Solved Importing Cassette to Computer

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Can someone please give me a walk through on how to transfer my tapes from my Tascam Portastudio 424 mkIII into Cubase via my Tascam US-122mkII audio interface. Then fom there to burn to disc. Thanks for your help.
 
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The simplest way

The simplest way would be to do all 4-track mixing to stereo on the 424mkIII, L/R Line Out connected to the 122mkII inputs in stereo using appropriate connectors & record stereo mixes to Cubase, 16/44.1 stereo format. Export the file to Wav, lay out in track files and burn to cd.
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An RCA/RCA interconnect cable and a couple RCA-1/4"M adapters.
Off the cuff I'm guessing the 122mkII has L/R inputs on 1/4" jacks.
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I thought Cubase was a MIDI sequencer. Can it actually record audio these days? If not, you might want to look at Audacity as a simple WAV recorder. It's a little clunky in places, but it is free and runs on all the main operating systems.

With Audacity, the main quirk is that you have to remember to Export, not save - since it will save things in its own multitrack format by default. But I suspect the same goes for Cubase.
 
Just wondering- Is it possible to record a take onto my 424 and a handheld field recorder like the dr-40 simultaneously or will the microphones on the dr-40 clash with my mic'd amp? I am recording some scratch tracks to show to my band mates and would like to back these up analog and digitally. This method would save me the trouble or exporting from the 424 to the PC via the 122. I am thinking of buying a dr-40 I dont own one yet.
 
gecko zzed said:
Cubase has been able to record audio since 1996: Steinberg Cubase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Heh, that was probably about the last time I saw it.

Joronamo said:
Just wondering- Is it possible to record a take onto my 424 and a handheld field recorder like the dr-40 simultaneously or will the microphones on the dr-40 clash with my mic'd amp?
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Wouldn't it be better to record the output of the 424 into the field recorder? The DR40 has two line inputs, so you could take a stereo mix from the back of the 424, or two isolated tracks if you prefer. Unless I'm much mistaken, the 424 has 4 independent outputs at the back. Note that the DR40 cannot record 4 line inputs simultaneously, even though it is billed as a 4-track machine. (Fortunately that doesn't seem to be what you're asking anyway)
 
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I don't see any advantage of recording to a DR-40 vs recording thru the US-122mkII to the computer.
 
A Reel Person said:
I don't see any advantage of recording to a DR-40 vs recording thru the US-122mkII to the computer.
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Cause recording to computer is lame man:laughings:! I'm just using the computer as recall and for burning to disc. I still use cassettes but unfortunatly most people don't anymore so I need to burn to disc to show my band mates. I thought about connecting the dr-40 to the output of the 424 but my 424 is American and I'm using a transformer for it to work here in Australia, and the dr-40 I'm thinking of buying is 240V. Will this be an issue if I connect one to the other? I dont want to spend $300 on a dr-40 and then fry it after first use...
 
Joronamo said:
Cause recording to computer is lame man:laughings:! I'm just using the computer as recall and for burning to disc. I still use cassettes but unfortunatly most people don't anymore so I need to burn to disc to show my band mates. I thought about connecting the dr-40 to the output of the 424 but my 424 is American and I'm using a transformer for it to work here in Australia, and the dr-40 I'm thinking of buying is 240V. Will this be an issue if I connect one to the other? I dont want to spend $300 on a dr-40 and then fry it after first use...
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The easiest way fo doing it has already been given. See:
A Reel Person said:
The simplest way would be to do all 4-track mixing to stereo on the 424mkIII, L/R Line Out connected to the 122mkII inputs in stereo using appropriate connectors & record stereo mixes to Cubase, 16/44.1 stereo format. Export the file to Wav, lay out in track files and burn to cd.
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How is that easier? I have to lug around my 424 into my study, connect it to the transformer, buy a 1/4" adapter jack, learn how to use my 122 with this method which I've never done before. I am a reocrding novice by the way. With the dr-40 method, I have my reocrdings straight to tape and then I can simply connect my dr-40 via usb to PC which is easy. Unless Im missing something?
 
Joronamo said:
I thought about connecting the dr-40 to the output of the 424 but my 424 is American and I'm using a transformer for it to work here in Australia, and the dr-40 I'm thinking of buying is 240V. Will this be an issue if I connect one to the other? I dont want to spend $300 on a dr-40 and then fry it after first use...
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No, that's just the power source. The signal is going to be line-level and something more like 0.7 volts and it'll be the same on both of them. As long as you don't do something completely insane like somehow plugging the line input into the mains (which would destroy it utterly), both devices should talk to each other happily enough regardless of how they are powered.
 
Cool thanks. How would you plug the line input into the mains though just out of curiosity?
 
Joronamo said:
Cool thanks. How would you plug the line input into the mains though just out of curiosity?
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You would have to build a custom cable, and no-one would ever do this apart from as a joke. It would be like pouring sugar into your car's fuel tank or cutting off your own head.
 
Thought so. It didnt make sense to me but since I am a novice I thought I should make sure. I have done some pretty stupid things before.
 
Can someone confirm if this is the right jack needed? If so, how many?
 
Hey guys. I did a 7 hour recording session on my 424 and it was a success. I recorded solid takes on all three compositions. I am trying to transfer the audio from cassette to computer but I am having trouble. I purchased the RCA adaptors, plugged them into my US-122MkII interface from my 424 and tried to mixdown with no luck.

I know the problem lies with the device setup I have in cubase. I can hear whats being played from the cassette through my computer speakers when the ASIO driver is set to the Tascam US-122mkII but when I hit record nothing gets picked up in the timeline and when I go to playback I cant hear anything. HELP PLEASE!
 
Joronamo said:
Hey guys. I did a 7 hour recording session on my 424 and it was a success. I recorded solid takes on all three compositions. I am trying to transfer the audio from cassette to computer but I am having trouble. I purchased the RCA adaptors, plugged them into my US-122MkII interface from my 424 and tried to mixdown with no luck.

I know the problem lies with the device setup I have in cubase. I can hear whats being played from the cassette through my computer speakers when the ASIO driver is set to the Tascam US-122mkII but when I hit record nothing gets picked up in the timeline and when I go to playback I cant hear anything. HELP PLEASE!
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Top line "Devices">VST Connections then set the US122 line ins and outs in the pale blue boxes, this can be tricky, stick at it, which is why I prefer Samplitude!

Dave.
 
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