Re: Cassette port input level

[email@luddite.ca (Simon Williams)]

Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> Simon Williams asked:
> 
> >I'm interested in running a variety of sound sources (guitar, mic,
> >keyboard) through the cassette input of a IIe... is a standard line
> >level output from a mixer safe for this purpose?
  
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> If your amplifier has a headphone output, that would be perfect.

Thanks Michael, in hindsight I should have been able to figure that out
by simply looking at how the cassette hooks up...

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> Since the input is a zero-crossing detector, only one bit (the sign)
> of the input signal is digitized, with two implications:  1) you can
> pack the bits 8 to a byte and save a lot of space, and 2) the
> resulting playback sounds like (and is) "infinitely clipped" or
> "fuzzed",  so you know what to expect.

Fortunately I'm not afraid of distortion... maybe I'll just end up with
the world's least portable fuzzbox ;-)

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