Cassette Tape to MP3 Using Auxiliary Input

[samsks]

Hi:
I have some books on cassette tape that I would like to convert to MP3. I have been reading the website info on Auxiliary Input, and it seems that this should be easy enough to do with Auxiliary Input. However, I would like to automatically break the 30 minute casette tapes into 5 minute MP3's.

Is the best way to do this via the power pack and choosing the number of tracks I want (probably 6 tracks times 5 minutes = 30 minutes for a cassette tape side)?

If so, then is there a good way to fix it so that the tracks break between words instead of at exact 5 minute segments?

Any advice on the best way to proceed?

Thanks.

[ChristinaS]

Re: Cassette Tape to MP3 Using Auxiliary Input

Hi:
I have some books on cassette tape that I would like to convert to MP3. I have been reading the website info on Auxiliary Input, and it seems that this should be easy enough to do with Auxiliary Input. However, I would like to automatically break the 30 minute casette tapes into 5 minute MP3's.

Is the best way to do this via the power pack and choosing the number of tracks I want (probably 6 tracks times 5 minutes = 30 minutes for a cassette tape side)?

If so, then is there a good way to fix it so that the tracks break between words instead of at exact 5 minute segments?

Any advice on the best way to proceed?

Thanks.

Well, I'd think that full automation is prone to yield some not very satisfactory results here. I'd advise you to monitor the recording and actually stop the cassette player (using the pause button) and the recording itself through dMC Auxiliary Input at the appropriate places. Then you resume recording manually. Tedious, but you have more control I should think.

You could also do it by setting track lengths, but you'll have to carefully listen to the entire tape and mark the spots where you want the recording to stop for each track, if you want to stop at the right places. Then calculate actual track lengths from it. Kind of tricky if I remember from my one attempt, though doable after a few tries. Auto Start & Stop may mess up as any spot between two words might signal the end, not just something close to your 5 minute mark. If you're going to go through it at least once like that anyway, might as well do the recording at the same time too.

[Spoons]

Re: Cassette Tape to MP3 Using Auxiliary Input

if there is a definate gap between chapters you should be safe with "auto end when VU drop belows" 10% for 3000ms. that is if there is a gap of 3 sec/s.

i am going to do some audio book conversions myself so i will do some testing in the area.