Tape to digital converter?

[Sylv]

Yes precisely Ivor. I got Audacity now but still have to get the wiring rerouted to get the sound from the stereo to the pc (at the moment it's the other way round).

[Elliot M]

I forgot to mention, I know when a mate got the Ion USB turntable a couple of years ago, the software it was supplied with was a version of Audacity.

[Dombo]

Does the software clean the signal to eliminate any tape hiss?

[Ivor]

[quote="Dombo"]Does the software clean the signal to eliminate any tape hiss?

[quote="Ivor"][quote="Dombo"]Does the software clean the signal to eliminate any tape hiss?

[adrian]

I used to record John Peel's Festive 50 every year, and lots of bits and bobs from the show throughout the year. I've still got the tapes kicking around - (increasingly under threat from a marauding Albert, I might add ). It'd be great to transfer these to something more permanent. Hmm...

[quote]yup its a full on audio editing tool, lots of filters you can apply and more you can plug in.

[Will]

I've used Audacity to convert vinyl and tape to digital formats (FLAC, mp3, etc.)

It works a treat

[Sylv]

Being a numpty i've given up for now as cannot seem to get the sound from stereo into the pc despite seemingly doing it right with the wiring - nothing happens in audacity

In the meantime would someone be able to convert a song on youtube to a mp3?

cheers

[the other Steve Dennis]

Dont want to speak out of turn Sylv - something worth checking though.

Go into the Audacity Preferences and make sure that the audio input is at the correct setting for both playback and recording devices - that took me a while to sort out first time.

You can check if Audacity is receiving the audio by selecting audio playthrough.

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Not sure why everyone wants to eliminate the crackle and hiss though - that's the charm of the old stuff.