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Old January 30th 10, 09:26 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware
Jonno
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Default How to record cassette player using line-in?

I am having trouble recording a cassette player onto XP.

(1) I play a cassette recorder into my PC's line-in and I can hear it
clearly in the speakers.

(2) I select line-in on XP's recording control (SNDVOL32.EXE).

(3) However when I press the record button on Audacity, there is no audio
signal displayed on the graph.

I also tried XP's Sound recorder (SNDREC32.EXE) and Windows Media Player.

Can you advise?
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Old January 30th 10, 09:55 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware
kony
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Default How to record cassette player using line-in?

On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:26:41 GMT, Jonno
wrote:

I am having trouble recording a cassette player onto XP.

(1) I play a cassette recorder into my PC's line-in and I can hear it
clearly in the speakers.

(2) I select line-in on XP's recording control (SNDVOL32.EXE).

(3) However when I press the record button on Audacity, there is no audio
signal displayed on the graph.

I also tried XP's Sound recorder (SNDREC32.EXE) and Windows Media Player.

Can you advise?


IIRC, there is a menu choice in Audacity where you select
the recording source.
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Old January 30th 10, 09:58 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware
Jonno
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Default How to record cassette player using line-in?

On 21:26 30 Jan 2010, Jonno wrote:

I am having trouble recording a cassette player onto XP.

(1) I play a cassette recorder into my PC's line-in and I can hear it
clearly in the speakers.

(2) I select line-in on XP's recording control (SNDVOL32.EXE).

(3) However when I press the record button on Audacity, there is no
audio signal displayed on the graph.

I also tried XP's Sound recorder (SNDREC32.EXE) and Windows Media
Player.

Can you advise?


I'm a step closer. Here's some more info ...

I turned the cassette player right down and played into the PC's mic input.
A VU meter utility shows nicely fluctuating audio levels and the recording
is ok.

When I select the PC's line input (and remove all input/output leads) then
the recording level is at its max. I still get a max reading with the
line-in sensitivity turned down in XP's Recording Control.

What's happening here?
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Old January 30th 10, 11:19 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware
Sjouke Burry[_2_]
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Default How to record cassette player using line-in?

Jonno wrote:
I am having trouble recording a cassette player onto XP.

(1) I play a cassette recorder into my PC's line-in and I can hear it
clearly in the speakers.

(2) I select line-in on XP's recording control (SNDVOL32.EXE).

(3) However when I press the record button on Audacity, there is no audio
signal displayed on the graph.

I also tried XP's Sound recorder (SNDREC32.EXE) and Windows Media Player.

Can you advise?

Try AUDICITY
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Old January 31st 10, 05:56 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware
Lez Pawl[_2_]
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Default How to record cassette player using line-in?


"Sjouke Burry" wrote in message
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Jonno wrote:
I am having trouble recording a cassette player onto XP.

(1) I play a cassette recorder into my PC's line-in and I can hear it
clearly in the speakers.

(2) I select line-in on XP's recording control (SNDVOL32.EXE).

(3) However when I press the record button on Audacity, there is no audio
signal displayed on the graph.

I also tried XP's Sound recorder (SNDREC32.EXE) and Windows Media Player.

Can you advise?

Try AUDICITY


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