[geoff]

On 5/04/2017 10:31 a.m., Mike Rivers wrote:
On 4/4/2017 3:42 PM, Michael Beacom wrote:

A musician friend of mine wants to replace her cassette recorder, and
digitize her cassettes.
She asked for a recommendation of a small recorder to do the job.

Does she have any idea of what she's in for, assuming she has a pretty
good collection of cassettes?


If she doesn't know now, she will shortly after commencing the exercise.

I suggest (if her computer doesn't already have a Line In socket/s) a
cheap-but-good USB interface such as M-Audio Transit USB or a zillion
others.

Also some basic editing freeware (available for all computer platforms)
that can at extract individual tracks from the whole cassette side, fade
in and out the hiss-laden individual tracks, and normalise (or what
Jack-ass calls 'maximize) or otherwise adjust the levels. Then save in
whatever format she desires.

If she saves a WAV or Apple equivalent as well as MP3 etc, she can later
get more sophisticated with trying to resurrect the music without tape hiss.

Maybe able to purchase a bundle that includes everything, and maybe even
some basic noise-reduction (although that will likely remove some of the
programme as well ...).

geoff