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== Hardware setup == | == Hardware setup == | ||
Your tape player will have one or more ways of outputting sound, and to digitize a tape, we need to take the '''output''' of the player and feed it into the '''input''' of your computer. This will likely involve ''adapting'' the connector on your player's output to the 3.5mm audio jack on your computer or laptop. | |||
The most common output connectors are: RCA, Quarter inch (TRS) and Quarter inch (TS). | |||
'''RCA connectors''' are the old, red and white connectors seen on old TVs. Those old TVs also had a yellow cable, but we don't need it since it's for video. | |||
Next there are two different types of quarter inch setups: TRS and TS. | |||
'''TRS (Tip, Ring, Sleeve)''' connectors are basically 3.5mm audio jacks but bigger. They carry '''stereo''' audio over one cable, and that's usually what the ''phones'' port on your player uses. | |||
'''TS (Tip, Sleeve)''' connectors will usually be found as quarter inch plugs on the back of the player, and each of them carries a '''mono''' signal. You need two mono outputs to make a proper stereo output, and th cable you buy will likely include two quarter inch jacks on one end and a single 3.5mm or quarter inch jack on the other. | |||
== Software setup == | == Software setup == | ||
