Re: Recording to tape (Soundmeister)

[dmcclain@runet.edu (Dennis McClain-Furmanski)]

Ken Gagne (kgagne@iii2.iii.net) wrote:
: I have a Soundmeister which I regularly use to grab sound bites off 
: cassettes or CDs via an audio patch cable. Today I tried putting this 
: cable into the output of the SM, instead of input, with the other end in 
: the Mic jack of my CD player/tape deck/radio. Pressing Record on the deck 
: and Play on MODZap or Sonobox got some MODs onto the tape, but the 
: quality was _horrible._ Absolutely unlistenable...
: 
: Does anybody know how to get some good quality music from the IIgs into 
: my car's tape deck? :)

Most likely culprits are too high a record level (just turn down the gain 
on the recorder) or an overdriven amp on the SM. If there's a volume or 
output level control for it, turn it down.

I make many tapes from my GS/Audio Animator. They were good enough for 
broadcast. It can be done.