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Yet another "technical question" re: taping from the pc...

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Hello again, I have a question I'm sure can be solved really easy. How would I go about taping any audio from my pc? I wanted all of what I tape on just a cassette. For example if I wanted to tape a radio show off the internet. Thanks for any help i nadvance. :)
 
> Hello again, I have a question I'm sure can be solved really
> easy. How would I go about taping any audio from my pc? I
> wanted all of what I tape on just a cassette. For example if
> I wanted to tape a radio show off the internet. Thanks for
> any help i nadvance. :)
>

There are some freeware recorders at www.download.com. Just type in a search.
Personally, I record using Sound Forge. That way, I can add processing if I choose. It records to wav and then I convert to mp3--WAV's are big and take up a lot of room.
 
You need to buy a cassette or a radio/cassette with a microphone jack. Wal Mart sells an AIWA model with a mic jack for under $85. (No tax if you buy it in Delaware). Then you need to go to Radio Shack or a similar store for a microphone jack. Plug it into your mic jack on the computer and on the radio and have the radio set to cassette and record.

Does that answer your question?

Be careful with how you set the volume. Too low will hiss when replayed and too loud will distort.

> Hello again, I have a question I'm sure can be solved really
> easy. How would I go about taping any audio from my pc? I
> wanted all of what I tape on just a cassette. For example if
> I wanted to tape a radio show off the internet. Thanks for
> any help i nadvance. :)
>
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> Hello again, I have a question I'm sure can be solved really
> easy. How would I go about taping any audio from my pc? I
> wanted all of what I tape on just a cassette. For example if
> I wanted to tape a radio show off the internet. Thanks for
> any help i nadvance. :)

I actually did this the old fashioned way... with a tape recorder I had from the 70's. No wires or connections. I just put both computer speakers next to each other and set the tape recorder up in front of them. The sound was just fine for my purposes.
 
> Hello again, I have a question I'm sure can be solved really
> easy. How would I go about taping any audio from my pc? I
> wanted all of what I tape on just a cassette. For example if
> I wanted to tape a radio show off the internet. Thanks for
> any help i nadvance. :)
>
You could get a Part 15 FM transmitter and send the audio from the computer to a radio with a tape recorder.<P ID="signature">______________
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> > Hello again, I have a question I'm sure can be solved
> really
> > easy. How would I go about taping any audio from my pc? I
> > wanted all of what I tape on just a cassette. For example
> if
> > I wanted to tape a radio show off the internet. Thanks for
>
> > any help i nadvance. :)
> >
>
> There are some freeware recorders at www.download.com. Just
> type in a search.
> Personally, I record using Sound Forge. That way, I can add
> processing if I choose. It records to wav and then I convert
> to mp3--WAV's are big and take up a lot of room.
>

this is easy, why not just run a connection from the "audio out" jack on your PC to the Audio input on your tape recorder, this way you get perfect audio....providing your volume is not too loud.
 
If you have a cassette deck with RCA(phono)plugs on the back you can make up a cable with a 1/8" stereo plug on one end to 2 phono plugs on the other.This is what I use to record audio from my PC to my cassette deck.

Dave Gardiner

WVCH 740

Chester/Philadelphia
 
That's the way I do it, also. My Dell computer has three audio connectors on the back. The speakers are to the left, the mike input is in the center, the output for a recording device is to the right. I don't like the volumn it gives, but it works well enough. If your pc doesn't come with these, frequently the speakers have an input for headphones. Try inserting the plug in there. It may overdrive the tape recorder, but its worth a try.

Radio Shack has plugs and Y-connectors for everything.


> If you have a cassette deck with RCA(phono)plugs on the back
> you can make up a cable with a 1/8" stereo plug on one end
> to 2 phono plugs on the other.This is what I use to record
> audio from my PC to my cassette deck.
>
> Dave Gardiner
>
> WVCH 740
>
> Chester/Philadelphia
>
 
Re: Yet another "technical question" Try this

If you'd like to avoid going back to the analog world, AUDACITY is a wonderful
free audio editing program. You can record directly (internally) from your sound card and save as .wav, ogg-vorbis (new universal file) or .mp3.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/
 
> Hello again, I have a question I'm sure can be solved really
> easy. How would I go about taping any audio from my pc? I
> wanted all of what I tape on just a cassette. For example if
> I wanted to tape a radio show off the internet. Thanks for
> any help i nadvance. :)
>

Thank you all for the help. Greatly appreciated indeed.
 
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