Jack Gillis wrote:
> I want to put a number of my old cassettes on an Audio CD. The XP Sound
> Recorder included with XP Home wants to limit the size of recorder file to
> considerably less than an entire cassette. Is there a way to extend the
> recording time for Sound Recorder? My sound card is an Avance '97 on the
> MB.
>
> Thank you.
>
If the tapes are in unusually good condition, and the sound won't
need any "cleaning up," you can use WinXP's built-in sound recorder
(Start > All Programs > Accessories > Entertainment > Sound Recorder to
save the audio as *.WAV files, and Windows Media Player to burn them to
CD. Record only one side at a time into a single *.wav file.
More likely, though, you'll want to eliminate (or at least
significantly reduce) the inevitable hiss that accompanies taped audio.
I'm currently use a program called Groove Mechanic 2.5 from Coyote
Electronics (
http://www.coyotes.bc.ca/) to clean up the audio from
recorded vinyl LPs and cassettes, and divide the large files into
individual tracks, as well. It can be used on a trial basis for 15
days, and was quite reasonably priced. It doesn't produce professional
studio quality sound, but it's certainly good enough for my antique ears.
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