Audio Recording Tools?

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Harvey

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Hello all,

I need to convert some audio cassettes to mp3's.

I have done something similar on my old Windows machine back in the day by plugging a male-male headphone jack into the PC and recorder, and then hitting play on the recorder, and recording the output to the PC with a windows tool called "sound recorder".

This would create a .WAV file. Then I used "CD Copy" to convert to WAV files to MP3. Again, a Windows tool.

Does anyone know of similar tools, or a faster way, to get this done on an iBook?

I'm sure it's possible, just never done it before.

Thanks for any help!

-Harvey
 
Oops, I just realised you mentioned iBook. Does your iBook have a line-in? Am asking since my G3 iBook doesn't have such a plug and I am not sure about the newer iBooks.. If there is no line-in port, things might get slightly more complicated. You might be forced to use your mic for recording those cassetts ;)
 
Would a male male headphone jack substitute for a line in port?

I had never heard of iMic before, thanks :-)
 
Well, the problem is, you have to get the audio into your mac. You will need a line-in port. When you get/have such, you can easily use a male male jack which is connected to the headphone plug of your hifi/tape-player and to your line-in or mic-plug. So, as Michael said, $40 ain'T that much for such a useful item.
 
sorry Zammy, I didn't follow the link to see what app you found, but here's a few that I've toyed with, doing the same thing:

audacity (open source, free!)
audio hijack (pro) by rogue amoeba. costs a few $, but WELL worth it!!!!

those are the main ones. i like the cheap and free.
not sure if garage band would work well for something like that, but it could be worth a try.

I know there are firewire audio input devices (kinda like that imic from griffin). I was talking to a guy at Guitar Center about them. says they're the best for that kind of work. don't know from experience though.

I just hope your tapes are in good shape - mine weren't when I attempted this, and the hissing and degredation of the casettes themselves ultimately made my work a waste of time.
guess I wore out my favorite music, back in the day.
 
I will second the Audio Hijack Pro recommendation. Powerful, flexible, and will capture virtually any audio source that will play through the Mac. IMHO well worth the price.
 
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