[MacDV] Re: Recording Audio cassettes to CD

[Norm Lamoureux]

Hi Shirley, The iMic that I purchased a week ago from
Griffintechnology came with a "Y" cable that you would
connect your RCA jacks to. Also, I did in fact
download "finalvinyl" from their site. I would agree
that the instructions could be out dated. As for my
tape deack. I have a "JVC" dual cassette deck, but any
old deck will do the job. Remember that when you
record tapes and albums, it records whatever it hears.
So if you've got bad parts on the tape it will  record
the bad spots to. What you hear is what you get. Let
me know how you make out.

Good Luck!
Norm


--- ShirleyK <ShirleyKat at cox.net> wrote:
> I looked at the instructions on Griffin's site. They
> seemed to indicate 
> that the y-cable was something you have to purchase
> and they do not 
> mention their own FinalVinyl software I've read
> about here. Maybe the 
> instructions for using iMic are out of date?
> 
> What kind of cassette deck do you have? I have some
> cassettes I'd like 
> to try digitizing, but all I have is a tiny
> hand-held tape player and 
> the car. The boombox quit playing tapes a long time
> ago, not that it 
> would have worked either. I don't have any kind of
> stereo system 
> anymore and probably don't want anything elaborate
> now that I can 
> listen from the computer. It's so convenient to go
> to anything in your 
> library from the iPod or iTunes.
> 
> Shirley
> 
> 
> On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 06:47  PM, Norm
> Lamoureux wrote:
> 
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> >          The following is a guide to help you
> record
> > audio cassettes and then burn them to CD. You will
> > need a couple of things to get started. First you
> need
> > to get an "iMic". You can get one for about $35.00
> > from griffintechnology.com. The software I used
> was a
> > simple to use program called "Audio In". You can
> > download it for "free" at versiontracker.com. Type
> in
> > "Audio In" in the search tab located in the top
> right
> > hand corner. It will be on the list. Now you need
> to
> > take your RCA jacks (1 red, 1 white) from the
> "tape
> > out" on your cassette deck and plug them into the
> "Y"
> > adapter that comes with the iMic. Plug the mini
> jack
> > into the mic input in the iMic. Plug the iMic into
> any
> > USB port and were ready to record. Open up "Audio
> In"
> > and hit record and play on your cassette deck at
> the
> > same time. Now your recording. Keep an eye on the
> > cassette, you'll have to manually hit the stop
> button
> > in the audio in window once the tape is finished,
> > otherwise it will just keep recording,nothing. It
> will
> > automatically place a folder on your desktop. Open
> up
> > "iTunes". Make a new playlist and call it whatever
> you
> > want. Then just drag the folder from your desktop
> into
> > your playlist. Just click "Burn Disc" and you
> should
> > have a CD of your audio cassette in a couple of
> > minutes. I think I covered everything, but if
> anyone
> > needs more info just give me a shout. Good Luck,
> Norm
> >
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