[dansolitz]

I just joined a choir and have practice tapes that I would like to
convert to audio cds .I have successfully taken the headphone output
of a boom box and plugged it into the microphone jack of my windows
home xp computer and can create a file which I have copied to a audio
cd using the software that came with windows, but it only works for a
short time. Does anyone know of a simple soft wear product that would
allow me to create a separate file for each song on the tape That I
could then copy to an audio cd? The simpler the better quality is not
an issue.
Thanks, Dan

[Richard Crowley]

"dansolitz" wrote ...
I just joined a choir and have practice tapes that I would like to
convert to audio cds .I have successfully taken the headphone output
of a boom box and plugged it into the microphone jack of my windows
home xp computer and can create a file which I have copied to a audio
cd using the software that came with windows, but it only works for a
short time. Does anyone know of a simple soft wear product that would
allow me to create a separate file for each song on the tape That I
could then copy to an audio cd? The simpler the better quality is not
an issue.

You will have to tell us what kind of computer (Mac? PC?)
you are using and what operating system & version, etc.
if you want useful suggestions. I make similar practice
CDs for several choirs.

[Earl Kiosterud]

"dansolitz" wrote in message
...
I just joined a choir and have practice tapes that I would like to
convert to audio cds .I have successfully taken the headphone output
of a boom box and plugged it into the microphone jack of my windows
home xp computer and can create a file which I have copied to a audio
cd using the software that came with windows, but it only works for a
short time. Does anyone know of a simple soft wear product that would
allow me to create a separate file for each song on the tape That I
could then copy to an audio cd? The simpler the better quality is not
an issue.
Thanks, Dan



If you're using Windows, you can get by with the Windows Sound Recorder. No editing
capabilities (like trimming dead spots from the beginning and end), and only saves wav
format, I think, but that's what you need to burn CDs anyway. If you have Windows XP, you
can burn CDs (presuming you have a CD drive that can write), without any other software.
You should be able to have several tracks on the CD. Stop the recorder and save the file
for each CD track you want.

You should probably use the line input, not the mic input, of your sound card. I'm
surprised that the mic input didn't get overdriven and distorted, unless you had the volume
control of the boom box very low, and then it can get noisy.

--
Regards from Virginia Beach,

Earl Kiosterud
www.smokeylake.com

[Neil Green]

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"dansolitz"
wrote
in message
...
I just joined a choir and have practice tapes that I
would like to
convert to audio cds .I have successfully taken the
headphone output
of a boom box and plugged it into the microphone
jack of my windows
home xp computer and can create a file which I have
copied to a audio
cd using the software that came with windows, but
it only works for a
short time. Does anyone know of a simple soft wear
product that would
allow me to create a separate file for each song on
the tape That I
could then copy to an audio cd? The simpler the
better quality is not
an issue.
Thanks, Dan



If you're using Windows, you can get by with the
Windows Sound Recorder. No editing capabilities
(like trimming dead spots from the beginning and
end), and only saves wav format, I think, but that's
what you need to burn CDs anyway. If you have
Windows XP, you can burn CDs (presuming you have a
CD drive that can write), without any other
software. You should be able to have several tracks
on the CD. Stop the recorder and save the file for
each CD track you want.

You should probably use the line input, not the mic
input, of your sound card. I'm surprised that the
mic input didn't get overdriven and distorted,
unless you had the volume control of the boom box
very low, and then it can get noisy.

--
Regards from Virginia Beach,

Earl Kiosterud
www.smokeylake.com

Windows sound recorder is very limited, and unless you
have the Vista version will only record in 60 second
blocks as far as I can remember.
Audacity is a far better option, freeware and runs on
Windows, Mac OS or Linux.
Threre are plenty of free CD burning programs around.

[Earl Kiosterud]

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"Earl Kiosterud" wrote in message
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"dansolitz" wrote in message
...
I just joined a choir and have practice tapes that I would like to
convert to audio cds .I have successfully taken the headphone output
of a boom box and plugged it into the microphone jack of my windows
home xp computer and can create a file which I have copied to a audio
cd using the software that came with windows, but it only works for a
short time. Does anyone know of a simple soft wear product that would
allow me to create a separate file for each song on the tape That I
could then copy to an audio cd? The simpler the better quality is not
an issue.
Thanks, Dan



If you're using Windows, you can get by with the Windows Sound Recorder. No editing
capabilities (like trimming dead spots from the beginning and end), and only saves wav
format, I think, but that's what you need to burn CDs anyway. If you have Windows XP,
you can burn CDs (presuming you have a CD drive that can write), without any other
software. You should be able to have several tracks on the CD. Stop the recorder and
save the file for each CD track you want.

