moondog99

OK-thanks Eloise - I am actually using Cakewalk to work with my old midi files. The micro composer (Roland MC-50) I created them on wasn't very user friendly, but once you figured it out, it was easy to use. My learning curve now to use Cakewalk is daunting to say the least.

Thanks - I found some used 2i2s on ebay - I just want to be sure they will work. So, I would go RCA out from the deck and use 1 inch adapters into the line or instrument inputs on the 2i2 - does that sound like it would work? Cakewalk - my goodness. I created over 200 songs on a Roland MC50 micro-composer years ago and I thought Cakewalk would just be a similar but enhanced version. It took me a day to figure out how to copy a measure - lol.

Hi - no, nether of my laptops has a mic input - I always thought I could just get a sound card and presto! Man, was I wrong. I checked the mic boost, it is not enabled. Thanks for the suggestion though.

That looks good - I assume I can plug the tape deck into one or both of the instrument inputs - using an RCA cable with 1 inch adapters - does that make sense to you?

It this one - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Go! Pro USB Sound Card | Creative Labs Online Store - it's not even listed on the offical Creative site. Neither of my laptops has a line in on the motherboard. Figures, eh? Actually, if either had one, I would have tried this a while ago. The Behringer device seems like the solution - although I would prefer to have a better sound card that would handle this issue and provide more capabilities as well. I plan to get back into doing midi stuff in the near future - something tells me this card will not give me the function I need. I guess I really didn't think this through very well. Thanks again.

Thanks for your response. No, I wanted that one but they were out of stock - so I got the cheaper one. Big mistake I guess.It only has a line in microphone interface and no way to switch modes. I have been doing some research and realize I need something to sit in the middle between the deck and the card. A 'DI' box (?) or small mixer (Beringer) perhaps. Do you know if either of those would work? Thanks again for your help.

Hi everyone, I just bought the Sound Blaster X-Fi USB card (adapter), and I am trying to play/record cassette tapes on my laptops (Lenovo Edge14/Lenovo T520 - W7). I have connected the Tape Out RCA on my cassette deck (Technics) to the microphone jack on the Sound Blaster (SB) and the sound is totally distorted. It doesn't matter what level I put the microphone volume at using the SB Console - it's distorted. I also tried to connect through my component stereo (Tape Out on my amp/tuner to the SB microphone jack), and head phone jacks (from both the tuner and the cassette deck) to the SB microphone jack - I get no sound whatsoever using any of these methods. I have tested all the cables/adapters I am using an they all work. Please help. If there is no way to do this without distortion using the SB - I would rather know now. I will keep it for other reasons anyway but I need to find a solution to this. Thanks very much in advance for any advice assistance you can provide.