Trouble getting Audio Voice Cassesste Saved on CD ROM?

[Dave Miller]

I need help to get a simple task accomplished. I want to save voice cassette tapes to CD ROM's. I'm trying to use my cassette's player's jack connection to the computer's sound card. First, I want to save this file on computer and then put this file onto CD ROM. I must not be hooked up properly so I think that I need to start from base one. The side jacks on the cassette are "mic", "rem" and "ear". Those on computer's mother board are "Speaker-(top)", "AUDIO-(middle)" & "BLACK-(bottom-untitled?)". How should I connect these jacks?

Thanks?

Dave Miller

 

[zver]

I need help to get a simple task accomplished. I want to save voice cassette tapes to CD ROM's. I'm trying to use my cassette's player's jack connection to the computer's sound card. First, I want to save this file on computer and then put this file onto CD ROM. I must not be hooked up properly so I think that I need to start from base one. The side jacks on the cassette are "mic", "rem" and "ear". Those on computer's mother board are "Speaker-(top)", "AUDIO-(middle)" & "BLACK-(bottom-untitled?)". How should I connect these jacks?

Thanks?

Dave Miller

[ Check in your documentation about that black input...Be sure first that that is a line in......Also that that secone one"""audio""""is it audioout or in?????Its a 99% out..just be sure and check it once again....

 

[Markbot]

What motherboard or sound card do you have?

What are the colors of the jacks on the sound card on your PC?

You will be using the ear jack on your tape deck since you want output form the tape deck to go to input of the PC. The mic jack is an input to the tape deck and "rem" is probably for a remote on/off switch.

Is the tape deck stereo or mono?

Many sound cards have a pink jack which is the mic jack, green which is the speaker output and black which is proably the "line-in" jack that you will want to connect your tape deck ear jack to.

More information will be needed like what burning software you plan to use and what audio software you plan to use to capture the tape signal with. Some programs do both.

 

[LTR12101B]

Black also has a tendency to be rear speaker out - in some systems, you have to choose between 5.1 outputs (Front L/R, Rear L/R, Centre/Subwoofer) and basic Stereo with the others as input.

There may also be a slot-plate to carry additional connectors.

 

[Dave Miller]

Cassette Tape to CD

What motherboard or sound card do you have?

What are the colors of the jacks on the sound card on your PC?

You will be using the ear jack on your tape deck since you want output form the tape deck to go to input of the PC. The mic jack is an input to the tape deck and "rem" is probably for a remote on/off switch.

Is the tape deck stereo or mono?

Many sound cards have a pink jack which is the mic jack, green which is the speaker output and black which is proably the "line-in" jack that you will want to connect your tape deck ear jack to.

More information will be needed like what burning software you plan to use and what audio software you plan to use to capture the tape signal with. Some programs do both.

Thanks for this info.

The computer was purchased from an individual. Don't know what sound card is used. I don't whether or not the Magnivox Tape player is mono or stereo. It's model is "D629O/17" The "9" is questionable and could be an "8". I'm using stereo jacks so it shouldn't matter. I put the cable from the ear jack of tape player to line-in jack on mother board.

Your hook up sounds good:

Mow, how do I burn cd's. I downloaded the "burnatonce" program yesterday but having problem getting iy to work?

I still need help!

Thanks,

Dave Miller

 

[Markbot]

What version of Windows are you running?

Do you have any audio recording software installed? If not maybe someone in this forum can recommend a free program or you can get one for $12 from here _http://www.highcriteria.com/

burnatonce requires ASPI Layer 4.60. If you do not have that, search this forum to find a version of ForceASPI 1.7 to install it.

There are many ways to do what you want. I offer one simple method. You will need to record the incoming audio from the cassette with an audio recording software. Then save the file as a wave file at 44.1Khz. Then open burnatonce, select Mastering and audio CD. Select the files you recorded. Then burn your CD.

 

[Duracell]

Mow, how do I burn cd's. I downloaded the "burnatonce" program yesterday but having problem getting iy to work?

"burnatonce" is not the software you need now;
you need an audio editor which:
- is able to record from your soundcard (Line-In),
- able to do "auto splitting" (if wanted)
- and able to save your record session as simple (split) music tracks or as whole WAV file and CUE sheet

most commercial burning software is having an audio edtitor integrated (e.g. Nero, RecordNow Max, Instant CD/DVD, ...)
What burning software do you have already installed?


Greetings from
Duracell

 

[Markbot]

I used to record audio with "Sound Recorder" in Control Panel in Windows 3.1. Do current versions of Windows still have audio recording software built in?

