[PLUG] Cassette Tapes to .mp3 Files

[Denis Heidtmann]

On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Paul Mullen <pm at nellump.net> wrote:

>
> You don't need special hardware for that.  I've had good success
> connecting the line out from a tape deck in the microphone jack and
> using arecord to dump the incoming audio signal to disk.
> Paul


I expect that in some cases distortion will occur.  Line levels are are
significantly higher than mic. levels.  My card has separate input jacks
for mic. and line.  However, some cards may have built-in
software-selectable attenuators to accommodate line levels in the mic.
input.

-Denis