tape to USB ?

[EZEE]

Picked up a DJM 350 mixer and was wondering if running a tape deck through the line and recording to the on board USB would work my concern is the quality of the recording the mixer converts it to a wav file would it enhance the finished product or diminish it I know the quality of the original cassette recording is a big factor I'm thinking it's an easy way to rip then upload my old tapes... your thoughts please

 

[sevenuk]

Picked up a DJM 350 mixer and was wondering if running a tape deck through the line and recording to the on board USB would work my concern is the quality of the recording the mixer converts it to a wav file would it enhance the finished product or diminish it I know the quality of the original cassette recording is a big factor I'm thinking it's an easy way to rip then upload my old tapes... your thoughts please

i use an ordinary cassette player with a lead from the headphones socket to the microphone input on the comp.

i record it using audacity and save it straight as an mp3... generally the quality is pretty good unless the cassette is shagged of course but it is possible to remove hiss etc using audacity

i originally started saving them as wav's but decided that due to disc space and the time it takes to convert to mp3 i would just save em as mp3

does that help... guess it's what works for you at the end of the day!!

 

[EZEE]

PIONEER DJM 350 2 Channel Mixer + Effects - HTFR

I watched the video demo on here where it says you can archive your vinyl and it converts it to wav file and thought maybe good for ripping tapes but I don't know wether it flattens the sound or not its the only means of recording I have at the moment and I have to get a tape deck yet no point investing for me if this method turns out not to work to well ..

 

[siman91]

I have a Pioneer djm500 in my recording set up. I rip tapes and vinyl via decent Sony tape deck/1200 through good cables to DM to decent sound card and record using adobe audition 1.5. Works well and I would guess would give a better result that the djm350 all in one.

S

 

[EZEE]

Thanks for the advice fella's, got a tape deck coming on loan so I can try the direct method, I'll get to

grips with the software you've mentioned in good time cheers

 

[BayHam]

Neostar Electronics | Neostar Tape Express Tape-to-MP3 Convertor | Music and Audio

You should get something along the lines of this if you have a load of tapes you want to convert then fix them with Sony Soundforge or nero wave editor.

Just: £24.95 (WAS £49.95)

 

[ComaProject]

^^^ I wouldn't.

You can get decent 2nd hand tape decks now for VERY little money (under £50) with Dolby NR, tape type selector (Metal/CrO2/Normal), bias, peak level etc.

Just make sure they run/track ok and clean the heads & capstan with isopropyl alcohol (with a cotton bud) and you will get a FAR better result than using that shitty thing.... imho

 

[ste huxley]

I convrted a load of tapes into wav/mp3 from a decent tape deck seperate I had (which I originally recorded the mixes on)

The tapes were all metal, top quality and the tape deck had good settings
Just lined out of the tape deck onto an internal sound card which probs wasnt that great, just a built in one in the PC, encoding them to 128mp3, quality was AMAZING. Loud as fk, crystal clear. Used sound forge to record into the wav/mp3

I cannot get this loudness without distortion with a decent external soundcard into my laptop usb.

Tapes were ace