Since we are talikng about a mono casstte speech recording from a tape deck Copernic can find nothing on, I don't think we need to get too fancy. Still I would capture the audio from my Denon 800 stereo home casstte deck to my SoundBlaster Live! using SoundForge and remove all tape hiss, then EQ, normalize and burn with CD Architect anyways.

 

[Duracell]

I used to record audio with "Sound Recorder" in Control Panel in Windows 3.1. Do current versions of Windows still have audio recording software built in?

W2k is still having this tool named "Audiorecorder" but there is no real editing/splitting function integrated;

 

[LTR12101B]

I wouldn't waste money on "Total recorder" for line-in - there's plenty of free ones that do that - the strenght of TR (Highcriteria) is in ripping the DIGITAL data going to WAV out from internet audio.

http://www.techlogic.ca/r4/product.mv?5
Not JUST an MP3 recorder, also has an event timer, and records any codec-supported format.

Exact audio copy also does recordin, and I'm trying to locate a good link for the free version of Willowmedia - a complete audio system (rack style) for the PC - Includes clock (speaking), Mixer panel, "tape deck" (the WAv recording bit) and Cd-player - bit old, not sure if it's any good on XP

http://aroundcny.com/technofile/texts/bit101898.html
Not the link I was looking for, unchecked - download link dead

It was available from the willowpond site, but the download was dropped
Picture is still there http://www.willowpond.com/willowpond/wmui.shtml - and it is most definitely free - lets try a trusted freeware site.
http://www.sover.net/~whoi/MMedia.html
Mediarack - but note the problem - the good link seems to have gone

 

[zver]

For burning audio cds....Every one will do....and i mean every burning software.....since you allready have bao installed--its more then enoughf......just be sure you have a decoder in your extaernal folder if you`re burning from your files(if they are compressed??)...For recording-line in...Simply line-in you can get from eac and Feurio too..But as Duracell said..Yse a editor instead....Like a soundforge,wavelab,samplitude..Take your pick As you can apply dc,nr or every other needed task...Samplitude will scan your files and check for silence inthere too,so it can split on tracks too,which you can additionally enhance manually with a markers too...Also will burn your cd too..... And for crossfading thing..no editor will come close in that part of audio-world

 

[Duracell]

==> zver

But as Duracell said..Use a editor instead....Like a soundforge,wavelab,samplitude..Take your pick

you are right m8, but i think with such an "advanced stuff" he (Dave M.) is surely overstrained;
i think every simply audio editor which came bundled with a burning software is satisfactorily and difficultly enough for him (who asks "how to burn" instead "how to record");


==> Dave Miller

one day if you easy handle such recording stuff, you should do a search in the net and try the real, real, real Audio Editors which zver mentioned; but for now they are much to complicatedly for beginners (no criticize);


Greetings from
Duracell

 

[zver]

Yep,Duracell is right about..So to simplify......Use a eac,cdex,feurio or whatever to record a line-in..Do it as a lesser quality.....If you`re recording some speech...like mpthree,22050khz(sorry my keybord broke down for a numbers??? )..8 bit files.......If you wanna go and make a audio-cd from that...Go with red-book standard.......feurio will record in both formats i mentioned here.....But i encourage you.....Try a audio-editor and new world will open for you......The results will be more then satisfactory for your spent time......Specially if your files are not perfect--Couse you can edit them and see the power of editors--wright there when and where you need`em...After that you`ll see that audio-editor is a necessery item on your pc....just like o/s or antivirus proggy,or a download manager or any other software which you use on a daily basis.......And i`m not exaciorating the thingd(i need spelling-checker for that word i guess )

 

[Dave Miller]

Thanks for input.

What version of Windows are you running?

Do you have any audio recording software installed? If not maybe someone in this forum can recommend a free program or you can get one for $12 from here _http://www.highcriteria.com/

burnatonce requires ASPI Layer 4.60. If you do not have that, search this forum to find a version of ForceASPI 1.7 to install it.

There are many ways to do what you want. I offer one simple method. You will need to record the incoming audio from the cassette with an audio recording software. Then save the file as a wave file at 44.1Khz. Then open burnatonce, select Mastering and audio CD. Select the files you recorded. Then burn your CD.

Still

I'm using Windows XP os.

I will try to use NERO's burning Audio CD program next since it's installed on my computer. I'll get back later with outcome?

Yes, I got a lot of information on this subject here so far but I need time to utilize it.

Thanks again,

Dave Miller

P.S. Later this morning I got a 2 min. CD-Audio File to work using a Wave Connector program that I already had. It's only a demo program and saves only the first 2 minutes of the entire tape.

 

[Duracell]

I will try to use NERO's burning Audio CD program next since it's installed on my computer.

Nero's bundled audio editor is named "Nero Wave Editor"