[Nottingham] Audio cassette conversion to digital

[Brian Pickford]

You might try alsamixer
Just open a console and type alsamixer then press enter

As you are not specific about the distribution you are using, this is a
good 1st guess.

You might see the device listed and be able to mute / unmute it with the m
key. You might have to select the device, the keys to do this should be
listed but from memory, it's f6.

If it's something more complex, following the suggestion of Dennis is a
'sound' idea, I've had lots of trouble with USB sound devices in the past,
generally not being very tolerant.

Cheers, Brian

On 19 November 2014 16:18, Godfrey Nix <godfrey at gnnix.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am part way through a project to convert all my old audio tapes to
> digital
> files. Some of them are radio interviews about the Baha'i Faith, some are
> family records of Christmasses past and so on.
>
> I have been using a radio tape player connected to an ION MixMeister that
> connects to my computer by USB cable, but yesterday it suddenly stopped
> working. The meter indicator on Amarok went to zero and no audio
> playthrough.
> The cassette player is still functioning as I can play the tapes on its own
> speaker.
>
> Any suggestions as to what I might use in place of the MixMeister? I have
> retired now, so funds are severely limited.
>
> Regards,
> Godfrey
>
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