Converting Cassette Tape and Vinly to Digital Audio

8. To begin recording a song, click the red button in Quicktime and immediately press play 3. Name the project and save it to your ﬂash drive or external hard drive. 14. You can clean up the beginning and end of the track or make other edits if you know how. CONVERT CASSETTE & VINYL TO DIGITAL AUDIO on the Cassette Deck or Turntable. You should hear sound now and see the clock 4. Click Create. 15. Go to Share > Export Song to Disc. progressing in Quicktime. 5. Once your project opens up, go to Garageband > Preferences. Then click the Audio tab. 16. To save as an MP3, choose MP3 from the Compress Using menu and choose your Using Quicktime & Garageband. 9. When the song ends, click the stop button in Quicktime. 6. Choose Fast Track for the Audio Output. preferred quality under Audio Settings. Click Export. To save a high quality, 7. Choose either Cassette Deck or Turntable for Audio Input, depending one which one uncompressed ﬁle, uncheck Compress and click Export. Using Quicktime is quicker and simpler than using Garageband. This is the best option if you’re you’re recording from. a beginner. Garagaband gives more output & editing options.

If you’re recording sounds too quiet, there are gain/volume knobs on the back of the Cassette Deck and Turntable which you can turn up or down to suit your volume preferences.

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1. Power on the Cassette Deck or Turntable, whichever you’re using. 2. Open up Quicktime. 3. Click File > New Audio Recording. 10. You can click the play button to listen back to the recording. 11. Go to File > Export. 8. Make sure the first track is selected. 12. In the dialog box, you can choose where you’d like to save your file. Flash drives and 9. At the bottom right, select Monitor > On. external hard drives will show up towards the bottom of the left hand column. 10. Click Record. 17. In the dialog box, choose where to save the file, name it and click Save. 13. Choose Audio Only from the drop down menu. 18. To burn to a CD, go to Share > Burn song to CD. Insert a blank CD into the drive. Click 14. Name your file. Burn and wait for the process to finish. 15. Click export. 16. A progress bar will indicate that exporting has begun. 17. The resulting .m4a file will save to the chosen destination. VOLUME SLIDER 18. Repeat for each song.

11. Immediately hit play on the Cassette Deck or Turntable. 12. You should now visibly see the audio recording on track 1. 13. When the song is done, click stop.

VOLUME KNOB HEADPHONE JACK 8. To begin recording a song, click the red button in Quicktime and immediately press play 3. Name the project and save it to your ﬂash drive or external hard drive. 14. You can clean up the beginning and end of the track or make other edits if you know how. CONVERT CASSETTE & VINYL TO DIGITAL AUDIO on the Cassette Deck or Turntable. You should hear sound now and see the clock 4. Click Create. 15. Go to Share > Export Song to Disc. progressing in Quicktime. 5. Once your project opens up, go to Garageband > Preferences. Then click the Audio tab. 16. To save as an MP3, choose MP3 from the Compress Using menu and choose your Using Quicktime & Garageband. 9. When the song ends, click the stop button in Quicktime. 6. Choose Fast Track for the Audio Output. preferred quality under Audio Settings. Click Export. To save a high quality, 7. Choose either Cassette Deck or Turntable for Audio Input, depending one which one uncompressed ﬁle, uncheck Compress and click Export. Using Quicktime is quicker and simpler than using Garageband. This is the best option if you’re you’re recording from. a beginner. Garagaband gives more output & editing options. If you’re recording sounds too quiet, there are gain/volume knobs on the back of the Cassette Deck and Turntable which you can turn up or down to suit your volume preferences.

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11. Immediately hit play on the Cassette Deck or Turntable. 12. You should now visibly see the audio recording on track 1. 13. When the song is done, click stop. 8. To begin recording a song, click the red button in Quicktime and immediately press play 3. Name the project and save it to your ﬂash drive or external hard drive. 14. You can clean up the beginning and end of the track or make other edits if you know how. CONVERT CASSETTE & VINYL TO DIGITAL AUDIO on the Cassette Deck or Turntable. You should hear sound now and see the clock 4. Click Create. 15. Go to Share > Export Song to Disc. progressing in Quicktime. 5. Once your project opens up, go to Garageband > Preferences. Then click the Audio tab. 16. To save as an MP3, choose MP3 from the Compress Using menu and choose your Using Quicktime & Garageband. 9. When the song ends, click the stop button in Quicktime. 6. Choose Fast Track for the Audio Output. preferred quality under Audio Settings. Click Export. To save a high quality, 7. Choose either Cassette Deck or Turntable for Audio Input, depending one which one uncompressed ﬁle, uncheck Compress and click Export. Using Quicktime is quicker and simpler than using Garageband. This is the best option if you’re you’re recording from. a beginner. Garagaband gives more output & editing options. If you’re recording sounds too quiet, there are gain/volume knobs on the back of the Cassette Deck and Turntable which you can turn up or down to suit your volume preferences.

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4. Click the small arrow icon on the right to access a drop down menu. Choose either USING GARAGEBAND Cassette Deck or Turntable. 5. Turn up the volume slider in Quicktime. 1. Power on the Cassette Deck or Turntable, whichever you’re using. 6. Insert your tape into deck A on the Cassette Deck and rewind/fast forward to the desired 2. Click Create New Project and choose Voice. Click choose. spot, or place your record on the turntable, choose the appropriate RPM and place the needle on the record. 7. To listen through the speakers, make sure the headphones are unplugged and adjust the output (volume) dial. To listen through the headphones, make sure they’re plugged in and adjust the output dial. RECORDED AUDIO HEADPHONE MENU 11. Immediately hit play on the Cassette Deck or Turntable. 12. You should now visibly see the audio recording on track 1. 13. When the song is done, click stop. 8. To begin recording a song, click the red button in Quicktime and immediately press play 3. Name the project and save it to your ﬂash drive or external hard drive. 14. You can clean up the beginning and end of the track or make other edits if you know how. CONVERT CASSETTE & VINYL TO DIGITAL AUDIO on the Cassette Deck or Turntable. You should hear sound now and see the clock 4. Click Create. 15. Go to Share > Export Song to Disc. progressing in Quicktime. 5. Once your project opens up, go to Garageband > Preferences. Then click the Audio tab. 16. To save as an MP3, choose MP3 from the Compress Using menu and choose your Using Quicktime & Garageband. 9. When the song ends, click the stop button in Quicktime. 6. Choose Fast Track for the Audio Output. preferred quality under Audio Settings. Click Export. To save a high quality, 7. Choose either Cassette Deck or Turntable for Audio Input, depending one which one uncompressed ﬁle, uncheck Compress and click Export. Using Quicktime is quicker and simpler than using Garageband. This is the best option if you’re you’re recording from. a beginner. Garagaband gives more output & editing options.

If you’re recording sounds too quiet, there are gain/volume knobs on the back of the Cassette Deck and Turntable which you can turn up or down to suit your volume preferences.

USING QUICKTIME

11. Immediately hit play on the Cassette Deck or Turntable. 12. You should now visibly see the audio recording on track 1. 13. When the song is done, click stop.