DIGITISING TAPES, OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THAT MATTER.

There was a question here this week from Steenbeck re. how to digitise tapes, I think it was Mnemonic who suggested the ongoing item that's advertised in the G. [which I seem to recall costs 100 quid plus] There's a very simple and free way to do it, if you're a Mac user which I know she is. I've mentioned the free version of Wiretap, install that on your desktop, with a stereo miniplug to miniplug cable connect your cassette deck to your computer at the 'line in' port on the back, go to the Apple icon, top left, open 'System Preferences' and click on the 'Sound' icon. A window will open that has 3 options, sound effects, output and input, choose input. You have 3 more options, line in, digital in, USB, choose line in. Start your cassette and adjust the input volume and when it's set click record on the Wiretap and that's all there is to it; I'll be doing some today. You can also input your turntable or minidisc deck or whatever, it'll work. The one thing to remember is that if you can hear it on your computer, then Wiretap can record it.
One detail: Wiretap has 3 small windows on the front, click the centre one, that opens 'Preferences', You'll see 'Format' which will let you select which format to record in, I suggest MP3, but read the specs of the others, if you're recording for CD you'll probably want AIFF.
For PC users there are desktop recorders available, I'm not familiar with them but the procedure would be identical to the foregoing