High Speed Dubbing Help Needed!

[alexcomp]

I need to make transcriptions of spoken word book tapes to mp3 files on hard disk. I'm able to do this quite effectively with an older Sharp dual cassette, high speed dubbing deck.

I'm frustrated due to the almost complete lack of information on the high speed dubbing process. The deck I'm using is 2X and I'd like to go faster.

Are there reasonably priced decks that will dub at faster than 2X?

I don't really need dual as I'm dubbing out of the deck to an audio processing program which captures to disk. (Then I expand and pitch shift the capture file and it comes out sounding remarkably like the original). This process would not be suitable for audio entertainment but is more than adequate for spoken word.

How bout it? Anybody knowledgeable on this?

 

[elliotgold]

I'm interested in this too... have you gotten any information? How are you outputting to the computer... doesn't the High Speed Dubbing send the signal only to the other tape?

 

[alexcomp]

Dual Cassette also outputs through composite audio jacks

Sharp RT-W800 deck has standard line out and 2X signal is outputted here.

I capture the signal in my audio program, Magix Audio Studio.
Time shift and pitch shift simultaneously, (2x time and -12 half steps as I recall)
Option then to output to WMA, WAV, or MP3
Workded fine - I just want to go faster than 2X.

 

[alexcomp]

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Nobody knows nuttin

 

[Mr.T]

Telex makes a few high speed audio cassette duplicators in mono and stereo as well.
www.shopping.com/xFS?KW=telex+EH-1-2-1+cassette+duplicator

Mr.T