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Transferring cassettes on Mac OS
jerryfreak:
almost any basic external sound card from the cheapest motu or focusrite is gonna sound a lot better than the built-in line in
tapeheadtoo:
--- Quote from: nassau73 on June 28, 2020, 04:03:20 PM ---Does this help?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJPz6azGnBc
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Unfortunately not as Macs have not had line in ports for many years. That YT vid is from 2009.
tapeheadtoo:
--- Quote from: dyneq on June 28, 2020, 03:06:46 PM ---What hardware do you have?
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Desktop #1: (2017) 4.2 GHz i7 / 32 GB running Catalina
Desktop #2: (2013) 3.5 GHz i7 / 32 GB running Mojave
MacBook Air: (2014) 1.7 GHz i7 / 8 GB running Mojave
No sound cards for any, just "built in microphone"
jerryfreak:
yeah thats less than ideal. those arent really made for music/ too much noise inside your computer to have analog signals going to it. the type of computer doesnt matter, they all use cheap 'soundcards' internally
tapeheadtoo:
--- Quote from: botz on June 28, 2020, 04:05:44 PM ---
--- Quote from: tapeheadtoo on June 28, 2020, 03:00:25 PM ---I would like to transfer some old cassettes.
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Out of curiosity; whatcha got?
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I'm in the process of dispatching 1,300 Yes and Yes-related cassettes. Mostly shows from 1969 - 1999 (started trading on CD after that). The bulk of them were transferred to CD years ago but I have about 100 more tapes that need to be transferred--interviews and solo shows.
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