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Copying old tapes to my mac?

Diatribe

Diatribe

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Jan 8, 2004
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Does anybody know a software that would let me record a tape on my mac to burn them on a CD?
I guess some kind of analog recorder app. Would be nice if anyone knew, because I couldn't find any. Maybe I am searching for the wrong terms though. Thanks in advance.
 
WinterMute said:
Yes, you'll probably need a twin RCA to 1/8" stereo mini-jack cable, any good electrical/hi-fi store will have one.
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Yeah, I already have one. I just didn't want to mic-tape this but rather directly, so if this works... awesome.
See, I have never fiddled around with Garageband that much, I guess it's time to start. Thanks for the help.
 
evilernie said:
Just curious, would garageband work for vinyl too?
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Yes, you'll need a pre-amp between the turntable and the Mac, but any DJ mixer or amp with a "pre-amp out" connection will do.

A cassette player operates at Line level (usually the -10db domestic, unbalanced version), a turntable uses a much lower signal level, which is basically the output of the cartridge, and it needs amplifying before the Mac will be able to do much with it.
 
evilernie said:
Just curious, would garageband work for vinyl too?
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Yes and no.

Your Mac has input for a powered signal through a 2.5mm jack.

The turntable you'll probably use will have un-powered RCA output.

You need an amp, some RCA cable and a RCA-to-2.5mm converter.

~$50 at Radioshack; worth it, IMHO.
 
I need some help too!

WinterMute said:
Yes, you'll probably need a twin RCA to 1/8" stereo mini-jack cable, any good electrical/hi-fi store will have one.
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I'm trying to get from a Akai cassette deck into my Mac.

Which input do you use? Is there just one imput on the rear for a mic input that I can use. I have a G4 Dual Processor tower!

Thanks
 
I'm lost!!

WinterMute said:
Yes, you'll probably need a twin RCA to 1/8" stereo mini-jack cable, any good electrical/hi-fi store will have one.
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OK, so I got the cable and plugged it in from an Akai cassette deck into my G4 tower. I opened Garageband, but I see no way to import the signal from the deck. What am I missing?? I have no idea what I'm doing with the Garage Band application!!! Not my area of expertise!!
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HE-ELLP!
 
Anybody know about Audion

Mr. "D" said:
OK, so I got the cable and plugged it in from an Akai cassette deck into my G4 tower. I opened Garageband, but I see no way to import the signal from the deck. What am I missing?? I have no idea what I'm doing with the Garage Band application!!! Not my area of expertise!!
:confused: :confused: :confused:

HE-ELLP!
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I downloaded Audion 3 and have gotten no sucess yet! What settings in Audion are required to input into iTunes. I couldn't import the file, but I could drag it into iTunes. I recorded about 5 minutes of music and it came out as 5 seconds that couldn't be played by iTunes. It seemed really buggy!

Is there anything that actually works to go from an analog cassette tape deck to iTunes?? I hate to invest in anything for this purpose since it seems there is no guarrantee anything really works! It seems like Apple has worked hard to make inputing difficult for both iTunes and iMovie!
:confused: :confused:
 
Mr. "D" said:
OK, so I got the cable and plugged it in from an Akai cassette deck into my G4 tower. I opened Garageband, but I see no way to import the signal from the deck. What am I missing?? I have no idea what I'm doing with the Garage Band application!!! Not my area of expertise!!
:confused: :confused: :confused:

HE-ELLP!
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new track>basic instrument>basic track

I press play on my Pioneer dual tape deck and boom here comes the sounds
 
toothpaste said:
new track>basic instrument>basic track

I press play on my Pioneer dual tape deck and boom here comes the sounds
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Well I must be dumber than a rock!

I found and set it on (new track>real Instrument>basic track) No basic instrument choice as you mentioned found at all! It appeared to be recording, but it couldn't be exported to/or imported into iTunes. I also couldn't find anyway to play the recording in Garage Band. Also it didn't seem to be a large enough file to have recorded the song properly (164 kb). I can use Photoshop effectively, but Garage Band is not very intuitive to the new user!

Thanx,

Mr. "D"
 
Mr. "D" said:
I found and set it on (new track>real Instrument>basic track) No basic instrument choice as you mentioned found at all! It appeared to be recording, but it couldn't be exported to/or imported into iTunes...
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I know this is an old thread, but I thought I'd chip in my two cents for anyone else who runs across it. In order to get Garage Band to "hear" my line in, I had to open the Preferences panel and go to the Audio/MIDI tab. There you can change the Audio Input setting from the built-in microphone to the line in. After I made that change, it works as advertised.
 
Lyle said:
I know this is an old thread, but I thought I'd chip in my two cents for anyone else who runs across it. In order to get Garage Band to "hear" my line in, I had to open the Preferences panel and go to the Audio/MIDI tab. There you can change the Audio Input setting from the built-in microphone to the line in. After I made that change, it works as advertised.
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Thanx for the courteous Lyle. I'll try it! I had given up! I have a bunch of priceless old tapes I'd like to get into iTunes.
 
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