Robin, Thanks, it is very possible that the microphone and line inputs for the Bose speakers are just alternatives to a USB input and that the speakers are only an output device. One probably couldn't know for sure without the manual, but it seemed worth trying to me. I will be interested in hearing how it all works out.
Best regards, Steve Jacobson -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Robin Frost Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 11:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] Query about recording audio cassettes to mp3 via the pc Hi Steve, thank you for such a thoughtful reply. I always try to exhaust all my own resources before yelling for help as it were. So I explored the settings very thoroughly and tried changing various things and then restoring to defaults to no avail. I thought at one time I'd gotten the Bose input jack to work but can't reproduce this so am wondering if I just thought I'd gotten it to work once upon a day as I do not see it as a recording input source anywhere in settings and I have it set to display even ones that aren't available at the time or however it's phrased in Windows. . I hope I get it figured out too eventually. ☺ Take good care. Robin On 2/4/2020 9:59 PM, Steve Jacobson wrote: > > Robin, > > It sounds like you are on the way to a solution, but it is not > impossible that the input jacks on your Bose speakers might work. > However, you will need to explore your sound settings when something is > plugged into that jack. The fact that your speakers are USB speakers > implies that they are already acting as a second sound card. The trick > might be that if they support inputs as well, you will have to switch to > the inputs associated with the Bose speaker in the record tab within the > sound settings on Control Panel. The Bose option, if there is one, may > not be active unless something is plugged into the input jacks. It is at > least worth a try. If you get another sound card, you are probably going > to still need to explore the sound settings to get things to work, so > doing some exploring in case you don't need the additional sound card > won't be a waste of time. > > It is also possible that your Microphone input > on your desktop is still set for microphone and that it is overloading. > The sound settings might be able to change the function of that jack to > Line in which could clear things up. In addition, sometimes the > Microphone dialog has a check box for additional amplification. > Unchecking that box and lowering the volume level associated with it might > work as well. However, sometimes I have found the input jack on the front > of a computer is not stereo. Have you explored the back of your desktop? > There are usually additional jacks. If your workstation is a laptop in a > docking station, that can confuse matters further. Like you, I was more > comfortable when each jack had a function and you new what it was. On my > newest desktop, pretty much any jack can have any function. When I plug > in headphones, a dialog asks which device did I plug in and I select > headphones and then they work. I can use a microphone or headphones in > either of the front panel jacks depending upon how I answer the dialog. > In my case, some of the assignments are not easy to manage because the > dialog doesn't work well with screen readers. Anyway, I hope you are able > to get it figured out. > > Best regards, > > Steve Jacobson > > -----Original > Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> ( [email protected] ) On > Behalf Of Robin Frost > Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 4:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [all-audio] Query about recording > audio cassettes to mp3 via the pc > > Hi,, > > Awww you made me smile. > > actually > when I did try using the mic/line in jack on the desktop tower its > resulting sound was hideous I mean awful which is what started this trek > down the proverbial rabbit trail. I spotted a reasonably priced sound > blaster USB card which I consider purchasing to use solely for recording I > just hope using such wouldn't impact my Bose speakers which plug into the > pc via USB as well. In theory one would think that I could keep the Bose > as my default for output and use the sound blaster solely for recording > and such but one never knows with such things these days. > > Thanks for your > reply I appreciate you. > > Robin > > On 2/4/2020 4:46 PM, Curtis Delzer wrote: > > >> I bet your speakers are just amplifying the sound from the cassette >> directly. Try plugging your cassette deck into the microphone / aux plug >> on your PC and hopefully a circuit in there will determine which to use >> e.g. you don't want microphone amplification on the high level of the >> cassette audio, or, you can look into your properties of the audio mixer >> of the laptop and see if you can switch to "high level" input or auxiliary >> type input, and there you can probably "monitor" the input with the >> speakers, via an adjustment inside one of the pages of the recording input >> of that item. Inexpensive sound cards with solutions to this kind of issue >> are readily available, as well as such as >> >> virtual audio cable which can >> direct any sound source into as much as you >> could possibly need, all >> behind the scenes. >> >> I use that all the time for many things. :) >> >> Hopefully >> your laptop has a facility which will suit your needs. >> >> and, I believe you >> are a bright girl, why not? >> >> >> Curtis Delzer >> HS >> K 6 V F O >> Rialto, CA >> >> [email protected] >> >> On 2/4/2020 6:22 AM, Robin Frost wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Firstly I'd like to apologize in advance if my question isn't the >>> most >>> clearly stated. I used to be a smart girl but now suddenly I don't >>> feel >>> so anymore so when answering just assume I know nothing (laughs). >>> >>> It >>> used to be that my desktop had a real dedicated sound card with tons of >>> jacks from which to choose. However, sadly my newer HP Elite Work Station >>> desktop is only fitted with the two jacks on front one for headset and one >>> for microphone line in or so it'd seem. Firstly the sound from these seems >>> to me to be worse than horrific. For speakers I'm using the Bose >>> Companion 5's I think they were called which are lo longer produced. >>> These speakers have a microphone line-in jack on their volume control and >>> if I run a patch cord from say a cassette deck to it I can hear the output >>> but no recording program seems to pick it up through stereo mix. >>> >>> Phew now >>> with all that out of the way I'm wondering if any of you really >>> smart and >>> capable people have any thoughts on how one can make this work. >>> Is the >>> best way forward to grab a USB sound card and install it and set it >>> for >>> input only? If so have you any model recommendations? And if I plug >>> one of >>> these things in is it gonna disturb the performance of the Bose >>> speakers >>> which are plugged in via USB for output? >>> >>> I hope at least some of this >>> makes sense. >>> >>> Thanks again for putting up with me today I hate not feeling >>> smart about a >>> topic. >>> >>> take good care. >>> >>> Robin >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3046): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/3046 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/70973438/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
