Transerring Old Media onto CD

[CaptainKirk]

I have many many cassettes and albums, Id like to transfer onto CD before the tape degrades, or cartridges become unavailable for turntables, or both. I now nothing about the process, other than Ive seen a Sony CD recorder which lets you transfer other media, including other CD's onto CD.

Ive also been told thers a method using a PC, provided its equipped with a CD burner, but is this a different type of CD medium than those used in commercially recorded CD,'s.

The Sony deck would be optimum to record TO as I have 3 cassette decks and a turntable, all run through an equalizer, but the Sony Deck is $300..... .Its advertised as having software to remove the hisses, skips, and rough spots...

Whats the best way...even if it costs more? at this time.

http://www.smartdisk.com/index.asp

I got the 120 Gig hard drive with the fire wire. Unfortunately, I haven't figured out what a fire wire is yet. :)

[BrandonL]

If you plug a tape deck or record player into your PC's sound input-you can record each song as a wave track using various sound recording software out there. You can then burn these .wav tracks to a CD.

That's the simple overview of what you'd need to do. Basically to restate:

A) hook player to audio input of computer
B) Get software to make audio files (mp3 would be best bet) of input
C) Burn mp3s or other audio file onto CD.

[CaptainKirk]

Thanks guys,

it seems as if each of you avoided the Sony recorder , probably in view of the expense as compared to the PC alternative....

or was it the scrubiing aspect of the PC software, perhpas unobtainable on a non-PC approach?

CPT

Thanks guys,

it seems as if each of you avoided the Sony recorder , probably in view of the expense as compared to the PC alternative....

or was it the scrubiing aspect of the PC software, perhpas unobtainable on a non-PC approach?

CPT


Well, just buy the damn thing. You know you NEED it. ;D

[BrandonL]

...it seems as if each of you avoided the Sony recorder , probably in view of the expense as compared to the PC alternative....If the Sony recorder can asociate the pauses between songs as tracks on the CD-then go for it (it would be the easiest approach). My method would give each song it's own track on the CD.

[CaptainKirk]

Well I ended up buyin a SONY..I was in Sears on a different mission, when, while wandering past electronics spotted one...a Sony RCD W50C 5 disc changer and CD recorder, with something called bit mapping....

whats that??? Its original MSRP was $349., it was selling on sale for $249...and since it was the floor model, the guy let me have it for $ 199.....It has 2 input jacks for accepting material (analog) from other sources along with digital input plugs.......

so now begins the task..I guess Ill see how this works with some trial n error on CD-RWs before finalizing a good copy onto CD-R Audio .....

I hope I dont have to replace this with a more expensive whistles n bells one a year from now for the same bread.

Well I ended up buyin a SONY..I was in Sears on a different mission, when, while wandering past electronics spotted one...a Sony RCD W50C 5 disc changer and CD recorder, with something called bit mapping....

whats that??? Its original MSRP was $349., it was selling on sale for $249...and since it was the floor model, the guy let me have it for $ 199.....It has 2 input jacks for accepting material (analog) from other sources along with digital input plugs.......

so now begins the task..I guess Ill see how this works with some trial n error on CD-RWs before finalizing a good copy onto CD-R Audio .....

I hope I dont have to replace this with a more expensive whistles n bells one a year from now for the same bread.


Atta boy!! That is EXACTLY what I would have done. Just the word "Sony" gives me a chubby. Who cares what they do? It's a fuckin' Sony...

I'll be right back...got any Kleenex?

[CaptainKirk]

I'll be right back...got any Kleenex?

OUT-FUCKIN-STANDING !!! news....(in my best R. Lee Ermey voice)

kleenex? did you just blow a load all over the monitor at the mere mention of SONY.....

as I recall Dean is in the screen wipe bidness.....but id call him about inventory cause Tile cleaned him out last week