[MacDV] Re: Importing sound from audio cassettes

[sb]

Yes, Jim you are correct! Thanks!

I thought only the G5 tower had a way to get analog audio in and the  
audio input on the MBP was digital only.

Now he only needs the cable to go from stereo RCA to mini phone.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1596

I find using Audio Recorder 3.2 much easier for people who don't  
already know GarageBand.

  regards,

  sb




On Aug 19, 2008, at 11:40 AM, James Asherman wrote:

> sb,
> While your advice is practical and necessary on, say, a G4  
> Quicksilver,
> Brian is using a MacBookPro. I looked it up. It has an audio-in jack  
> on the side.
> I started Garageband on my G5 tower here. It points at the miniplug  
> on the back, into which I could plug anything.
> He should already have Garageband .
> No download or hardware beyond the correct cable seems, to me, to be  
> necessary.
> Am I wrong ? (seriously )
> Jim
>
> On Aug 19, 2008, at 2:26 PM, sb wrote:
>
>> Brian,
>>
>> Your challenge is to get the analog (boombox) audio converted to  
>> digital (computer) audio.
>>
>> You'll need some sort of hardware device.
>>
>> Possibly, the lowest cost is the Griffin iMic, I don't know what  
>> else is out there that's similar. It's about $30.
>> It takes the red/white RCA outputs of the boombox (or other stereo  
>> device) and has USB to go into the computer.
>>
>> You have a choice of software to control the capture. The iMic  
>> comes with some, or you can use the free download Audio Recorder  
>> 3.2, for example.
>>
>> Once it's digital and on your computer, it goes into iTunes just by  
>> drag and drop or file>import.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> sb
>>
>>
>> On Aug 19, 2008, at 9:26 AM, 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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