This is what I am trying to do: I am trying to record quadraphonic, (not surround), in its original format, to flak files in Audacity. Much of the media I have is getting pretty dated and I would like to preserve it in its original state for later playback.
I have two quad tape decks, a turntable with Shibata stylus, a Sansui 9001 for decoding and 4 Pioneer 100s for playback. They all work fine. I am familiar with all of this equipment, and know how to use it.
My stumbling block seems to be at the PC level and Audacity. Either this is the wrong way to do this, or I am just not savvy enough to figure it out. Windows only wants to recognize stereo input and I believe Audacity wants to somehow use two separate stereo channels. I think I am over my head at that point. Is there a better or easier way to preserve the quad content to digital? Possibly someway to bypass windows or some other combination that easily works?
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After corresponding with Jon Urban, he suggested that I post for suggestions for a 4 channel audio input card. He suggested a firewire card and Motu, but said there may be other solutions. I am using Windows 10 64bit and a new computer with no firewire ports.
Thank you for any input
I have two quad tape decks, a turntable with Shibata stylus, a Sansui 9001 for decoding and 4 Pioneer 100s for playback. They all work fine. I am familiar with all of this equipment, and know how to use it.
My stumbling block seems to be at the PC level and Audacity. Either this is the wrong way to do this, or I am just not savvy enough to figure it out. Windows only wants to recognize stereo input and I believe Audacity wants to somehow use two separate stereo channels. I think I am over my head at that point. Is there a better or easier way to preserve the quad content to digital? Possibly someway to bypass windows or some other combination that easily works?
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After corresponding with Jon Urban, he suggested that I post for suggestions for a 4 channel audio input card. He suggested a firewire card and Motu, but said there may be other solutions. I am using Windows 10 64bit and a new computer with no firewire ports.
Thank you for any input