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El Kabong Registered: Sep '99	Date Posted: 7/20/05 10:06pm Subject: N00b needs old cassette help badly!
	I was over at my moms place housesitting and feeding the cats when I was poking around the closet and found a HUGE box of tapes. See, my mom - she didnt film everything back in the 70's, but the tape recorder never left her side for most of a decade. Christmas '77, me watching the holiday special in 79, stuff in the 80's - she taped it all. Since I was unable to hook up with her for her birthday earlier this month, I figured that I would make up for it a bit and dump all these tapes to a digital format and burn 'em to CD for her. The problem is - I have no idea where to begin. No tape recorder, so recording software, no cable hookup - not a blessed thing. I know my sound card has audio input that works - I've dumped a bunch of old video tapes of mine from the 80's onto my hard drive, so that's not a problem. I just need some software that can record MP3s and/or WAV from that input. I need some names for good (yet cheap) tape recorders, something with a mini plug output (or whatever format would work best for this job: RCA, Mini, whatever). I say cheap because beyond this one usage, I dont really see me needing one again - so the more disposable, the better. Any suggestions towards these two items (and any general pointers you may have in the process) would be great help!
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AlphaTrion-TJW Registered: Sep '03	Date Posted: 7/26/05 7:14am Subject: RE: N00b needs old cassette help badly!
	I'm thinking Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ would be the cheapest way to go-- it's free and have a downloadable MP3 converter if you want to go the MP3 route. Cheap tape decks, check Wal-Mart or Target they usually have $5 to $10 walkman type players that'll do for something like this; $20 bucks for a bigger "desktop" model. -----signature----- Seer-SGB (aka AlphaTrion-TJW) Arc-Angel - http://s14.invisionfree.com/wissaboos_board Meet the Lounge Lizards - http://loungelizards2.proboards91.com/ My Blog - http://seersgb.blogspot.com/
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bgii_2000 Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 12/26/05 5:25pm Subject: RE: N00b needs old cassette help badly!
	Get goldwave or audacity. They're great for basic recording, and linear editing. For a deck, use a brand new walkman (for don't want it eating your precious tape). Try to find one that has a setting for the type of tape. -----signature----- The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but the learner. Now I am the master. My website, blog, and movies http://www.theBradPlace.net What IS meatball? Holy crap I'm learning things everyday. - JeffCaauwe
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