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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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I viewed your site on converting tracks from tapes to CD.  The instructions on your site are correct right?  We are going to buy the cables we need and hope that we will be doing the right thing.  You say to prevent damage to try and use the line out jack and not the microphone.  on my laptop i have 2 sockets one for the microphone and the other for the headphones.  which one do i use?

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JVC GRD40EX Video Camera

I was wondering if you an advise as to the problem with the above.

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I’ve been trying to secure copies of the television series, “Route 66″, since before last Christmas. My dad had a speaking role in one of the episodes filmed here in Cleveland and I’ve been wanting to see it for years. I also wanted to make it available to my family. To make a long story short, I tried buying it from a site I thought was okay and ended up getting burned. I got my money refunded, but that was due to my bank. My question is this: Which sites ARE okay to do business with? Any suggestions?

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I tried two different cassette tapes and got the same results.  There is an echo on the recorder version.  When I listen to the tape via my tape player, or via my computer before I start recording with Audacity there is no echo.  It only starts the echo when I click the record button.  I have the connection to my computer in the in line, not the microphone line.  What am I doing wrong?

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