How do I save some music onto CD?

[Alan Holmes]

I have a quantity of proper music stored on reel to reel tape, and I'd like
to transfer it to CDs.

How can I do that?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have a quantity of proper music stored on reel to reel tape, and I'd like
to transfer it to CDs.

How can I do that?

It might be that you can connect the tape player's output to the
sound card's input, provided that the tape player provides sufficient
gain. Try it and let us know. You have to at least have the cabling to
connect the tape player to your sound card's input jack. Whether or not
you'll also need a pre-amplifier depends upon whether or not your tape
player has one built-in.

Regardless of the software you use, or the source of the original
audio, these hardware connection instructions are a useful guide:

http://www.nch.com.au/golden/setup.html

Further useful instructions here:

http://www.dak.com/reviews/Tutorial_LP.cfm

http://www.pcabusers.net/vinyllp/vinyllp.htm

If you do discover that you need a pre-amplifier, this is the one I
use to boost the audio signal from my turntable:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103385&cp

You may also want to be able to clean up the noise (hiss and
rumble, in particular) from the audio signal, as well as break the
single, large resulting *.WAV file into separate tracks. WinXP MCE
lacks the tools to do this, so you might try either Groove Mechanic or
Golden Records, both of which have free, downloadable, time-bombed
evaluation licenses:

Groove Mechanic
http://www.coyotes.bc.ca/GrooveMechanic.html

Golden Records
http://www.nch.com.au/golden/index.html

Once you have sound files of satisfactory quality, WinXP's built-in
Media Player is all you need to burn the music to CD.


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Bruce Chambers

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[JS]

How to transfer a tape to a CD using Audacity
http://www.nsftools.com/misc/TapeToCD.htm

Spin It Again
http://www.acoustica.com/spinitagain/

Blaze (has a Notch filter for removing 60 cycle hum)
http://www.blazeaudio.com/products/tapetocd_softpack.html

JS

 

[Alan Holmes]

I have a quantity of proper music stored on reel to reel tape, and I'd
like to transfer it to CDs.

How can I do that?

Thanks for the information, if I can remember, I will try your suggestions!

 

[jones]

Alan,

You can always save the suggestions by FILE - SAVE AS, and the whole post
will be saved as .NEWS for future reference.

That's what I do. Hope that helps.

Katherine