"Linda" <> wrote in message
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> OrmesbyJohn wrote:
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> > "Linda" <> wrote in message
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> >>OrmesbyJohn wrote:
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> >>>"Linda" <> wrote in message
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> >>>>OrmesbyJohn wrote:
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> >>>>
> >>>>>I have a couple of tapes I play on portable music centre.
> >>>>>What's the best way to arrange to burn the songs from the tape onto
Cd
> >>>
> >>>on my
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>pc?
> >>>>>Thanks.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Buy/make a patch lead with 3.5mm plugs on each end. Use it to connect
> >>>>your walkman headphone socket to your sound card's line-in socket.
> >>>>Configure any settings that need to be make for your sound card, play
> >>>>your tape on the walkman & record it using windows movie maker.
There's
> >>>>a **** load of audio editing apps on the net to tidy the recordings
up.
> >>>
> >>>---------------------------------
> >>>Ref "**** load of audio editing apps on the net"...which (free ones!)
do
> >
> > you
> >
> >>>recommend/are thought to be the best?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>Sorry, that was a rather poor choice of words. I did that a lot
yesterday.
> >>What i had in mind was Blaze Audio, Blaze have a range of apps on their
> >>home site http://www.blazeaudio.com/, it's not free but the 15 day trial
> >>version maybe long enough if you're not making a career out of it.
> >>Nero 6.0 & later also has an audio editor function. Be careful with that
> >>one if you try it. It cleaned up a taped mp3 file so well i can here the
> >>sprockets on my tape player in the background.
> >
> > ----------------
> > That's ok, Linda...I know what you American ladies are like for
expletives
> > 
> > Thanks for the link - very useful.
> > John.
> >
> >
>
> I'm Australian.
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Oops, sorry Linda.
We are tripping to Au next year - never been before...looking forward to
it - not sure what to expect. Our niece is there just now - having a whale
of a time by all accounts - year out after Uni. We go to Melbourne, Sidney,
Cairns, Alice Springs, Perth, Singapore.
Regards,
John