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by Tom D
Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:25 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Using USB Audio CODEC for transcribing old tapes to digital
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Using USB Audio CODEC for transcribing old tapes to digital

I have two brief questions: 1. I have audio cassette tapes with human voice dictations on them and am playing them in real time to make digital files using Amadeus on my Mac. I have had ALOT of trouble avoiding clipping when setting the input from the tape deck manually as the voices vary wildly and...
by Tom D
Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:59 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: recording from analogue cassettes
Replies: 3
Views: 13199

Soud levels for distant voices

I think I have not articulated my concern correctly so have edited my question and a bit of text below. I realize this post has overlap with 'Cassettes to MP3 transfers for Dummies' thread. However, my question is specific. As described above I am transcribing elderly cassettes of audio voice to WAV...
by Tom D
Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:54 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: recording from analogue cassettes
Replies: 3
Views: 13199

recording from analogue cassettes

Thank you very much to Sonic Purity for this very helpful and highly informative post. Much appreciated.

Tom D.
by Tom D
Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:12 am
Forum: Discussion
Topic: recording from analogue cassettes
Replies: 3
Views: 13199

recording from analogue cassettes

I am using an ION Tape 2 PC to play numerous C90 tapes of spoken voice to digitize the data. I plug into the USB on my Mac and use the 'Audio CODEC' facility which seems to give the right level of sound input (I find that if I set input manually and the voice changes suddenly - as it does - I get mu...