Digital Bits Technology Column QnA

Question:

I purchased a boombox and a standard microphone.  I can connect the mic to the line-in on the front of the boombox, but the volume is so low as to be nearly inaudible.  Through searching, it would appear I need some type of power source for my microphone - a “preamp”?  The box does not have a “Mic” jack, only the “Aux” jack.  My MP3 player works fine through it, but not the mic.  Can you shed some light on a course of action that would allow me to hear (not record - just to be used as a loudspeaker at a wedding) voices from my mic through my line-in on my boombox?

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I have a Creative Zen v plus 8gb player, It will accept audio direct. Will it be down loaded at audio format or will it be altered to mp3 format? I am told if I download direct then a greatr deal of space will be taken up, I need to load 24 language tapes at about 20 mins playing time each one. Will it be better to download onto a computer and then use Audacity to make the transfere. I am a newbe so some of the tech terms I saw re using Audacity are a bit over my head, So am a bit relutant to just tape it all directAnswer:

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I have a Sony DSC-S60 Digital Camera, which also takes digital movies. I shot some of these on the vertical instead of the horizontal and now discover that when downloading, they stay in the vertical and won’t allow me to rotate them (in the camera or the computer). Do you know of a software that would allow me to do this? Don’t need a super editing suite, just something that allows movie rotation (no problem with the still photo rotation).

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I need your help. I have not used Audacity for awhile, and have forgotten how to get my recordings into iTunes. I record..hit stop..go to files and click on export as wave files. But then what? When I try to playback it wants to play with windows media player. Before, I knew how to load into iTunes but I have forgotten how…HELP!

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I’ve just recorded some songs on a 4 track recorder. Can I just connect from the ‘line in’ on the 4 track to the mic jack on my laptop PC? Then convert to MP3, using Audacity, from there?

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