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I'm not particularlly computer literate, and I have a Tascam cassette 4-track I've been using for years. My question is what do I need to do in order to put my cassette tracks on my computer in order to burn them on a CD? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! |
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well if you can split all the channels and play them on their own, you could record them in to a program called "soundforge". you can then save them as wave files, mp3 or whatever, and then burn them on to cd after that. is that helpful?? or did you already know that? hope it helps |
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You'll need a half decent sound card for starters. Plug like, the headphone socket of your walkman or whatever you play your tape with into the aux port on the soundcard, then you'll need software to record the tape onto your computer, then just load it up in something like windows media player and burn it to cd |
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No, I don't really know anything at this point, thanks. |
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if you want to just record an entire 'song' (ie all the 4 tracks together as one) just connect the line out from the tascam to the line in of your soundcard (usually with a double phono jack to single headphone plug cable - which are very common and cheap), adjust the properties on your windows volume control (assuming you use windows) to accept recording via the line in, use the aforementioned Soundforge or equivalent wave editor to record from the soundcard line-in to a wave file on your hard drive. Make sure you have an optimal recording level in the volume control properties so the recorded sound isn't too quiet, or so loud you get clipping (do this by trial and error until you work out a way that works best with the wave editor you end up choosing) And make sure the format of the wave is 44.1MHz, 16 bit stereo PCM as this is the format compatible with cd audio. You can then trim the wave to remove any excess silence, filter out noise and hiss, normalise the volume or add effects etc. bear in mind that its best to leave at least 200 milliseconds before the start of a track that's going on a cd cos some players aren't too accurate with the track points and if a track starts with 0 milliseconds lead-in, track switching with your CD player might clip the start of the track if you're wanting to record each track for each song separate, do the same as above with each track (making sure you have some lead in click or common start marker for each track) then edit the tracks to all start at exactly the same point (the start marker point). then you can mix the parts together as one with either your wave editor or a program designed to do that. I use Acid Pro cos its very simple to figure out and flexible. But not cheap. hope that helps :D |
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I have a double to headphone cable, but my main sticking point is what software to use in order to put in on a file. I do have Windows, but the only sound recording device I can find is the SoundMax digital audio recorder which only allows me to record 60 seconds worth before it ends. I can change the default to "Modem #1 Line Record", so is that what you mean? If it is, how or where do I go to record with it (I mean, the 60 second one has a "record" button)? I'm a moron, sorry. Thanks very much. |
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It sounds like you'll need a new program. Sound Forge seems cool. I like WaveLab myself. And I believe there's some free ones around too. Download some demo's, or go to Kazaa, and see which one works best for you. Tell us what sound card you have and we might be more helpfull. |
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there's plenty of wave editors out there. wavelab, soundforge, cool edit (I think), goldwave, soundprobe. if you do a search with google for "wave editors" you'll be able to find loads. and if you preceed that search with "free" you might find a free one. I favour wavelab and goldwave (4) and, while i don't dare suggest it as a recommended action, it's possible to download a trial version of your wave editor software and search for a 'crack' for it to turn it into the full version (this is illegal! but everyone does it and if you're not using it for monetary gain I don't have much of a problem with it) goldwave is dead cheap though, so it might be an option. once you've got your wave editor up and running, read the instructions for it so you can get a better grasp of how it all works. installing any wave editor should configure itself to use your default recording device (almost certainly your soundcard) without any involvement from you. the windows volume control is that speaker icon in your system tray (bottom right of the task bar) if you have one, or you can get the control by going to START>Settings>Control Panel>Sounds and clicking the Volume tab on the properties window that pops up, and clicking advanced. That works for windows XP... can't rememebr exactly what it's like on Windows 2000 or 98/95 but it will be similar. you should get a window up called Volume Control at any rate. On the dropdown menu, select options and choose Properties. Then select 'Recording'. You'll have a bunch of volume sliders appear with a "select" box for each one. Select LineIn and that's the volume slider you tweak to adjust the recording volume level. You use the wave editor to prepare an empty wave file of a specified format and length, then record the sound coming through your soundcard's line-in - which will be your 4 track playback when you start it playing. |
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Thanks for all of your help. |
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np :) |
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sound forge i have the same tascam 4 track like you and everyone else and i've been exactly that for years. |
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