Hi David, There’s any number of two channel USB audio interfaces out there that would work for you. Cheapest solution I could find is this:
https://www.gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/Behringer-U-Control-UCA222-USB-Audio-Interface/AML If that looks too cheap and risky, I’d look at something from Focusrite - possibly on eBay. This perhaps: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Focusrite-Scarlett-2I2-USB-audio-interface/232585785239?epid=5006902145&hash=item3627316f97:g:QggAAOSwdnZaGezt Regards Phil ---- Phil Ward Skype: aphilw E: phil_w...@mac.com W: audio-icons.com W: musicandmiscellany.com W: peggysdiaries.wordress.com W: soundcloud.com/philberish • Freelance writer and product designer. • Exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com. • Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. > On 11 Dec 2017, at 08:46, David Ransom <printers...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Andrew, thanks for your reply. I still have a Sony reel to reel deck > working (just about), and a Technics cassette deck, which can fast-forward > but not rewind! The Tascam and Zoom SD audio recorders look fantastic. I've > never heard of them before and they seem the perfect solution. Unfortunately, > I was looking for a much cheaper purchase at the moment, but they are > certainly on my wish list for next year. > > David > > On 10 December 2017 at 14:31, Andrew Tett <aft...@gmail.com > <mailto:aft...@gmail.com>> wrote: > If I may suggest, I think the simplest solution is to buy something like a > Tascam or Zoom SD Card audio recorder. There are alternative Audio to > digital boxes out there but these would be around the same kind of price I > think. They also would make good stand-alone recording devices if you are at > all intererested in recording audio. > > I have also had minor issues with what I would call latency (brief time > periods when the sound is not recorded meaning that over a whole hour the > file is just a little shorter than it should be) when recording audio direct > into a Mac. My stand alone recorder does not exhibit this. > > Andrew > > On 10 December 2017 at 12:53, David Ransom <printers...@gmail.com > <mailto:printers...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I've had my iMac since February and have only just realised that there is no > "audio in"! > > I need to copy cassettes and reel-to-reel tapes to the Mac and then edit them > in Sound Studio. > > I've tried a little USB to mini jack adapter, but the Mac can't see any > incoming sound. > > Can anyone suggest a reasonably priced way round this problem with a device > that the iMac will recognise through USB as an audio input? > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > David > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to smug@googlegroups.com > <mailto:smug@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug > <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to smug@googlegroups.com > <mailto:smug@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug > <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to smug@googlegroups.com > <mailto:smug@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug > <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
