Regarding taking a cassette and transferring it into a computer; this is duck soup with Roxio Toast and spin doctor. I do it all the time, but there are no short cuts. It takes an hour plus to record an hour.
With Spin Doctor (it comes with Toast) you first put the cassette on a cassette player (I use an old Sony model TC-RX400 (sound like an old sports car, doesn't it?) then with two wires pug it into my Max G5 input. Put the Spin Doctor program on the finder, start your cassette player, adjust volume with spin doctor, then set the player to where you want to start, push record on Spin Doctor, and the rest is nearly automatic. At the end of each session, push the stop button on Spin Doctor, then it ask if you want to filter the tape. If you say yes, there are various devices to do so, and while you are doing it, your original is saved just in case to are not happy and want to start again without recording the cassette again. You can also cut selection, and leave some out if you please with out too much trouble. As a matter of fact, I would say the cutting method used by Spin Doctor is about as good as it gets. When you finally decide you have the cassette saved the way you want it, you can push another button and send it to iTune, or save it in several other ways. Hope this help. Neal Hammon On Jul 426, 1120082007, at 2:06 PM, Nelsn Helm wrote: If you run the signal thru a speaker into a microfone, you will not like the result. Instead run a wire from audio out, or speaker ports to an audio in or microfone port. I have seen it done with Audacity, a free program, but transferring an hour took an hour, and plan on spending time reading the manual. At 11:40 AM -0400 7/26/08, Marta Edie wrote: > I do have an iMic and also final Vinyl in my computer. I just > thought this to be only for old records, not for cassettes .My > cassette "thing" in order to play,needs to be connected to a radio > or other device, but I also have a number of players that play > cassettes as well as CDs, and I even can transfer the CDs unto a > cassette, but not vice versa which seems odd, but is true. > I thought maybe some of you all had done the procedure. > > Marta > > On Jul 26, 2008, at 11:29 AM, Bill Micou wrote: > >> Here are some discussions about how to do it: >> >> <http://music.macsales.com/read.php?f=2&i=181&t=181>http:// >> music.macsales.com/read.php?f=2&i=181&t=181 >> >> <http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=312471>http:// >> forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=312471 >> >> Here is a step-by-step tutorial about how to do it: >> >> <http://www.macinstruct.com/node/131>http://www.macinstruct.com/ >> node/131 >> >> and the $150.00 solution: >> <http://www.smithgear.com/ion-tape2pc.html>http:// >> www.smithgear.com/ion-tape2pc.html >> >> >> On Jul 26, 2008, at 11:19 AM, Marta Edie wrote: >> >>> Does anybody know how I could transfer the contents of some of my >>> old cassette tapes into the computer and then burn CDs or even >>> turn them into CDs by some other magical device? >>> >>> Marta >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: >> <mailto:MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ille.edu >> Information: >> <http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup>http:// >> www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
