If this is so, that is very strange for 2012. How old is the laptop or net book we're talking about? Thought anything starting from 2007 I would think would most likely be stereo. Very odd.
-----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Howard Traxler Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 9:58 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Ripping Audio Cassettes Is it possible to record stereo through the mic input? It seems like, on some notebooks and netbooks, the mic input is mono only. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp...@verizon.net> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 3:07 AM Subject: Re: Ripping Audio Cassettes > Sure it will. If you can record through a mic using a mic jack, you can > get a cord with a resistor in it from radio shack and use that. You can, > if I remember right, specify the quality of mp3 the machine generates. > You would at worst have to figure a way to cut the tape files into > segments. The real question is should you do this at all. If they're > personal tapes, go for it. But commercial tapes usually don't hold up > well. You have heard the tapes and know what condition they're in, of > course. My wife's commercial tapes were so bad after years that there was > no way I could "tune the recorder" to get the best sound because there was > no best sound. Personal tapes usually have better quality. > Good luck. > Btw, make sure it's a stereo cable if the recordings are stereo. > Good luck. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evan Reese" <ment...@dslextreme.com> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 7:38 PM > Subject: Re: Ripping Audio Cassettes > > >> Thanks Vicky, unfortunately, she doesn't have a Plextalk. She does have a >> Book Sense, but I don't think it will do anything similar to what you >> describe. >> >> Evan >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Vicky Vaughan" <vrvaug...@mailzone.com> >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 7:10 PM >> Subject: Re: Ripping Audio Cassettes >> >> >>> Hi Evan, Does your girl friend have a Plextalk? If yes, she can hook it >>> up to a cassette player, with a patch cord and record the casette to the >>> flash card of the Plextalk. Then tell the Plextalk to convert that Daisy >>> recording to CDDA format and it will record this onto a blank disk. She >>> can then put this disk in her computer and import it. Although the music >>> will now be on the computer, she will need to find it and rename each >>> track, which will just be listed as "Track 1" and so on. >>> >>> Vicky >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Evan Reese" <ment...@dslextreme.com> >>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 4:20 PM >>> Subject: Re: Ripping Audio Cassettes >>> >>> >>>> Thanks Dan. I've heard of Soundforge. If I recall correctly, it's a >>>> comprehensive audio program, with a fairly steep learning curve, which >>>> would be intimidating to the person who wants to convert the cassettes, >>>> and also not cheap. Please correct me if I am wrong on any of this. >>>> I haven't heard of Audio Addition. What kind of money are we talking >>>> about for that one? >>>> Thanks again. >>>> Evan >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "dan" <dthomps...@mchsi.com> >>>> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>>> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 3:22 PM >>>> Subject: RE: Ripping Audio Cassettes >>>> >>>> >>>>>I use Soundforge and some times Audio Additon for converting cassettes >>>>>to >>>>> digital format. Unfortunately, this requires real time recording. >>>>> Then you >>>>> can save the file in whatever format you wish to be [placed onto an >>>>> IDevice >>>>> or cd or other audio player. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >>>>> Evan >>>>> Reese >>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 1:45 PM >>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>>>> Subject: Ripping Audio Cassettes >>>>> >>>>> Guys, I need to find a method for ripping audio cassettes. I know >>>>> there are >>>>> cassette decks with USB ports on them, but I need to find accessible >>>>> software to do the ripping. >>>>> >>>>> I'm getting this as a Christmas present for my sweetheart, who is >>>>> using JAWS >>>>> 13 and a Windows 7 machine. 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