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**Beezer** · 12 January 2000, 10:44

I'd also be curious how best to do this, because I have many old concert tapes (Grateful Dead) that I would like to convert to CD to preserve them. Actually, it would be nice to also be able to "clean them up" as well.

**Jorden** · 12 January 2000, 11:13

Well, as I have a lead from my Line-Out to my stereo-tower, so I can hear music and games through my stereo tower, I think I would be able to plug it in the Line-In as well, and plug the lead into the tape-Line-Out, to record music playing from tape onto my harddrive.

I must say I don't want to try it at this moment, for I'm about to move and there's already alot of junk lying around in my room, plus the cassette-player (Sony HX PRO TC-WR870 dual-record cassette drive) is at the bottom of my tower, with alot of dust and cables in the way, (and can anyone still follow this sentence?), so maybe when I've moved.

There's alot of music programs around though (some full ones were given away on a PC Format CD-ROM not too long ago) that can burn the music back onto a CD.

Jorden, not alot of help, but still a little

**ahartman** · 12 January 2000, 11:34

Woo Hoo! Exactly what I was looking for!

Would I just need a cord like on walkman headsets but with male leads on both ends? One end goes into the headphone jack on tape deck/boom box and the other into the microphone jack on SB?

I'd prob. burn them as standard CD files as I want to use them in my car as well. I'd down sample them to keep them a manageable size.

**NCC-1701LB** · 12 January 2000, 11:47

One other thing... I can't remember the name of the software right now, but I do remember that there is a product that is specifically designed to "improve" sound quality from cassette tapes by removing tape hiss and crackles. I believe that the software uses the same technology pioneered by a group dedicated to preserving audio recordings from old vinyl albums....

Guyv er NCC-1701LB

**Guyver** · 12 January 2000, 13:10

Sound Forge! and a product called Noise Reduction that is DirectX stream compatible...

Guyver

**impact** · 12 January 2000, 13:51

Cool Edit 2000! Gives you lot's of options and even lets you to remove a selected noises from the record. (like hissing, cracks, engines.... everything, you select a smaple of what you want to remove and it will remove it from the record)... not to mention the other sound manipulation abilities.

**impact** · 12 January 2000, 13:53

http//www.syntrillium.com

**Jorden** · 12 January 2000, 14:50

Ready for links??

Music Studio

Total EJay

Music Maker

MicroLogic Music

Jorden.

**ahartman** · 12 January 2000, 19:34

Thanks for the tip, Turbo. I didn't realize Line-Out & the headphone jack weren't the same thing. Do all tape decks have a line-out?

Is that where you would typically hook the tape deck to the rest of the stereo? The cords are different between those jacks & what I can put in the back of my SB. I imagine I could get a cord from Radio Shack or someplace similar?

Is the line-in on the SB the microphone jack?

Thanks for all the input, everyone!

**MadCat** · 13 January 2000, 07:35

Actually. if theres an impedence mis-match, it shouldnt destroy your card. Not unless the impedence from a headphone jack AND the Line-in jack is incredibly low (results in high current). If the impedences of the source and target are off, the delivered power drops regardless or whether the target has a higher or lower impedence. The general rule for audio equipment is to try and MATCH impedences so you deliver the most power. Anyone know the standard impedence for a headphone jack and the Live?

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