Query: How to move music from MDS-JE630 to PC?

[prout35]

I have an older Sony console MD player/recorder (JE 630). It has a cable out(two pins) that reduces to one pin that enters the Dell Inspiron 6000 microphone port.

How do I move music from the Sony to the PC so that I can burn CDs and move music from the PC to an MP3 player?

Thank you.

[bobt]

You will need a program like Realplayer or Winamp (may be more around) that allow recordinds from the mic input. Hook up your MD unit hit play and voila music in the computer.

Good luck, and welcome to the group.

Bob

[The Low Volta]

best to ignore bloatware like realplayer and just use the free audacity that can be found in our downloads section...

have fun and indeed welcome to MDCF

[greenmachine]

You'll get plenty of distortion and propably a mono signal if you try to record through a microphone input. You need a soundcard with either a line input for an analog copy or preferrably an optical input and a toslink cable for a digital copy since you're in the lucky position to have a MD deck with optical out.

[prout35]

You'll get plenty of distortion and propably a mono signal if you try to record through a microphone input. You need a soundcard with either a line input for an analog copy or preferrably an optical input and a toslink cable for a digital copy since you're in the lucky position to have a MD deck with optical out.

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Yes. I got distortion through the mic input. Now help! I called PC Zone (an internet computer supply store) and they haven't heard of a soundcard with an optical input.

Where should I look for such an animal for my Dell laptop?

Thank you.

[MDX-400]

Yes. I got distortion through the mic input. Now help! I called PC Zone (an internet computer supply store)  and they haven't heard of a soundcard with an optical input.

Where should I look for such an animal for my Dell laptop?

Thank you.

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If they haven't heard of a soundcard with an optical input they should not be in the computer business, really they shouldn't. It might have been true to say that like 10 years ago and perhaps even understandable 5-6 years ago but today that is just plain retarded. Tell them that too, call them up ask the same question again, if you get the same response tell them they have no business being in the computer business, LOL.

For a laptop, however, you can't just get a traditional "soundcard". What you'll need is an "external soundcard" or "USB soundcard solution". Both Creative Labs and M-Audio make such devices, you should check out their offerings. Be sure to find one that has digital in as well as out as some only feature out. There are other companies that make such devices as well but those are probably the most popular and readily available devices. M-Audio would be preferred (because Creative stinks) but the Creative products are probably available at lower price points and will do the job just fine.

[gvgiri]

I have reached an end point in my search of this holy grail - "the mothod of transferring tapes/vinyl's to CDs / MDs". The steps are

(a) Download Audacity Freeware into your PC

( Get familiar with using it

© Purchase IMIC Analogue to Digital Converter with USB connection, by Griffin Technology

(d) Connect the Tape source to the Stereo Minijack input of IMIC (read the user guide thoroughly)

(e) Play the souce tape

(f) Start recording with Audacity Software

(g) experiment a bit with teh recording levels, ppreferences (an important one iis to Set input Preference in Audacity as USB port)

(h) You are ready for teh big one - which is to now play the tape, record into your PC withh Audacity,

(i) Edit recorded signil with Audacity

(j) Burn into your CD (re-recordable is the one I use)

(k) Play the Cd on your CD player adn transfer into MD with teh optical connection

This is guaranteed to be the cleanest transfer you can make. When I experimented by using an analogue out from my CD player instead of Tape, adn played the burned CD adn the original adn gave blind tests, it was as goood as could be.

No PC sound card can do as good a job as the 48kHz 24 Bit Griffin IMIC. It is indeed the holy Grail adn costs just 35 USD...!

[greenmachine]

The end point for copying from MD though would not be to have a good analogue, but a bit-perfect digital copy.

[sibro]

you must have a soundcard at your pc with (bestwise) digital optical or coaxial input, also a software to transfer music to wave-format file, best quality is than given.

only modern (net-MD or Hi-MD-)Players can directly transfer mp3-records into computer,

not the JE650 , --- I have an JE530,

grettings, SB

[Mr_Bass_Man]

Best of luck with using your Dell laptop mike input.

A while back I had a little job to do for my company which involved recording some digital radio audio, and I was asked to use "official" equipment - ie my works-issue DAB receiver and my works-issue Dell D600 laptop, the latter only having a mike input.

The quality of the recording I made by this method was absolutely dire.

The software I was issued with was the well-known and respected LAME encoder, and that was NOT the prroblem.

As a backup I used my own DAB tuner (optical output) to my own NH900 and (Hi-LP) and the results were infinitely better.

I was able to transfer the recording via the USB to my own PC, edit the bits I needed using Audacity (thanks Low Volta!!) and present to "the management" what they wanted.

Basically just a word of warning about relying on mike inputs on Dell laptops!

For the future, a USB based "audio card" would appear to be a better option, if funds permit.

Regards

[tmsnyder]

I have an older Sony console MD player/recorder (JE 630). It has a cable out(two pins) that reduces to one pin that enters the Dell Inspiron 6000 microphone port.

How do I move music from the Sony to the PC so that I can burn CDs and move music from the PC to an MP3 player?

Thank you.

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The JE630 has optical-out. For best quality you could play this into an interface to your notebook. One option is an eridol ua-5 or UA-25.

Capture it in real time, split it up with CDWave (free) into tracks, burn it to disc.