[MacDV] Importing sound from audio cassettes

[James Asherman]

The MBP appears to  have an audio -in jack. It's on the left side.
You should be able to use an RCA-to-miniplug cable or adapter to plug  
in. I would generally try the line out on the boombox but if headphone
jack is all you've got, set it pretty low on the volume.
Audacity is good and it's easy, but you could probably use GarageBAnd.
Whether you use Garageband, Audacity, pro Tools, Logic, Final Cut , or  
iMovie,
you're probably going to want to export a version for itunes and  
probably a second one for your DVD
since formats and sample rates might not match.
I can't wait to hear how wrong I am. Lol
Jim
On Aug 19, 2008, at 12:26 PM, Brian Olesky wrote:

> I have some audio cassettes with stuff I'd like to import into my  
> MBP for
> adding to a DVD I'm making. It's not music, so the quality doesn't  
> have to
> be perfect, though I'd like it to be as good as possible. Is there  
> some
> simple way of importing it, like simply running some kind of cable  
> from the
> headphone jack on a boombox into some port on my MBP? And once  
> imported, can
> I simply add it to iTunes and edit from there? I've poked around the
> internet and seen all kinds of things like using Audacity, for  
> example, but
> is there some simple way?
>
> TIA,
> Brian
>
>
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