You should probably use the line input, not the mic input, of your sound card. I'm
surprised that the mic input didn't get overdriven and distorted, unless you had the
volume control of the boom box very low, and then it can get noisy.

--
Regards from Virginia Beach,

Earl Kiosterud
www.smokeylake.com

Windows sound recorder is very limited, and unless you have the Vista version will only
record in 60 second blocks as far as I can remember.
Audacity is a far better option, freeware and runs on Windows, Mac OS or Linux.
Threre are plenty of free CD burning programs around.


Neil,

Well, scratch the Windows Sound Recorder. You're absolutely right -- the lame thing, XP
version at least, stops at 60 seconds (as hinted by the interface -- whould've guessed that
it doesn't go on, just rescaling it's progress bar?).
--
Regards from Virginia Beach,

Earl Kiosterud
www.smokeylake.com

[Arny Krueger]

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Windows sound recorder is very limited, and unless you have the Vista
version will only
record in 60 second blocks as far as I can remember.

There are ways to circumvent that limitation, but they aren't worth the
trouble.

Audacity is a far better option, freeware and runs on Windows, Mac OS or
Linux.

Agreed.

Threre are plenty of free CD burning programs around.

Agreed.

I believe the Windows Media Player can burn audio CDs.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...mp11/burn.aspx

[Neil Green]

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Earl Kiosterud" wrote in
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Windows sound recorder is very limited, and unless
you have the Vista version will only
record in 60 second blocks as far as I can
remember.

There are ways to circumvent that limitation, but
they aren't worth the trouble.

Audacity is a far better option, freeware and runs
on Windows, Mac OS or Linux.

Agreed.

Threre are plenty of free CD burning programs
around.

Agreed.

I believe the Windows Media Player can burn audio
CDs.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...mp11/burn.aspx

Probably, but I don't use it, too big and clunky.(And
the DRM thing's a bitch)

[Richard Crowley]

"Neil Green" wrote ...
"Arny Krueger" wrote ...
I believe the Windows Media Player can burn audio CDs.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...mp11/burn.aspx

Probably, but I don't use it, too big and clunky.(And the DRM thing's
a bitch)

I just recommended using WMP to a friend to burn CDs of
his daughter's piano & harp recital. I made the original
recordings (of public domain classical music) and gave
him a hard drive with the WAV and AVI video files.
WMP refused to burn a CD because he didn't have the
"DRM rights" for the files. Now that is just STUPID.

I've always had a love-hate relationship with WMP and
it is running strongly on the hate side at the moment.
It is over there in the dunce corner with Real Player
and Quicktime Player.

And the 3rd-party player/utility programs have UIs that
look like they were designed by someone under the influence
of some psychotropic substance. Does anybody make a nice
striaightforward audio player/utility application with real,
regular-size buttons labeled with words, etc? I detest chrome
and fins, both on vehicles and on application UIs as well.

[Neil Green]

"Richard Crowley" wrote in
message ...
"Neil Green" wrote ...
"Arny Krueger" wrote ...
I believe the Windows Media Player can burn audio
CDs.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...mp11/burn.aspx

Probably, but I don't use it, too big and
clunky.(And the DRM thing's a bitch)

I just recommended using WMP to a friend to burn CDs
of
his daughter's piano & harp recital. I made the
original
recordings (of public domain classical music) and
gave
him a hard drive with the WAV and AVI video files.
WMP refused to burn a CD because he didn't have the
"DRM rights" for the files. Now that is just
STUPID.

I've always had a love-hate relationship with WMP
and
it is running strongly on the hate side at the
moment.
It is over there in the dunce corner with Real
Player
and Quicktime Player.

And the 3rd-party player/utility programs have UIs
that
look like they were designed by someone under the
influence
of some psychotropic substance. Does anybody make a
nice
striaightforward audio player/utility application
with real,
regular-size buttons labeled with words, etc? I
detest chrome
and fins, both on vehicles and on application UIs as
well.

I'm happy with Winamp for audio, just install in
"classic" mode and forget the skins, or use an older
version
VLC will play any video clip I've ever thrown at it.
Neither of them worry about DRM and both are freeware.
There are heaps of apps around to burn audio CD's, I
mostly use Easy CDDA Extractor which is a very good
piece of software that also doesn't care about DRM.