tape to cd...help

[berto]

hi, i have a tascam 414,analog. the stuff ive recorded only plays back in my four track, not in any regular tape player. does anyone know how i can transfer whats on the tape to a cd directly from the four track? is that even possible?

thank you.

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

hi, i have a tascam 414,analog. the stuff ive recorded only plays back in my four track, not in any regular tape player. does anyone know how i can transfer whats on the tape to a cd directly from the four track? is that even possible?

thank you.

Stereo out from your 414 is easy. Just send from the Line Outs on the back of the 414. What to send to depends on what equipment you have for the CD on the other end. If the only burner you have is in your PC, then you'll have to go from the Line Outs on your 414 to the stereo Line In jack on your soundcard, and record that signal with wahtever recording software you may have on your computer. Frm there you'd save your recordings on your computer as WAV files and then burn those to CD with your PC burner.

G.

 

[berto]

Stereo out from your 414 is easy. Just send from the Line Outs on the back of the 414. What to send to depends on what equipment you have for the CD on the other end. If the only burner you have is in your PC, then you'll have to go from the Line Outs on your 414 to the stereo Line In jack on your soundcard, and record that signal with wahtever recording software you may have on your computer. Frm there you'd save your recordings on your computer as WAV files and then burn those to CD with your PC burner.

G.

thanks so much for your response. so i need a soundcard and a music software program. are there any particular soundcards and software programs that you recommend? by software program, do you mean something that can be downloaded or something only purchased at a store?

again, thank you

 

[bcains]

Software like: Sonic Foundry / Sound Studio.

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

The budget way is to use the soundcard that comes with your computer, and for software you can get download a free program called "Audigy" at the SourceForge website.

If you have a spare USB port on your computer and have the budget for $199 + tax, then skip your PC soundcard and get a higher quality sound (plus more uses for future recording) and get a Tascam us122 two-channel audio interface. It also comes with a free copy of CubaseSE, which is a fine piece of audio software that normally costs $99 if you buy it alone.

G.

 

[berto]

The budget way is to use the soundcard that comes with your computer, and for software you can get download a free program called "Audigy" at the SourceForge website.

If you have a spare USB port on your computer and have the budget for $199 + tax, then skip your PC soundcard and get a higher quality sound (plus more uses for future recording) and get a Tascam us122 two-channel audio interface. It also comes with a free copy of CubaseSE, which is a fine piece of audio software that normally costs $99 if you buy it alone.

G.

thank you. i think im going to do it with the computer's soundcard. however, i cant find the audigy program at sourceforge. is there maybe a different one to download?

i appreciate your help.

 

[treymonfauntre]

he meant "audacity", audigy is a cheap ass soundcard

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

Doh!

Yeah, I meant "Audacity". My typo. Sorry.

At least I got the first three letters right!

G.

 

[berto]

i just want to say thanks for the help. i appreciate it

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

No problem, welcome to the board and good luck!

G.

 

[Dani Pace]

Yeah, for free Audacity isn't a bad recorder. Record on 4 track tape, rerecord and mix into Audacity, export to Musicmatch Jukebox, burn to CD or convert to Mp3 so you can upload your music. It's not complicated, I can even do it.

 

[berto]

ok one more question.. i have the fourtrack hooked up to my pc's soundcard. and i have audacity downloaded. im new at using programs though, and i dont know what to do, the steps. do i just hit play on the four track and then audacity will pick it up? or what? im sorry i am so ignorant

 

[treymonfauntre]

set audacity's input to "line in", hit record, and then hit play on your tape deck. if you notice the waves are hitting the top lower the level until its not clipping.

oh, beforehand, go into audacity's preferences and set the amount of tracks to record to be 2, otherwise its gonna make everything mono

 

[dgatwood]

Yeah, for free Audacity isn't a bad recorder. Record on 4 track tape, rerecord and mix into Audacity, export to Musicmatch Jukebox, burn to CD or convert to Mp3 so you can upload your music. It's not complicated, I can even do it.

Or just mix on Ardour and skip a few steps.

 

[Dani Pace]

The song is a little sloppy but it was recorded just the way I described above, http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?fid=783 with a little prastice you can probably do much better.

 

[berto]

hey, that recording is of good quality. to me anyway. thanks for posting it

and again, i want to say thanks to everyone for their help. i appreciate it very much, and am glad i found this message board.

thank you, guys