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Title: Some sort of audio recording thingy
Post by: White Horseradish on July 30, 2013, 12:57:47 PM: This sort of relates to the multitracker thread, but I thought I'd ask a separate question, since this is a much more limited issue.

I have a need to record from a tape deck to a PC. For this, I need to have something to plug that tape deck into. A USB dongle of some sort would be nice, so that I am not limited to the one machine I will be doing this with right now.

I know there are various options at various price points. What's a relatively inexpensive one that works well? Also, do these things typically require an amp, or can I just use the tape deck's line out jacks?
Title: Re: Some sort of audio recording thingy
Post by: TechMan on July 30, 2013, 12:58:34 PM: What type of outputs on the tape deck?
Title: Re: Some sort of audio recording thingy
Post by: AJ Dual on July 30, 2013, 02:10:16 PM: http://www.ionaudio.com/products/details/tape-express-with-headphones
Title: Re: Some sort of audio recording thingy
Post by: White Horseradish on July 30, 2013, 04:40:13 PM: Quote from: adively on July 30, 2013, 12:58:34 PM
What type of outputs on the tape deck?

RCA jacks. It's an 80's or 90's component deck.
Title: Re: Some sort of audio recording thingy
Post by: White Horseradish on July 30, 2013, 04:43:29 PM: Quote from: AJ Dual on July 30, 2013, 02:10:16 PM
http://www.ionaudio.com/products/details/tape-express-with-headphones

Interesting.
Title: Re: Some sort of audio recording thingy
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on July 30, 2013, 04:47:29 PM: $7.99 gets you a set of L/R RCA cables to 1/8" stereo male plug.

Plug that into the mic or line-in input on your laptop.

Start up Sound Recorder and record to WAV and then use WinLame to convert to MP3.
Title: Re: Some sort of audio recording thingy
Post by: Harold Tuttle on July 30, 2013, 04:47:56 PM: it plugs teh rca jacks into the audio input and uses audacity
or it gets the hose again
Title: Re: Some sort of audio recording thingy
Post by: Harold Tuttle on July 30, 2013, 04:48:23 PM: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Title: Re: Some sort of audio recording thingy
Post by: zxcvbob on July 30, 2013, 04:54:50 PM: I bought something like what you want for connecting a phonograph to the USB port of a computer and making MP3's. It's an external sound card with a built-in RIAA preamp. But it also has line-level inputs. IIRC it cost about $30 from either Amazon or B&H.

Don't ask me how well it works, I haven't found the time to use it (https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.thehighroad.org%2Fsmilies%2Fredface.gif&hash=f29b8eb416565cee9e175e8c487b6382c533933b)