It's kinda crude, but it works if you have the patience. I've since
gotten friends with better equipment, but this worked for quite
awhile. This is a two step process. First, get the audio onto your
computer. Second, burn the audio to the CD.
I've recorded stereo (2 channel) .wav files from RCA outputs. Radio
shack (among others, of course) makes an adaptor from your 3.5mm
(headphone) plug into 2 RCA sockets.
You need to increase the clarity of .wav recording for best results.
I'll assume you can do that. If you can't, try the windows help file.
Hook up the stereo line out to the line in on your sound card. (adjust
the volume if the line out isn't constant, you don't want to overdrive
the input. unmuting your computer speakers will help you adjust the
audio level properly)
You need to make a .wav file at least as long as the longest segment
of audio you're going to record. Do this by recording dead air with
the windows sound recorder. When it reaches sixty seconds it
automatically stops. Simply hit record again and it will record
another sixty seconds. keep doing that. When you get a long .wav
file, save it as something like "RAW.wav"
Now, rewind your raw.wav file, rewind it to the beginning, hit record,
and play the audio on your stereo. When you're done, listen to the
new .wav file. Cut off any dead air at the beginning or end.
Now, you have a .wav file. You can use any of several programs to
convert to MP3 and/or burn the song to CD. I use Nero, another is
Roxio. You can find similar shareware and freeware programs online. |
