How Do I Copy A Tape Onto My PC?

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Bearing in mind I have no money to spend on expensive software..

― coral/coral/coral, Friday, 29 July 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

stick the tape in the hard drive and press "COPY"

― Boring Satanic Space Jazz (sexyDancer), Friday, 29 July 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

Ouch my sides!!!!11

― coral/coral/coral, Friday, 29 July 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

You're going to need an RCA cable, AC adapter, and one of these:

― Rob Uptight. (Rob Uptight.), Friday, 29 July 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

Damn it's like Tom Green or some shit!

― coral/coral/coral, Friday, 29 July 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

You'll need to stick a 3.5" jack plug into the "line in" of a soundcard from your tape recorder, and then use something like Windows Sound Recorder to record what's on it. I think that program limits you to a minute though, bizarrely.

There are things around on the web that are for free that let you record longer. Don't know much about it though, though I did use one once, so they did exist.

I hope to god it's a reel to reel tape.

― KeefW (kmw), Friday, 29 July 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

Sorry, a 3.5 inch jack plug is probably a bit keen. I meant millimetres.

― KeefW (kmw), Friday, 29 July 2005 21:14 (twenty years ago)

Damn it's like Tom Green or some shit!

It'd be more convincing if you weren't hanging all over this thread, wouldn't it?

― Rob Uptight. (Rob Uptight.), Friday, 29 July 2005 21:17 (twenty years ago)

1/8"

― I'm Hi, Jared Fogle (ex machina), Friday, 29 July 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

[weirdness -- mod]

― Michael Jackson, Friday, 29 July 2005 21:55 (twenty years ago)

Heh, i don't know what that means Rob, I'm sure it was meant to be funny though.

Anyway, I worked out how to link it all up, just looking for a free recording program. Got something called Alive, but that only lets you record for a minute. Any suggestions?

― coral/coral/coral, Friday, 29 July 2005 22:13 (twenty years ago)

I'm not *completely* sure, but I believe Acoustica MP3 Audio Mixer works for quite some time before demanding payment, so if you just need to do a one-off it might be the thing.

― OleM (OleM), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

This is freeware should be useful
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
You can even de-hiss etc with it

― smudger (smudger), Friday, 29 July 2005 23:10 (twenty years ago)

The best program I've used is Cool Edit Pro which you can find quite easily on your local P2P. I've been ripping tapes tonight in fact! Kicking Giant and some old house tapes from the late 80s.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Friday, 29 July 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)

Thanks all, I got a program called MP3 My MP3 and have successfully ripped a tape from my 4-Track and recorded the line, thing is, I think the line in port at the back of my computer is loose or something because it only recorded the left channel :( Is there anyway I can sort this wihout haveing to take thecpu apart? Or is it possible that the port isn't bust and it's something else, maybe because i'm recording from a 4-Track?

― coral/coral/coral, Friday, 29 July 2005 23:37 (twenty years ago)

A good freeware recorder is Wave Repair. Great recording interface. Also has post-processing features that are shareware, disabled after 30 days etc., bu thte recording part remains free.

― 666 (Robust Cookies), Friday, 29 July 2005 23:40 (twenty years ago)

First thing I check in these cases is whether the stereo plugs are actually plugged all the way into the socket.

What are the output socket(s) on the 4-track?

― OleM (OleM), Friday, 29 July 2005 23:41 (twenty years ago)

Those two line-out ports where you stick the red & white jacks, and the jack into the cpu is just a regular headphone type jack. The recording is only two tracks, will it help if I bounce them down first?

― coral/coral/coral, Friday, 29 July 2005 23:44 (twenty years ago)

Hopsy, I am stupid; the computer speakers weren't plugged in properly. Thanks all!

― coral/coral/coral, Friday, 29 July 2005 23:47 (twenty years ago)

if your hifi amp has 2 tape decks, wire the soundcard on the computer as tape deck 2. adjust line in volume, use any recording software, record. it's the same principle as recording vinyl to computer.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Saturday, 30 July 2005 13:13 (twenty years ago)

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― dasein, Saturday, 30 July 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)

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