Okay, this is going to sound like a really dumb question so I apologize for my ignorance beforehand.

What is the easiest and least expensive way to RECORD on analog and convert to digital?

That is, what is the easiest and least expensive way to record music with an analog multi-track recorder and than convert it to a format in which I can put those recordings onto a CD?

pluging your tape recorder outputs in any computer soundcard (wich cost can vary from cheap to high end), that will convert analogue signal to digital.

bergmann disney wrote:pluging your tape recorder outputs in any computer soundcard (wich cost can vary from cheap to high end), that will convert analogue signal to digital.

And than what? I mean, once I hook the tape recorder into the sound recorder what do I do?

you get some multi-tracking software, you learn to use it, and then you hit "record"

Jose Luis Perales wrote:you get some multi-tracking software, you learn to use it, and then you hit "record"

If I had multi-tracking software, than I would have no need for an analog multi-track recorder though.

Here is what I am trying to do. I have a multri-recorder but it is analog. I can record to a cassette tape. What I need to find out is how do I get what is on that cassettte tape to a CD?

just record the output of the multi-recorder to the input computer. with any program like sound forge or audacity, just record the stream and audio and voila.

Jose Luis Perales wrote:just record the output of the multi-recorder to the input computer. with any program like sound forge or audacity, just record the stream and audio and voila.

ok,more ignorance here, sorry.

so i hook the multitrack up to the computer via the soundcard. than open up some sort of recording program, hit play (i am assuming) on the multi-track and record on the sound program. than when it is done, just create it as an mp3 file or whatever? does this sound right?

Record all your 'songs' (i.e. not each multi-track track separately) as separate files, save them as wave or aiff depending on whether you have mac or PC, then burn them to CD but you'll need some CD burning software so you can specify 'audio cd', else you'll just end up with a regular computer CD full of audio files.

otter272 wrote:ok,more ignorance here, sorry.

so i hook the multitrack up to the computer via the soundcard. than open up some sort of recording program, hit play (i am assuming) on the multi-track and record on the sound program. than when it is done, just create it as an mp3 file or whatever? does this sound right?

Yes.

Like mentioned, stop and save each individual song. But yes, that's all you have to do.

if you're looking to spend money on software to do this, i recommend Peak.

it's not multi track, but it records stereo, and is particularly suited to dealing with single mono or stereo sound files.


you could always buy a standalone cd burner or something