Copying Computer Audio Tapes

[Dan Roganti]

Grant Stockly wrote:
> I'm trying to get some loose ends tied up, and that involves 
> duplicating tape cassettes.
>
> I have a TC-WE635 "Stereo Cassette Deck".  It says "DC Servo 
> Controlled Motor" on the doors, so it must be good!  : )
>
> It has "Automatic Tape Selection", so I will have to trust that...
>
> It gives me a selection of:
>
> Dolby NR
> (OFF) (ON) (ON FILTER) and then a (B) and (C)
>
> Which settings do I want to use?
>
> It has stereo audio outputs on the back, of course, so I will also 
> record the audio into a computer.  However these days I don't want to 
> put all of my trust into the computer...

Make Dolby = OFF

I suppose these are original tapes ?
I don't think these recordings ever used Dolby with such a narrow band 
of frequencies. The signal strength should be strong enough still if 
they were kept in a safe place. Even though you have a stereo deck and 
the tapes were usually recorded on a mono deck, you still might want to 
wire both right and left channels on the sound card to make your 
recording. Because when you insert the stereo plug without this you 
leave one of the inputs floating if it's not wired--might get some 
unexpected results.

=Dan

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