Okay, i really need help, and can't seem to get a straight, non-techie geek answer out of any of my friends, so naturally I appeal to you fine folks. Here's the deal:
I DESPERATELY need to find a way to burn records, tapes and especially zip disks (from an 8 track - RCA outs) to CDR. I've been calling in favors from friends with ProTools, and am sick of not being able to do it myself. Before you respond, a little about me:
1. Beyond Slsk, Nero, Microsoft Word, and the most basic aol functions, i am useless behind a computer. I don't know a firewall from a crashguard.
2. I do not have, nor can I afford, ProTools. I also only have a PC and a laptop - no Mac.
3. As previously stated, I use NERO to burn.
4. My burner is internal.
5. I am willing to buy necessary equipment, but at the moment, would prefer to download some free trial software or something. I'm pretty much broke, but if it's just a matter of getting some kind of thing to act as a conduit between the computer and the tape deck, i'm all ears.
Basically, i need a machine built for morons. Am i just basically dancing around the fact that I need a stand-alone burner? Are these user-friendly? Is there any way I may endeavor something so archaic as hooking RCA cables into the back of something on the compuetr tower and load things onto a CD? Maybe put them in a 'folder' or create a 'file' of some sort?
As you can see, i'm in need of serious help here.
Geniuses - AWAKE!!!
― roger a, Saturday, 16 August 2003 14:36 (twenty-two years ago)
You can get a free Protools vers (Protools: Free, I think), so you can start there for fun.
Get Toast as a burn program.
There is a particular board you need to go from analong to dig. It is 250.00, I think, but don't quote me on that. It has RCA ins.
― ModJ, Saturday, 16 August 2003 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)
http://www.syntrillium.com/Cooledit will (I think) transform analog in to a wav form which you can then burn onto a CD, assuming you have the burner/software to do that. You will probably need to get some sort of adaptor for your RCA plugs. Radio Shack or whatever should have an RCA to mini adaptor which will plug into your microphone input on your computer.
That's about the extent of my knowledge; I've never done it, so anyone with a more elegant solution should certainly speak up! :)
― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 16 August 2003 14:46 (twenty-two years ago)