On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Jeff Maxwell <vohnmaxwell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am in need of a way to process an analog stereo input device > to > digital. > > I basically have old cassettes and reel-to-reels that I would > like to > convert to digital. > > I do have an old CD recorder that I have been using but it has > started > to have issues not being able to read the CDs I insert. > > I would think the better method would be some way to connect the > audio > output of the cassette/reel-to-reel device to the input of my > sound card > and do some type of capture. > > Has anyone had any success at this and how do handle 2 rca type > outputs > from the analog to the single sound card input? I've done this with a cassette deck. I had a friend make me a cable that joins both tape stereo output channels into a single soundcard input plug (this is a standard connector but I'm electronics-illiterate so don't ask me for details :-). I used Audacity for the capture. It's a highly manual process needless to say (start Audacity recording, hit tape button, wait for the whole thing to finish at normal speed, hit tape stop, stop recording) but I did capture several audiobooks to listen to on my iPod. Or you can buy a ready-made USB tape player, but I'm not sure how much pain it would mean to get it working under Linux. Turntables are also available. Ironically, a lot of these actually come with Audacity even though they're marketed for Windows. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
