Re: Ripping Audio Cassettes
Thanks Gary. These are personal tapes, and she wants to preserve them before it's too late. Evan - Original Message - From: "Gary Petraccaro" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 4:07 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" 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. Also, if possible, the software should be as unintimidating as possible for her. Anyone got any ideas that won't cost an arm and a leg? Thanks much. Evan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2793 / Virus Database: 2634/5932 - Release Date: 12/02/12 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Ripping Audio Cassettes
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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > 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" >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" >> 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" >>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" >>> 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" >>>> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" >>>> 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 &
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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" 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. Also, if possible, the software should be as unintimidating as possible for her. Anyone got any ideas that won't cost an arm and a leg? Thanks much. Evan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2793 / Virus Database: 2634/5932 - Release Date: 12/02/12 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" 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. Also, if possible, the software should be as unintimidating as possible for her. Anyone got any ideas that won't cost an arm and a leg? Thanks much. Evan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2793 / Virus Database: 2634/5932 - Release Date: 12/02/12 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Ripping Audio Cassettes
wouldn't CDex work as well with audio cassettes as it does with music on CD's? - Original Message - From: "Evan Reese" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 2:45 PM 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. Also, if possible, the software should be as unintimidating as possible for her. Anyone got any ideas that won't cost an arm and a leg? Thanks much. Evan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Ripping Audio Cassettes
Hi, Yeah that's right you don't need to purchase any expensive device for that purpose as it's enought to hook it up to the computer using the line-in cable with jacks 3,5 mm on both ends, setting up your sound card (recording tab and line-in mode the command line mmsys.cpl) and a good radio which I bet you have. Then you can use any recording program of your choice. I myself use MP3 Direct Cut because as opposed to other programs such as Sound forge Adobe Audition etc. where you have to convert the output recording into .mp3 from .wav, MP3 Direct Cut does record directly into mp3 so no extrawork is needed. Tapin-radio coordinator URL: http://www.tapinradio.com/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/tapinradio Twitter: http://twitter.com/tapin_radio Skype: tapinradio - Puvodní zpráva - Od: Sunshine Komu: PC Audio Discussion List Odesláno: 3. prosince 2012 1:35 Predmet: Re: Ripping Audio Cassettes you can also use mp3 direct cut to record and split the files for the tapes. - Original Message - From: "Vicky Vaughan" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 6:10 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" > 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. Also, if possible, the software should be as >> unintimidating as possible for her. >> >> Anyone got any ideas that won't cost an arm and a leg? >> >> Thanks much. >> >> Evan >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2793 / Virus Database: 2634/5932 - Release Date: 12/02/12 > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Informace od ESET NOD32 Antivirus, verze databaze 6966 (20120314) __ Tuto zpravu proveril ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.cz To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Ripping Audio Cassettes
That's kind of more then necessary. Now he said she doesn't have one, but the easiest thing to do especially if we were dealing with the ever so cool and awesome PTR2 is just hook it up to the PC in it's card drive mode and go into the Book DIR 01 folder and pick out the WAV or MP3 files. I'd do it in WAV by the way just to get an exact coppy. Oh yeah, this would also work with the PTP1 AKA the Plextalk Pocket. Just throwing this out there. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Vicky Vaughan Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 7:11 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" > 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. Also, if possible, the software should be as >> unintimidating as possible for her. >> >> Anyone got any ideas that won't cost an arm and a leg? >> >> Thanks much. >> >> Evan >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2793 / Virus Database: 2634/5932 - Release Date: 12/02/12 > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Thanks Adrian! This is very helpful. I will definitely check this out. Thanks again. Evan - Original Message - From: "Adrian Spratt" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 9:08 PM Subject: RE: Ripping Audio Cassettes I recently transferred a slew of music and spoken word cassettes from an APH talking book cassette player with a wire-like cable with one-eighth-inch jacks at each end and the microphone jack of my computer. APH's cassette players were reasonably high quality. Initially there was some guesswork involved in getting the cassette player volume right, but after that it went smoothly. I used the software application GoldWave to record and edit the files. GoldWave is free for the first numerous uses, after which there is a price tag of something like $30 or $40 US. The GoldWave manual is pretty good. If your friend is still intimidated, there are good podcast tutorials, and people on this list are eager to help solve specific problems. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 7:38 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" 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. Also, if possible, the software should be as unintimidating as possible for her. Anyone got any ideas that won't cost an arm and a leg? Thanks much. Evan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2793 / Virus Database: 2634/5932 - Release Date: 12/02/12 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Ripping Audio Cassettes
I recently transferred a slew of music and spoken word cassettes from an APH talking book cassette player with a wire-like cable with one-eighth-inch jacks at each end and the microphone jack of my computer. APH's cassette players were reasonably high quality. Initially there was some guesswork involved in getting the cassette player volume right, but after that it went smoothly. I used the software application GoldWave to record and edit the files. GoldWave is free for the first numerous uses, after which there is a price tag of something like $30 or $40 US. The GoldWave manual is pretty good. If your friend is still intimidated, there are good podcast tutorials, and people on this list are eager to help solve specific problems. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 7:38 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > 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" >> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" >> 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. Also, if possible, the software should be as >>> unintimidating as possible for her. >>> >>> Anyone got any ideas that won't cost an arm and a leg? >>> >>> Thanks much. >>> >>> Evan >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> - >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2013.0.2793 / Virus Database: 2634/5932 - Release Date: 12/02/12 >> > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" 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. Also, if possible, the software should be as unintimidating as possible for her. Anyone got any ideas that won't cost an arm and a leg? Thanks much. Evan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2793 / Virus Database: 2634/5932 - Release Date: 12/02/12 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Ripping Audio Cassettes
you can also use mp3 direct cut to record and split the files for the tapes. - Original Message - From: "Vicky Vaughan" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 6:10 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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" > 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. Also, if possible, the software should be as >> unintimidating as possible for her. >> >> Anyone got any ideas that won't cost an arm and a leg? >> >> Thanks much. >> >> Evan >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > - > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2793 / Virus Database: 2634/5932 - Release Date: 12/02/12 > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 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" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" 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. Also, if possible, the software should be as unintimidating as possible for her. Anyone got any ideas that won't cost an arm and a leg? Thanks much. Evan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2793 / Virus Database: 2634/5932 - Release Date: 12/02/12 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" 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. Also, if possible, the software should be as unintimidating as possible for her. Anyone got any ideas that won't cost an arm and a leg? Thanks much. Evan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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. Also, if possible, the software should be as unintimidating as possible for her. Anyone got any ideas that won't cost an arm and a leg? Thanks much. Evan To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org