Thanks Contributors.
Steve - I have a "microphone in" and it's monaural. I will try this
though, as I don't really have any real stereo recordings (except some
music tapes which I was hoping to slip in with the digitization
project).
Matthias - I'll listen for artifacts when I try out the cheap direct
method.
Greg - Yes, I need to get a new recorder (move from tape to digital)
and ability to use it as a transfer recorder might influence my choice
of model.
Mitch - Thanks for the specifics on the PMD-661. I'll look into it.
I'm already a Sweetwater customer.
Dale
BTW, I'm sure most readers here know about it already, but check out
Transom.org - a great field recording (more journalism) community with
in-depth equipment reviews.
On Feb 10, 2011, at 8:55 PM, Steve Pelikan wrote:
> Hi Dale:
>
> The first and easiest thing to try is to connect the cassette
> recorder's output to whatever sound card is currently in your
> computer. (Usually they have at least a "mic in" jack). I'd try
> that ,maybe with a free program like Audacity to do the actual
> recording, and see if it is good enough for you. My bet is that it
> will be.
>
> It'd have to be an amazing tape recorder and recording (is my guess)
> to actually show a difference between vanilla sound card and a
> fancier recorder.
>
> Of course you can do the same thing with a new recorder and if
> you're going to start recording again, certainly you'll go digital.
>
> Cheers!
> Steve P
>
> --- In Dale Hoffman <>
> wrote:
> >
> > I have not made recordings in a while and have a collection of
> > cassettes.
> > I'm considering buying a new digital recorder and resuming recording
> > activities and wonder if any of these recorders would be suitable
> for
> > transferring directly from a cassette deck.\
>
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