Cassette to PC recording help

[Sweep and Clean]

I have a bunch of old Howard Stern bits on cassette that I'd like to put on
my PC.

My tape deck has the RCA line-outs and a headphone jack. Considering the
quality of the source, would either connection make a difference? Thanks.

[Pooh Bear]

Sweep and Clean wrote:

> I have a bunch of old Howard Stern bits on cassette that I'd like to put on
> my PC.
>
> My tape deck has the RCA line-outs and a headphone jack. Considering the
> quality of the source, would either connection make a difference? Thanks.

Probably minimal difference - but the RCAs are the ones to use.


Graham

[Sweep and Clean]

"Pooh Bear" > wrote in message
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> Sweep and Clean wrote:
>
>> I have a bunch of old Howard Stern bits on cassette that I'd like to put
>> on
>> my PC.
>>
>> My tape deck has the RCA line-outs and a headphone jack. Considering the
>> quality of the source, would either connection make a difference?
>> Thanks.
>
> Probably minimal difference - but the RCAs are the ones to use.
>
>
> Graham
>

Thanks for your reply. Just one more question: my tape deck has Dolby C.
Should I turn these off when doing the recording? Or will leaving it on
make it better?

[Mark D. Zacharias]

"Sweep and Clean" > wrote in message
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> "Pooh Bear" > wrote in message
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>>
>> Sweep and Clean wrote:
>>
>>> I have a bunch of old Howard Stern bits on cassette that I'd like to put
>>> on
>>> my PC.
>>>
>>> My tape deck has the RCA line-outs and a headphone jack. Considering
>>> the
>>> quality of the source, would either connection make a difference?
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> Probably minimal difference - but the RCAs are the ones to use.
>>
>>
>> Graham
>>
>
> Thanks for your reply. Just one more question: my tape deck has Dolby C.
> Should I turn these off when doing the recording? Or will leaving it on
> make it better?
>
(Jumping in here...)

If the Dolby C does a good job decoding - no pumping or artifact, then by
all means decode prior to sending the sound over to the PC. I'm not aware
of any software decoding available for Dolby, B or C.


Mark Z.

[Pooh Bear]

Sweep and Clean wrote:

> "Pooh Bear" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > Sweep and Clean wrote:
> >
> >> I have a bunch of old Howard Stern bits on cassette that I'd like to put
> >> on
> >> my PC.
> >>
> >> My tape deck has the RCA line-outs and a headphone jack. Considering the
> >> quality of the source, would either connection make a difference?
> >> Thanks.
> >
> > Probably minimal difference - but the RCAs are the ones to use.
> >
> >
> > Graham
>
>
> Thanks for your reply. Just one more question: my tape deck has Dolby C.
> Should I turn these off when doing the recording? Or will leaving it on
> make it better?

That really depends if the tape was *recorded* using Dolby C ( or Dolby B or no
noise reduction at all ).

Dolby is an 'encode - decode' system. So to play correctly, the version of Dolby
( B / C / none ) has to match to version used to record. I'm sure all decks with
Dolby C have Dolby B too ( and off ).

If in doubt - listen to the tape and see what sounds best.


Graham :-)

[Ron]

Just from definition, the line-out from your tape deck is a closer match
(impedance and level) to a line-in than a headphone jack. In actual use
though, you may see little difference.
-Ron

> "Sweep and Clean" > wrote:
> I have a bunch of old Howard Stern bits on cassette that I'd like to put
on
> my PC.
>
> My tape deck has the RCA line-outs and a headphone jack. Considering the
> quality of the source, would either connection make a difference? Thanks.

[TCS]

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 10:21:42 GMT, Sweep and Clean > wrote:

>"Pooh Bear" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> Sweep and Clean wrote:
>>
>>> I have a bunch of old Howard Stern bits on cassette that I'd like to put
>>> on
>>> my PC.
>>>
>>> My tape deck has the RCA line-outs and a headphone jack. Considering the
>>> quality of the source, would either connection make a difference?
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> Probably minimal difference - but the RCAs are the ones to use.
>>
>>
>> Graham
>>

>Thanks for your reply. Just one more question: my tape deck has Dolby C.
>Should I turn these off when doing the recording? Or will leaving it on
>make it better?

Dolby is for the tape. Set it to however the tape was recorded.