- #USB CASSETTE PLAYER INSTALLATION AUDACITY HOW TO#
- #USB CASSETTE PLAYER INSTALLATION AUDACITY WINDOWS#
I have a headphone jack as awell as a microphone jack (no line “in” jack. I have read several articles about doing this, but am still confused. I have several casette tapes I would like to transfer to a cd format. It is 100% free, fully-functional software. To my knowledge, there is also no commercial “registered” version of Audacity. Are you sure you’ve downloaded and installed the right version of Audacity (and not a competing commercial product). I’ve been using Audacity regularly for years, and have never had a voiceover limitation.
#USB CASSETTE PLAYER INSTALLATION AUDACITY WINDOWS#
Exporing from Audacity for playback in Windows Media Player and iTunes.No sound when recording cassette to MP3.CD conversion is one big track instead of multiple individual tracks.Echo when recording cassette in Audacity.Audacity recording records background noise, but does not record line input from cassette.If you haven’t seen it yet, a related article that I wrote is here, a summary of the cassette-to-Audacity instructions I just gave you, only meant for a general audience, and not for a Tape2PC device. Hopefully the above steps should help you. I probably have everything set-up incorrectly by now. > I boils down to, “I don’t know what I’m doing”. >I do not know which inputs to select or any settings I should be using on Audacity. If you want to hear what you are recording, then in Audacity’s “Edit – Preferences” menu, check the box for “Software playthrough”. >I want to hear the songs as they play, since I only want to copy certain songs.
You can later burn that WAV or MP3 to a CD for later playback and storage, or import them into iTunes. After that, you can take your Audacity files, and export them as a WAV or MP3 file. If you get success on step 7, you just need to perform the above process for the entire tape you want to record. If you’ve done everything right, you should hear your small section of recorded tape.
Then press the left purple arrow (to “rewind” what you’ve just been recording), and finally press the green triangle (to play back your recording). As a test, you can stop the tape, stop the recording (press the yellow square to stop recording). If you don’t, just leave the selection as is and click OK.ĥ) Insert a test tape into the Tape2PC device and press “Play”.Ħ) In Audacity, click the red circle button – this starts recording.ħ) If the tape is playing, and you’ve picked the right recording device (in step 4), you should hear your tape playing. If you see a device called “Tape2PC” or “USB Microphone”, then pick it and click OK. Pick that dropdown list and you’ll see several choices. In the “Recording” section, check out the field called “Device”.
#USB CASSETTE PLAYER INSTALLATION AUDACITY HOW TO#
Alternatively (the instructions should detail this, if applicable), you may need to insert a CD into your computer after you plug in the USB cable – this CD tells the computer how to “talk” with the Tape2PC device.Ĥ) Start Audacity. If you’re lucky, this should be as easy as turning your computer on and letting it auto-detect the Tape2PC device. The USB cable is pretty easy to figure out – it will only plug in one way in each end.Ģ) Next, you need to tell your computer to recognize the Tape2PC device. The other end will plug in to your computer. One end will plug into the Tape2PC device. (If not, please let me know.)ġ) What you first need to do is to have a cable between the Tape2PC device and your computer. Since you mentioned Windows Media Player, I’m assuming you’re going to run this tape conversion on Windows, and not a Mac. >I am trying to copy a bunch of old audio cassettes to my computer (and edit them) I have iTunes, Windows Player Media, and some EZ something recording program from Ion. I boils down to, “I don’t know what I’m doing”. I do not know which inputs to select or any settings I should be using on Audacity. I want to hear the songs as they play, since I only want to copy certain songs. I am trying to copy a bunch of old audio cassettes to my computer (and edit them) using an Ion Tape2Pc and Audacity.
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