ION Tape 2 PC

JCarey70

I bought one of these recently and was disapointed to find that it does not record on high speed onto a PC. I subsequently found out that you cannot record anything from an analogue source to a hard drive at high speed because the analogue source needs to be digitized first in real time. Bummer!!!



I thought the whole point of producing a unit like the one above was for it to perform in this way. I could already record tapes/vinyl onto my PC in real time which is why I bought this bloody thing. I know, I shoulda known better etc... Always read the small print blah di blah.. I just seen that it had a high speed dubbing button on it and just grabbed it. But the high speed dubbing button is just for recording to the other tape deck. Duh!!! It was only €49 in PC World in Tallagh so no big loss or anything.

Anyway, are there any geniuses out there who've got any shortcut suggestions on how this can be achieved at high speed? I know you can do it for vinyl using a special USB Turntable and the Audacity software but would Audacity work with the ION Tape 2 PC if I set the speed to high as though I was recording onto another tape in deck B? Gonna download it anyway and give it a try. It has both a USB port (so your PC sees it as a sound card once you install the software that came with it) and Phono inputs/outputs so other recording software can pick up any audio coming from it to the PC.

I will get back and let you know how I get on but I welcome any other suggestions you may have.

old gregg

I suppose you could maybe do it by running hi speed dubbing to 2nd deck & connecting a line into the headphone socket cos some decks play the sound at high speed while dubbing ............... meh .... this sounds very flakey cos tapes by their very nature speed up and slow down depending on so many factors including how far into the tape you are, how much tension in the tapes, creases, etc .... I have to say the results could be awfully disappointing. Audacity will slow down the recording no problem but if the speed is variable then it's gonna sound crap. I'd live with the real time speed and know you are maximising on the quality such that it will be. No help whatsoever

hans aus dtschl

Just to add, I really don't know if this works with vinyl either tbh. The forces at play on the stylus would be all over the place at high speed. Even if it were possible, I don't think an ion turntable would do anything other than crucify a record if played at high speed.

A>D conversion relies entirely on the integrity of the analogue source. Adding other factors in is just a recipe for trouble. As old gregg mentioned.

JCarey70

Thanks lads. Sort of knew ye would say that. Real time and a quality analogue source is what its gonna have to be so

old gregg

hans aus dtschl wrote: »

Just to add, I really don't know if this works with vinyl either tbh. The forces at play on the stylus would be all over the place at high speed. Even if it were possible, I don't think an ion turntable would do anything other than crucify a record if played at high speed.

a handy way of turning country music records into a unique D&B collection though