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1530USB Datasette to PC Adapter / Setting up the adapter and how to use
« on: May 06, 2018, 08:25:45 PM »
IMPORTANT:
You need to use a data/sync cable.Try it with an old phone or mp3 player to make sure it is a data cable.
Download Audiotap and WAV-PRG HERE.
Download Audacity HERE.
Download FinalTAP HERE.
Debian/Ubuntu users CLICK HERE
For the first time you plug the adapter to your PC,you will need to setup the settings below,
1.Press Windows Key and R to open RUN window and type mmsys.cpl
Or right click on the speaker icon and select recording devices.
2.Set the USB microphone as default and go to properties.Change the device name to "READ".
3.Custom tab,untick the AGC.
4.Set the recording level to 0 (We will adjust this setting later on.)
5.Advanced tab choose the 48000 Hz
Right click on the speaker icon and goto Playback devices.Find USB Speakers and click on the properties.
1.Change device name to "WRITE"
2.Set the volume level between 75 - 80.
3.Enhancements tab,tick the box says "Disable all enhancements"
4.Go to advanced and choose 48000 Hz
5.Spatial sound tab - set it to OFF and click on the OK below.
Adjusting the READ volume and backing up a cassette tape to PC:
Insert a good condition,original copy cassette game to the datasette and press play.
Start Audacity and click the RECORD button.
Find the microphone volume setting and slide it to the right untill it fills the screen.
After recording that side of tape save it as WAV.
You pressed the Play on the datasette,you clicked on that big red record button but you don't see any action on the Audacity?
Try singing to your computer.Built in microphone might be selected.Change it to USB.
Start Audiotap,click on "Create a tap file",tick "from an audio file",tick "Inverted waveform"
Click OK,choose the WAV file,OK,give the tap file a name.
Drag and drop the TAP file to Finaltap
If you get Recognized 99% you have done a perfect backup.Click on Repair & Optimize to clean it up.
After the cleanup.it should show all green and Recognized 100%
Click on the save as (disk icon) to save the clean tap.
If the game loads and runs fine on Winvice,it is a good dump.
FinalTap sometimes gives errors if that game is not in its database.
Try testing and cleaning with TapEx
Drag and drop the cleaned TAP to winvice emulator and check if it works.
Recording software to blank cassette tape:
TAP Files:
Start AudioTap.
Select "convert from a Tap file" and "to a sound" click OK and choose the TAP file you want to record.
Press Record and Play on the datasette.
There are very few games with super fast loader like The Evil Dead.
If you come across one of these games,you have to max out everything to be able to record to cassette tapes.
Increase the speaker volume to max.Increase frequency to 96000Hz as shown below.
Turbo LOAD T64,PRG,P00 Images
Browse through this website and download T64,PRG,P00 Images.
Unzip those files to a folder on your desktop.
Start WAV-PRG and choose "Convert a PRG,P00 or T64 file to a sound"
You don't need to change any settings.
Click on "Sound Card" and higlight the files,drag and drop it to WAV-PRG.
Press RECORD and PLAY on your datasette.
If recorded tapes gives errors on real HW,it is either your azimuth alignment is not very good or another windows sound was recorded to the tape.
Record this software to the tape.Use it with a original tape which has a faster fastloader like Novaload.
If you happen to have Crazy Comet or Evil Dead original tapes even better.
This is it.
Good luck.