How Do You Use A Tape Recorder?
Tape recorders may seem like a thing from the past and obsolete with all of today’s technology, but don’t toss that old recorder away just yet. There are plenty of things a tape recorder can do and having one around proves to be very handy at times. Use old reel-to-reel recorders to edit or splice recordings. It’s also useful to delay, play recordings backwards, change speed or other modifications to the tape. Although it’s possible to do these things on a computer, old reel-to-reel tape machines are still very easy to work with. Hook the reel-to-reel tape machine up to a computer, use the machine to playback any existing tapes and transfer them to the computer’s hard drive. Use a cable with two male connections on each end. Plug one into the headphone port of the tape player, the other into the “Line In” on the computer’s sound card. Enable the sound card feature on the computer and play the tapes. Take inventory of items by voice by speaking into a handheld tape recorder and later tr
