifier/tuner first to raise the volume a lil...
No no no. Line level is right for line in on the computer. Amps are line in / line out, too. No benefit there.

Open up your comp's audio properties (right clik the speaker icon in bottom right), and open the adjust audio properties. Clik "audio" tab on the popup box. Open record and play controls. Select line in for record. For play also. Tape deck out > line in comp. Shouldn't be that hard.



If you get 'er going, check into properly aligning the play heads for the specific tapes you're playing in. Azimuth adjustment will give great sound. Not adjusting this will make it sound just like the stereotypical shitty tape.
__________________
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)
Reply With Quote Reply with Nested Quotes