I want to transfer hour long or so tapes (not music...speaking) to CD. I have Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge XP but I haven't really gotten into learning this powerful software. I do know how to hook up the cables to my tape deck and sound card. What would be the best way to get the audio to CD? Is the only way to make it into a wav file? That would be rather large wouldn't it? I do have 7 GB free. I don't think I need to really "clean" it up before transferring it since it isn't music. How many hour or so long tapes can I fit on a CD?
Thanks
help with audio tapes to CD
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glc1
line out on tape deck -> line in on sound card
make sure line in is enabled under Windows
Not sure how to use Sound Forge. CD's can hold 60-80 mins of audio. U can use MP3 if u want, however, u will need a computer (or portable mp3 player or car mp3 player, etc.) to listen to the CD.
[This message has been edited by glc1 (edited 10-20-2000).]
make sure line in is enabled under Windows
Not sure how to use Sound Forge. CD's can hold 60-80 mins of audio. U can use MP3 if u want, however, u will need a computer (or portable mp3 player or car mp3 player, etc.) to listen to the CD.
[This message has been edited by glc1 (edited 10-20-2000).]
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downhill
CD's hold 650 megs or 700 megs of data or 74 minutes or 80 minutes of music, sound ect ect. depending one which one you buy to record to. If you want one that will play in almost any cd player, stick with the 74 minute ones.
Your going to need a cd burner. A cdrom can only play and not record.
Once you have that, simply save the tape as a 44.l k 16 bit wav file. Then using your software that comes with your burner, burn the wav to your cd.
You can use Sound Forge to clean up the sound before burning.
[This message has been edited by downhill (edited 10-20-2000).]
Your going to need a cd burner. A cdrom can only play and not record.
Once you have that, simply save the tape as a 44.l k 16 bit wav file. Then using your software that comes with your burner, burn the wav to your cd.
You can use Sound Forge to clean up the sound before burning.
[This message has been edited by downhill (edited 10-20-2000).]
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Hey,
I've done it before. Hook up your tape deck to either the CD or microphone hookup in your soundcard and record it using whatever software you want (in WAV) format. I've found a few good programs to convert to MP3, and you can search for those. Try to get some good cables and minimize the noise, that can be accomplished with a good tape deck.
It all depends on how you want to listen to this music. If you want to make CD's that can be played on your home stereo, then use the default software that comes with your CDR/CDRW. I personally use whatever is on my system at the time; sometimes it's Nero or CDRWin.
If you want to play on your computer then use a program that converts to MP3.
I've done it before. Hook up your tape deck to either the CD or microphone hookup in your soundcard and record it using whatever software you want (in WAV) format. I've found a few good programs to convert to MP3, and you can search for those. Try to get some good cables and minimize the noise, that can be accomplished with a good tape deck.
It all depends on how you want to listen to this music. If you want to make CD's that can be played on your home stereo, then use the default software that comes with your CDR/CDRW. I personally use whatever is on my system at the time; sometimes it's Nero or CDRWin.
If you want to play on your computer then use a program that converts to MP3.
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GC