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Augustus Fenstermacher
When I transcribed my tape cassettes I did not use a cheapy Walkman size device - instead I used my Nakamich-BX2 on which all my recordings had been made originally - and before I started the transcription task I had the deck professionally serviced by Bowers&Wilkins in Worthing (UK Nak agents).
Prepare Your Cassette2USB Converter.
Use the included USB cable to plug your converter into your computer. Your computer will install the
device automatically. Be sure to give the computer a minute or two to install it the first time. Then, load
a cassette tape into your device.
Hey, everybody, I have 30+ cassettes from my DJ days back in the '80s. I have recorded them into an mp3 320 now I would like to clean up and brighten the sound as best as possible, I have Audition. Can anybody tell me the steps I need to follow or and is there an online tutorial maybe??
Preparing the tape deck is very important. Clean the tape heads with tape head cleaning solution (if you can still buy it). Clean the black pinch wheel with baby shampoo - about 1 part shampoo to 3 parts warm water (why?) ordinary washing up liquid is too astringent and could soften the rubber on the wheel. Use good quality cotton buds. If the pinch wheel has not been cleaned for a long time, brown or black residue will be on the cotton bud. Keep cleaning with fresh cotton buds dipped in the solution until there is no residue. Let the wheel dry before inserting a cassette. Clean the RCA phono sockets on the back of the deck with a little bit of surgical spirit on a clean cloth. Try and use good quality connection leads rather than the cheaper bell wire types.
I followed all the tutorial and connected my usb cassette capture device by the accompany usb cable, but while the audacity showing recording and the tape is rolling. when i stop, and play the recorded track, the sound is not coming out.
Thanks a lot for going extra length to help me out. I understand your point very well now. I used my old dell laptop with my portable cassette recorder and an audio cable rather than the USB cable - connected to the microphone port, and it did work excellently.
Thank you Steve, I tried that - the cassette device appeared in the Device list in Audacity as Microphone Array (3-USB PnP Audio Device). It is the same in the Windows Control Panel Sound control. Tested it and it works fine. Thanks again
I am not too sure if this is the correct place to raise a problem with a cassette capture device, but as the device must be known and used by many users of the site, and being a bit of a green, I must start somewhere.
I say intermittent, because after a various number of fast forward and then rewinds of the installed actual (to be recorded) cassette, a truce appears and finally recording can proceed (as normal) with any luck. I am certain that this intermittent (air trigger) action of a standard, and well known device is not limited to myself alone, I therefore ask if any other sufferers are experiencing the same problems and if a solution is available.
This is the conversation I saw before -have-no-sound-in-pc-speakers-from-a-cassette-player-by-usb/43643/1 - and thank you for the link - have to leave but will go to it later and let you know if I get it working.
If you do not have a line-in then to get good quality recorded songs you should buy a USB interface that has a line-in like Behringer UCA 202. Then you connect the cassette deck to the red and white inputs of UCA 202 and the UCA 202 to am empty USB port on the computer. You may need a 1/4 inch to RCA stereo cable to go between the cassette deck and UCA 202.
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Hello when I play a cassette yes the meter from sound input does show movement, however it does pick up all noises and voice, but the sound recorded beside my voice is just a super loud screeching noises that go in and out but no music.
Hello, I cannot download that version as it never gets past the verifying stage. But the version I have does let me select the USB PnP Sound Device and when this is done only the mic picks up my voice or noises from the house but nothing from the cassette player. Do I need some other piece or different software? Is this deck all I need? This is so frustrating. What am I missing? Thank You
I "digitized" more than 1600 cassette tapes from two different decks with Wiretap over the course of about four years. I've recorded from a radio with my Mini and Wiretap, and it works as well as it did with my iMac.
Other useful tips on using audacity are the zoom keys. Cmd-1 zooms in, Cmd-3 zooms out, and Cmd-2 resets to the default zoom level. Most useful: if you select a region with the mouse, then Cmd-e will zoom to that region. Cmd-f will zoom out so that you can see the whole recording.
The stock documents are the correct ones to read, because clearly you were not choosing the correct recording device in Audacity. See Recording with USB turntables or USB cassette decks - Audacity Manual.
From the output of my cassette deck, I connected a Y cord to the light blue line input on the back of the computer. When I played the tape, it played through the computer speakers, and you can verify the sound quality, track, etc.
It lists a 4 GB file size limit. This of course, applies to all 32 bit operating systems. But, at approximately 10 megs per minute of recording, it would take over 400 minutes to create the 4 gig file, which is longer than any LP or cassette that I know of.
You need to manually set it up audio/video recording. But, there is also a way to schedule a recording using a digital video recorder or cassette. Timer record is similar to these, as it is used to schedule recording. You can set up the start and the end of the recording using the Timer record setup dialog box. It can also automatically save the project after recording. As well, it can also be set to a particular format to be exported after recording. You can also set up the closing of Audacity software or shutting down of the computer after a recording by the Timer record is finished.
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