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Recording sound from a stereo

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by meridenscrafts

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Hi, I am trying to record my cassettes to my computer so I can make a cd from them. I have Musicmatch jukebox. And Real player.
I also have windowsXP. I set the sound on recording. I have a cable to hook into the stereo back. have all kinds of in lines, and out lines. I have the cable inserted into the in plug on sound card. can you help.

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by thechas

First, does your system have a sound card, or on-board sound?
Most on-board sound systems do a VERY poor job of recording.

The audio connection should go from tape / line out on the stereo to line in on the sound card.

Here are some links to help you out:

http://www.delback.co.uk/lp-cdr.htm

http://www.enhancedaudio.com/

http://www.garage-a-records.com/index.php

http://www.musiq.com/recording/digaudio/

Finally, this link is more of interest if you were using a better quality source than cassettes.
The average sound card on most PCs does NOT do a very good job of recording.
This sight ranks sound cards for their overall performance:

http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/index.htm

Remove any spaces from the pasted links.

Chas

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