[dba-Tech] Recording from Cassette Tape to .wav

Lembit Soobik lembit.soobik at t-online.de
Sat Jun 25 12:16:29 CDT 2005


John,
I'm using the Tape Out  of the Stereo connected to the LineIn of the soundcard.
the results are good, but from recordings (vinyl) I do some noise removal.
that might not be necesary in your case if you have mainly talking rather than
music.

Lembit

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Bartow" <john at winhaven.net>
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> No problem, I'll test it out and let you know.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 11:18 AM
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>
> I have to be honest, and saythat I've never listened to anything he's
> recorded, so I don't know... and he's not around to ask at the moment
> either. Sorry John :-)
>
>
> Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Bartow
> Sent: 25 June 2005 16:39
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> Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Recording from Cassette Tape to .wav
>
>
> Thanks Jon,
> This is mostly talking spots. Does the sound come through with decent
> quality?
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 10:28 AM
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>
> Yeah, it should do. That's how my dad records things off the radio to listen
> to later on his minidisc player. Out of the stereo into the minidisc. You
> can do it straight off your pc too from the internet radio.
>
>
> Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Bartow
> Sent: 25 June 2005 15:59
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Recording from Cassette Tape to .wav
>
>
> Hi Lembit,
> Sorry, "Boom Box" is a slang term for a portable cassette tape, CD, radio
> with big speakers. I never had one before but my wife bought me one for
> Christmas. I had always planned to do this direct from my stereo component
> system.
>
> I mis-placed the manual for my sound blaster card. I don't have RCA type
> jacks on this cassette player. If I run a line from the headphone connector
> of the cassette player into the line-in connector of the sound card will
> that work?
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Lembit Soobik
> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 7:18 AM
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> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Recording from Cassette Tape to .wav
>
> what's a boom box?
>
> is it a stereo with tape?
>
> anyway, what you need is a SW for recording. there are lots for free or
> pretty cheap on Internet.
> years ago I had bought GoldWave for 40$. Still using it for some tasks.
> but there are of course much better ones like Adobe Audition (expensive)
>
> Lembit
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Bartow" <john at winhaven.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 2:38 AM
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Recording from Cassette Tape to .wav
>
>
> > Hi All,
> > Well the time has arrived. I have been putting off recording my
> > personal albums and cassette tapes to my hard drive because I didn't
> > HAVE
> to do it.
> >
> > Now I have a new project where I have to do this with cassette tapes.
> > These
> > are all sound bites that I will need to store. They will eventually be
> > used for Power Point Presentations so I figure I have to do the .wav
> > format.
> >
> > Right now all I have is cassette tapes, a boom box and a Sound Blaster
> > Card.
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to do this?
> >
> > John B.
> >
> > PS: The fun part will come later when I get to create automatic PP
> > shows from the stored text, .wav and .jpg files.
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