https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079...3C&pd_rd_w=PUp7W

Kaz,

click on link ,this may solve your problem.

ksazma posted:

Its me again. I bought one of those cassette converters but I just learned something valuable. It appears that the humming sound of the recorded clip is a result of the USB being used to also power the converter. While I can probably find one that has its ac power separate from the USB cable, I don’t trust myself to really know a good product. Any suggestions is highly appreciated.

why do you not play it into a program like  audacity from a mini jack out from the recorder to the mini in on the computer?

If you’re converting songs, why not just go to YouTube and download and convert them.

Mars posted:

If you’re converting songs, why not just go to YouTube and download and convert them.

better improve his google fue...every song that is ever written is on the internet. Plus older songs are dirt cheap.

Maybe it is personal recordings and not songs.

Django posted:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079...3C&pd_rd_w=PUp7W

Kaz,

click on link ,this may solve your problem.

Thanks Django. Given that my project will be hours long, I think it will be safer using ac power than dc

Stormborn posted:

ksazma posted:

Its me again. I bought one of those cassette converters but I just learned something valuable. It appears that the humming sound of the recorded clip is a result of the USB being used to also power the converter. While I can probably find one that has its ac power separate from the USB cable, I don’t trust myself to really know a good product. Any suggestions is highly appreciated.

why do you not play it into a program like  audacity from a mini jack out from the recorder to the mini in on the computer?

 

I tried the RCA jacks before but the quality was not good. I am hoping to get better quality from the USB. I already encountered a benefit in that the USB production didn’t have clicks. But it does have the hums.

I threw away all my recorders but I used the phono out to mini 9 in on the computer's mike port and I got my recordings. They were of my grand mother and my father. I do not care about songs. There is hardly a song that one can think of that one cannot find on the net or buy for cheap.

Mars posted:

If you’re converting songs, why not just go to YouTube and download and convert them.

It is my favorite Qur’anic recitation from the eighties and I cannot find that anywhere on line. SUNY MSA used to have a copy some 15 years ago but it was only up to chapter 19. Then even that disappeared. I like this because the pace is perfect for memorizing. It is not slow or fast. In my opinion, the pace is well measured. The number of times I have tried to make a good digital copy these 20 cassettes, I should get an award for patience and perseverance. Not having it is not the end of the world but it would be nice if I am able to pull it off.

Stormborn posted:

I threw away all my recorders but I used the phono out to mini 9 in on the computer's mike port and I got my recordings. They were of my grand mother and my father. I do not care about songs. There is hardly a song that one can think of that one cannot find on the net or buy for cheap.

As much as I like this particular rendition, it was probably made on reused cassettes in Pakistan so the quality while very good on the cassette player does expose defects when digitally produced.

ksazma posted:

Mars posted:

If you’re converting songs, why not just go to YouTube and download and convert them.

It is my favorite Qur’anic recitation from the eighties and I cannot find that anywhere on line. SUNY MSA used to have a copy some 15 years ago but it was only up to chapter 19. Then even that disappeared. I like this because the pace is perfect for memorizing. It is not slow or fast. In my opinion, the pace is well measured. The number of times I have tried to make a good digital copy these 20 cassettes, I should get an award for patience and perseverance. Not having it is not the end of the world but it would be nice if I am able to pull it off.

My dad had a set he used to play during Ramadan. I forgot about them. Thanks.

GTAngler posted:

ksazma posted:

Mars posted:

If you’re converting songs, why not just go to YouTube and download and convert them.

It is my favorite Qur’anic recitation from the eighties and I cannot find that anywhere on line. SUNY MSA used to have a copy some 15 years ago but it was only up to chapter 19. Then even that disappeared. I like this because the pace is perfect for memorizing. It is not slow or fast. In my opinion, the pace is well measured. The number of times I have tried to make a good digital copy these 20 cassettes, I should get an award for patience and perseverance. Not having it is not the end of the world but it would be nice if I am able to pull it off.

My dad had a set he used to play during Ramadan. I forgot about them. Thanks.

This rendition is Husari in tarteel. You can pick up every word really clearly. He did not rush nor drag the words. Although I got my set from Mecca in 1993, I have been listening to this particular rendition since back in Guyana. Realistically this is my taste and realistically I am closer to the grave than the cradle so it is not life or death that I convert them although I would feel very pleased if I did. My kids have not offered their opinion on what they prefer so it is not like I need to do this for them.

Surah At Rahman in the rendition that I like. It is very balance and follows the tarteel (measured) rule as described in the Qur'an.

Surah Yasin (oh mankind) regarded as the heart of the Qur'an with Surah At Rahman being the soul.

I love reciting Al Hadid.

Kaz,

This is what you need:

Take it from the audiophile Yuji.

Django and D2 knows katahar about audio.

Use good quality RCA cables from the cassette deck out to the UCA222 in.

yuji22 posted:

Kaz,

This is what you need:

 

Take it from the audiophile Yuji.

Django and D2 knows katahar about audio.

You are a bloody jackass. I do not know what you think you know about sound but nothing we told him means he should get poor results. Noise is because of low output levels or crappy tape. Any decent recorder can produce the best output possible. You cannot get anything better than exist in the first place.

If he is passing it into a system as  audacity he can normalize it and save it into a lossless format. That we told him the first time he came with this problem. My way means he does not spend a dime to buy and any piece of equipment that   does nothing to enhance the process.

As for sound...I am a musician and sound is what we do.

You have time to worry with that chap,always thinks he is top of the pile.

Stormborn posted:

yuji22 posted:

Kaz,

This is what you need:

 

Take it from the audiophile Yuji.

Django and D2 knows katahar about audio.

You are a bloody jackass. I do not know what you think you know about sound but nothing we told him means he should get poor results. Noise is because of low output levels or crappy tape. Any decent recorder can produce the best output possible. You cannot get anything better than exist in the first place.

If he is passing it into a system as  audacity he can normalize it and save it into a lossless format. That we told him the first time he came with this problem. My way means he does not spend a dime to buy and any piece of equipment that   does nothing to enhance the process.

As for sound...I am a musician and sound is what we do.

Hey, Mr. Male menopause. You know katahar.

I converted my cassette collection to digital with ZERO hum.

You sir are full of nonsense and BTW, DAC is over $ 15,000. That is the a tiny part of my audiophile gear. I know that I am speaking about when I talk audio.

Stop your BS.