If your tapes are cassette, then you won't get nearly the quality you will =
get on a digital recording. What I would do is borrow (or buy) the best ca=
ssette tape deck you can find and run it's "outs" into a digital recorder w=
ith a good pre-amp and good anlogue to digital converter. If you set it up=
this way, then that will record it straight to file as clean as can be don=
e. Then you transfer that file to your computer, which is very simple via =
firewire or card reader.
A zoom H2, for instance, will work as an external audio device anyway. Whi=
le I haven't tried this, it may even record straight to a hard drive. My S=
ound Devices 702 does that, but it was pricey.
Almost any digital recorder will work because even 44.1 KHz sampling rate w=
ill supersede the quality of your tapes, most likely. What will preserve t=
he quality of your cassette recordings is a good analogue to digital conver=
ter. Are you trusting that quality to a $119 device that also plays tapes?=
? That is why I recommend a good digital recorder. It will be slightly mo=
re expensive, but will also serve to make future recordings for you.
If you don't already have a digital recorder, then you probably need one an=
d this would be a good excuse to get one ;-)
That is just my opinion.
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