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Irene McC
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Tue, 21 Jun 2005 17:29:49 +0200
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Re: [idm] Cassette Tapes
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quoted 1 line Enjoy. <> Enjoy. <http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/6908/>
Well, goodness. That's amazing :-) How retro can you get. So; what do you want to know? Go for the 90 min tapes - the 60's work out more expensive and are too short anyway... you want more than an hour at a time, right? Don't get the 120 min ones, because the physical tape is too thin and thus more likely to get damaged easily.
quoted 1 line tips and tricks for recording> tips and tricks for recording
I used to hook up the tape deck to the PC sound-outs and then arrange a playlist in WinAmp (carefully ensuring approx 46 mins playtime per side). There's a plug-in called Square Soft Advanced Crossfading that does a good job for gap-free replay. THEN, when all is ready to go, press RECORD, but you'll have to sit and monitor the whole thing in real time to adjust levels (unless it's all coming from one source like one CD with the same sound balance in the original). This, folks, is a time consuming labour of love. Personal preference: I don't use Dolby. If you do, then only go for Dolby B, but do a few tests with Dolby in and out, and see which way you prefer the sound. Have fun ... I * --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org