You can go "bare" with the audio in on the motherboard, or you could do it "pro" with an audio board with xlr inputs. I'd highly recommend using a battery operated tape deck if you do the former; few to none polarity issues, and generally less hum. John willkie > Thanks John. I have burners, it just getting from the cassette machine to > some form of digital on my hard drive. It's a breeze from there. > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Larry Bloomfield, KA6UTC > Bloomfield Enterprises, dba Tech-Notes > 1980 25th St. > Florence, OR 97439-9717 > (541) 902-2424 > www.Tech-Notes.TV > See you on the Road Show - A Taste of NAB 2005 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 1:10 PM > Subject: [opendtv] Re: Software > > >> Happy Holidays to you as well, Larry. >> >> I suspect that others will weigh in on this. You will need a CD-writer >> - >> circa $30 these days. You'll need CD-burner software. It usually comes >> bundled with the drive, but even civilian purchases are less than $80. >> >> Your computer is more than adequate. The most important consideration >> is >> the write speed of the drive. Since you are doing much work, I'd >> suggest >> that you buy the highest speed you can find. >> >> lol >> >> John Willkie >> >>> Happy Holidays to all my friends and associates: >>> >>> Several years ago I produced, directed and engineered a half hour talk >>> radio >>> program that aired on KIEV in Glendale (Los Angeles area). I have >>> cassettes >>> of all the shows I had >>> anything to do with and would like to make CDs out of them. A lot of >>> the >>> material on the show was quite entertaining and interesting. >>> > >>> I have a 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 with 1 Gig of RAM. I have a very good sound >>> card, >>> but don't have a clue what software to use to get the audio from the >>> cassette recorded to my hard drive so I can convert it into a CD that >>> can >>> play in my car on or any CD player. I'm looking for good, but not too >>> expensive, software. >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> >>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> Larry Bloomfield, KA6UTC >>> Bloomfield Enterprises, dba Tech-Notes >>> 1980 25th St. >>> Florence, OR 97439-9717 >>> (541) 902-2424 >>> www.Tech-Notes.TV >>> See you on the Road Show - A Taste of NAB 2005 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: >>> >>> - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at >>> FreeLists.org >>> >>> - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >>> unsubscribe in the subject line. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: >> >> - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at >> FreeLists.org >> >> - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >> unsubscribe in the subject line. >> >> > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.