I haven't played around with all the filters and effects yet. Once saved to my desktop, I then delete the recording from Audacity by clicking the 'X' beside Audio Track in the Audacity window. To save the recorded song, go to File - export - and name your file and format (I used AIFF for Mac). When song is finished, press the square brown 'stop' button. When playing your tape, press the round red 'recording' button in the Audacity window without pressing it I couldn't hear the playback. In Audacity, go to the Transport tab and turn off Overdub, and turn on Software Playthrough (can also be changed under Audacity - Preferences - Recording).
I'll copy it here as well in case it goes away - this is just the raw basics of how to use Audacity.īriefly, hook up the player via USB, download Audacity 2.0.5 (free), change Mac System Preferences - Sound - Input - to 'USB PnP Audio Device'. This review gives some instructions for first using Audacity.
Purchase the capture device, plug it in via USB.ĭownload Audacity 2.0.5 and the LAME encoder plugin if you want to save MP3 files. What's the best way to digitize these tapes? I have Mac OSX, so I did some research and found this awesome USB cassette capture device and a fantastic piece of software called Audacity for MacOSX. I have about 50-100 old tapes I saved from my teens and twenties.
