help...

[purr]

Ok, dont' laugh lol , but I can't figure out how to record my voice on a normal cassette tape...I put the tape in my cd player (which plays tapes aswell), press the record and play button together, talk... then play it back...but it doesn't work..PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING WRONG OR WHAT TO DO!

[Markaholic]

there must be some sort of input gain knob on there somewhere....turn it up but not so much that it clips

[purr]

Ok ok, I don't know a heck of alot about cd players so what does the input gain knob look like, and where abouts would it be? Thanks heaps!

[something cool]

Does your tape player have a built-in microphone, or is there a jack for a microphone?

Are you just talking at the tape player or are you talking into a microphone?

[purr]

There's a place at the back that says 'phones' does this mean you can put a microphone in there aswell as headphones? If so does that mean I need to get a mircrophone to be able to record?

[something cool]

I would assume that "phones" is referring only to headphones.

What other types of jacks are on the tape player? "Aux in" or anything like that?

[purr]

No, there's no other jack, the type of cd player it is, is a: Panasonic D12
I've even looked at the manual and it doesn't say how to record by talking into it...just recording by radio and cd...It must be able to record somehow..??

[MichaelM]

Dude, it sounds like you can't record your voice with that CD player. The 'phones' jack is for headphones only, not microphone. Have a look to see if there is 'mic' written anywhere on the unit, normally next to a hole or 3 in the cd player case. But, if the manual only tells you how to record from the radio or CD, I'm pretty sure you can't record your voice.

[purr]

damn, that sucks...so if I go to buy a new cd player, how do I know if it can record your voice?

[mr.rich]

yeah the record option is probably so you can dump cd to tape

[RAMI]

Originally Posted by purr

damn, that sucks...so if I go to buy a new cd player, how do I know if it can record your voice?

It can't record my voice, I'm too far away.

[gordone]

Is this a joke?????????????

[Dani Pace]

If it dosen't have mic input(s) chances are it wont record voice/live music. Those little portable units with the built in mic leave a lot to be desired, and most CD player/tape deck/ radio are not designed to record live, most don't even record from CD to tape very well.

[SouthSIDE Glen]

Originally Posted by gordone

Is this a joke?????????????

No, Gordo, unfortunately these people are serious.

Purr, you don't beed a new recorder. What you need is a small, inexpensive mixer that has a microphone input and stereo tape outputs on it. Small mixers like this can be had for less than the cost of most microphones.

Just check out your favorite local or Internet audio dealer; you should be able to find at least a half-doxen small 4ch mixers that'll work just fine with your casette deck.

G.

[Megaman]

Originally Posted by purr

damn, that sucks...so if I go to buy a new cd player, how do I know if it can record your voice?

If you want to go this route, just make sure there's a built in mic or mic jack similar to the headphone jack you have already

[purr]

Alright, thanks all