Nana,

I answered this same inquiry in the previous messages:

Audio Cassette to PC - Audrey 04-28-02
Cassette Tapes to CD - Randy 04-27-02

: I have several beautiful home recordings on cassette tape that I would like to burn on a CD. What equipment and/or software (suitable for a novice)would I need to accomplish this? I would appreciate your help.

: HOW DOSE THE MONITOR SYSTM FOR THIS SOFTWARE WORK.
: IS IT JUST A CASE OF TWO SOUND CARDS,ONE MAIN ONE MONITOR THANKS ANT

What type of music do you wish to record though?? Acoustic, Electronic...??

Sounds cards and Audio cards are different as the Soundcard will have audio inputs that are usually average to say the least, as well as synth sounds for games etc...

Audiocard are purely for the purpose of getting audio in and out of the computer and are almost always much better quality..

Check out offerings from M-Audio.. They can do little wrong with me..

SteveR

When the Digital Millennium Copyright Act went
through we were all told that this was to protect
innocent parties from being held responsible for
copyright violations (eg search engines linking
to violating content) and to enable copy
protection systems to protect copyright owners
like musicians.

It was only later that most people realized that
the effect of the law was to remove the previously
existing right to make personal copies of music,
because making a personal copy of a CD or song
file (that you legally own) with a copy protection
system constitutes circumventing a copy protection
mechanism and you can go to jail for that.

I strongly urge everyone to find out as much as
you can about new laws - we don't want to all be
caught out again like we were last time!

Jason.

For quite some time now, I've regarded the Internet and computers as having a massive potential for societal control and eroding privacy rights. This comes as no shock to me.

: If you enjoy making or listening to Music & Movies then you need to be concerned. Please get your neighbor and friend involved also. How and what you make (Digital Music Movies), distribute, and enjoy media are being discussed, in Washington DC.

: Imagine a world where all digital media technology is either mandatory or forbidden -- Senator Fritz Hollings with the Music & Movie industry has introduced new legislation to kill more American consumer rights.

: April 22, 2002, Senator Hollings introduced the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA.), This legislation would give "The Movie & Music industry the power to stall new digital media technologies and take away more consumer rights in America. His legislation will effect all Movie & Music devices and decide which innovative features are forbidden in America.

: The Senate has called for comments on the future of digital media distribution, an issue that is entwined with technology mandates.

: What YOU Can Do Now:
: This is YOUR chance to voice your opposition to laws that make all digital media technology mandatory or forbidden.
:  Fax a letter to the Senate. Senate staffers will ignore anything they believe to be a form letter.
: The Senate Judiciary Committee's Chairman Patrick Leahy and Ranking Republican Member Orrin Hatch are accepting comments via fax at +1 202-224-9516
:  For information on how to contact your legislators and other government officials, see EFF's "Contacting Congress and Other Policymakers" guide at:
: http://www.eff.org/congress.html
:  See related alert on House request for comments on digital music:
: http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020329_eff_drm_alert.html
:  Join EFF! For membership information see:
: http://www.eff.org/support/

:
: In late February, at a congressional hearing, Senator Fritz Hollings http://www.senate.gov/~hollings/ (D-S.C.) chastised technology companies for not coming up with solutions to curb digital piracy. He also said that he planned to draft a bill intended as a solution.

: Now, Hollings has introduced anti-consumer legislation, the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA.) If you produce and distribute your own media, this concerns you. If you archive your purchased media, this concerns you. If you do not want your computer and components legislated then please get involved.

I totally agree with this noble person. This is very important. This bad lawmaking sets the tone for the establishment of locks on creative tools which WE can't open. It has been scientifically and politically proven that data cannot be digitally 100% copy protected, but that copy protection merely makes life more difficult and less diverse for innocent consumers. DVD copy protection took years to develop and only hours to hack.

This is part of a continual cycle. It has it's ups and downs, but it is only the hackers who participate in the cycle for everyone's sake. Corporations and governments get involved only so that they can invade your privacy and get your money. Media protection schemes don't prevent terrorism, either.

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If you want to retain the right to view and create digital art, then you need to oppose this legislation. Technology has made information more democratically available at the expense of capitalism. Allowing fascists to rule neither solves the copyright infringement isssues nor improves our involvement to digital arts and media. If fact, this legislation is just more censorship and fascism with a capitalist spin. They want to make money off our right to information.

If this doesn't make you angry, then you are a fool.

hello,
do you know now where we can get the dac36.dll ?
thank you
:)

: does anyone know of any free software for converting wma music files to mp3 music files! please email me if their is? rossdonovan@yahoo.com

i want to convert .dat file or .mpeg file to mp3

: I download some music its a mp3 file but i want to run this in Dat. file format means i want to run in my audio player

Ramesh sharma

When you downloaded the music it is likely that the download was not complete. For example, on KaZaA the download will appear as a DAT file until the download has been completed in full. The file begins as a DAT file as it contains functions that allows downloads to resume if a connection fails or anything else does wrong. When the download is complete the DAT file should convert to an MP3 file automatically. If this dont happen remove the P2P program you are using and reinstall. Good Luck. John.