recording question

[Briab Guy]

Ahhhh, I was wondering if it is possible to record from a cassett to a PC?
Somehow plug into the back of the sound card from a cassett player?
I have a Sound Blaster Live. But if there is something else that works I am interested.
I have no idea what format it would be in ETC...
If anyone has any ideas on this and/or a place to go learn more about it I'd be gratefull.

[Michael]

Good instructions here http://web.singnet.com.sg/~lion4/articles/diy/cassette.html

http://web.singnet.com.sg/~lion4/articles/diy/pict/Cassette.jpg

[Briab Guy]

Thnks,
That is a very clear tutorial. Makes life easier. It doesnt appear to be all that hard. Famous last words huh.

[Michael]

It's a piece of cake. I have a complete system running through my computer (Pioneer SX 1250 receiver...turntable, mini-disc recorder, tape deck, cd player, 10 band eq). Here's a great suite of recording utilitites for $99 http://www.diamondcut.com/Catalog/dcart32.htm

Have fun!!! :D

[homer15]

i think you could just plug the tape player into the line in and record off of that. you could use the sound recorder that comes basic with windows, it'll record into a .wav format. you could download an wav to mp3 converter if you want.

[Michael]

you could use the sound recorder that comes basic with windows, it'll record into a .wav format.

Windows recorder has a max of 60 seconds record time (or somewhere in that neighborhood). It's totally inadequate for recording music (except small sound bites).

[homer15]

that recording time can actually be increased through a along and tedious process. but you're right, it would be way better to use some other program to record.

[Michael]

Yea, no kidding:

How to Increase the Maximum Recording Time in the Sound Recorder Utility (Q82215)

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The information in this article applies to:


Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 95


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SUMMARY
The Sound Recorder utility that is included with Windows 95 and Windows 98 has a default maximum recording time of 60 seconds. It may be useful to increase the recording time, and this article describes how to increase the maximum recording time in the Sound Recorder utility.



MORE INFORMATION
To increase the maximum recording time in the Sound Recorder utility:

Make sure that you have installed a functional microphone, and then start the Sound Recorder utility.

For additional information about how to troubleshoot problems that you may have with your microphone connection, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q266677 How to Troubleshoot Microphone Issues
Click Record , and then let Sound Recorder run for 60 seconds.


After Sound Recorder stops recording, click Save As on the File menu, and name the file Blank.wav.


To increase the maximum recording time in Sound Recorder, click Insert File on the Edit menu, and then insert the Blank.wav file that you saved in step 3. When you do this, the maximum recording time is increased by 60 seconds. You can repeat this step once for each additional minute of recording time that you want to add. For example, for a 5-minute recording time, insert the Blank.wav file five times.


To make Sound Recorder use the extended length of recording time automatically:
Right-click Start , and then click Open .


Double-click the Programs folder.


Double-click the Accessories folder.


Double-click the Multimedia folder or the Entertainment folder.


Right-click Sound Recorder , and then click Properties .


Click the Shortcut tab.


In the Target box, press the END key, press the SPACEBAR, and then type the location of the Blank.wav file.

For example, if the target is "C:\Windows\sndrec32.exe", and the location of the Blank.wav file is C:\Blank.wav, the new line in the Target box is "C:\Windows\sndrec32.exe C:\Blank.wav"


The next time you start Sound Recorder, the Blank.wav file opens automatically. After you record your new .wav file, you can click Delete After Current Position on the Edit menu to remove the extra blank space in the file.

NOTE : When you finish recording and editing your new .wav file, save the file with a new file name.


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[homer15]

see! bill (in all his infinite wisdom) thought 60 seconds would be puh-lenty of time. tisk tisk.

[Michael]

LOL....add 640k and that's one screamin' machine!!!

"640K ought to be enough for anybody
--- Bill Gates, 1981

[homer15]

haha. oh the days before i was born ... once i came around, people really started getting their acts together. wait... that sort of makes it sound like the world revolves around me.

[Michael]

http://www.thocp.net/timeline/1981.htm

http://www.msci.memphis.edu/~ryburnp/comp1200/history/microhist.html

[Briab Guy]

wow, it just keeps getting more and more interesting

thanks for "all" the info.