Old audio stuff

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OK folks , i need to get rid of my old audio tapes, but i want to keep the brilliant music that ive got from them .

Now can anyone reccommend a really good and easy to use softeware package so that i can tranfer them on to my HD and would i need some special wires for this or can i just put my headphone socket from my old tape player to the mic socket at the back of my computer. And also would this software reduce the hiss in the background???

Thankls for your help folks

 

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Helped me when I was looking for something simillar.

 

Im just getting it now thanks. Would it automatically ID3 tag the music for me as some of the tunes are very god but i dont know the names of them ??

 

Don't use the mic socket on the PC - it is very noisy, and the levels would be mismatched.

If the headphone output is the only one then connect to the line in on the PC. Even better if the tape player has line out is to use that.

Harry.

 

I know this is going to sound daft, but can the computer recognise the trck etc. I knowit can on some tracks , but as this is put in from a tape etc , how would i get it so it automatically get the trck name , as i dont know the name for some of them???

 

You can't. This only works with CDs as the database has a checksum based on the track lengths as measured by the CD reader. When you are dealing with old analogue audio you have to do your own nameing!

Harry.

 

Ah fair enough, cheers anyway Harry