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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: selkie305 on August 03, 2009, 03:44:38 PM

Title: Simple sound recorder that works?
Post by: selkie305 on August 03, 2009, 03:44:38 PM

I want to record music from cassettes on my computer. I downloaded Audacity but it looks really confusing and I don't know where to start. I tried Microsoft Sound Recorder- I used a cable to connect the earphones port in the tape player with the microphone port in the computer. The sound did record but it sounds like poo.  :P Tried lowering the volume of the tape player, no change. What was I doing wrong, and is there a free sound recorder that works and is easy to use? I also want to record songs that are several minutes long. What I eventually plan to do is combine the songs with pictures and put them on YouTube.

Title: Re: Simple sound recorder that works?
Post by: ThomasTheXPUser on August 03, 2009, 03:54:37 PM

Personally, I like Audacity, and I find it simple when you get the hang of it. if you don't want to use Audacity, there is this:

http://www.screenvirtuoso.com/audio-recorder.html

Hope That Helps!

Title: Re: Simple sound recorder that works?
Post by: selkie305 on August 03, 2009, 04:43:45 PM

Thanks- I'll check that out. The thing with Audacity, it offers a million choices when I just want to do one thing, and there seems to be no guide to it- how do you know what to do?

Title: Re: Simple sound recorder that works?
Post by: Karnac on August 03, 2009, 04:48:59 PM

Audacity tutorial...

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Transferring_tapes_and_records_to_computer_or_CD

Title: Re: Simple sound recorder that works?
Post by: ThomasTheXPUser on August 03, 2009, 07:41:32 PM

You plug in the cassette player to the mic jack, select record from mic jack as your option, and hit record. it should do the trick. karnac, nice link, I had the Audacity tutorial in my bookmarks, somehow they came out of my bookmarks

Title: Re: Simple sound recorder that works?
Post by: selkie305 on August 03, 2009, 08:54:39 PM

Thanks, guys!  :-*  I think I'll give Audacity a try now that I have the tutorial. Thomas- were your last instructions for using Audacity, or that other one you recommended? I downloaded that one, and then when I tried to unzip it, it told me I had to put in some kind of disk that I don't have. There's always something! I'll let you know how my next adventure turns out.

Title: Re: Simple sound recorder that works?
Post by: ThomasTheXPUser on August 04, 2009, 10:29:40 AM

I was just saying that is how I record cassettes in Audacity, but I am sure the tutorial is better :)