Thankfully the problem resolved itself when rebooted this morning, slight movement of volume control which then stabilised.

Lakotnik, You may want to remove the gaps between the numbers and the periods. Example: 12.06.2016 (no gaps. Also, you could try using the backwack to post the date. Example: 12/06/2016. Many sites and applicatoins use the backwack for date formats. Hope this helps.

SarahB, You're most welcome. There's nothing this old sound man (35+ years) likes better than giving advice! :>D

PS: You might want to tack this message onto the end of your original thread, too. That way those who set it for notifications will see it. (I only found it by accident.)

Cornelius,

"Can this software amplify and improve the sound in my laptop, which is not clear and loud enough?"

Only if the audio file you're playing has a low volume level, in which case you could for example open the file & try normalize before saving it. If all audio is too low in volume &/or not clear it's more likely the laptop's audio system -- in that case you'd likely go with things like headphones, speakers including Bluetooth, maybe an amplifier, or a USB device that acts like a sound card.

Cornelius, a simple "fix" I'd applied myself towards my applying itself was/is external speakers as plug into their own power supply? Used to always have those for desktops: even, more so for some of ours laptops, naturally? Works, greatly--listening to things off the internet, especially?

Cornelius, something else you might try that could help you, because it helped me and the volume levels of different sound sources, is to go to your audio devices panel and select the playback tab, then select the device that you're using for your speakers, then select the enhancements tab and make sure that loudness equalization is checked. I was having a hard time hearing hulu in my browser and making this one change made every audio in my computer louder and also loud enough so that I had plenty of headroom, meaning that I could turn up my volumes so loud that they hurt my ears.

Cornelius,

You can Google a free program called Voicemeeter Banana. It has ways to amplify your system sounds and also many many other things.

storekeeper, whats that got to do with todays give away

J Meyer, I couldn't find it either. The description says you can burn a CD with text & "optional burning speed" but I looked in every menu plus went through the help tutorials and couldn't find any mention or menu item to burn it directly from the program. Makes no sense to have to save it and then go open a burning program to create a CD/DVD. Guess they figure you'll just use the MP3 file for your phone or other player!

J Meyer,

The button doesn't appear unless the program can find find a CD drive. If it doesn't find a CD burning device, you just get a "Save" button.

mindymac, Thanks. I thought I was going crazy looking for that darn button. I did everything you did but no dice. Thanks again.

andyf, Thank you. You're correct of course but I thought I was doing something glaringly wrong. If others are noticing this also, then I can live with it. Thanks again.

I forgot : DELL XPS L702x, Windows 7 HP 64 bit

liviu,
Try to install without any protection like antivirus.
Just for the first 10 seconds, so themida can contact the GOTD-server to get the time. As soon as the first setup-screen appears, the protection can be activate again.
As you see this screen:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fowizumzyrghga0/Setup.png?dl=0

Mike, didn't you receive some notification from your antivirus or animalwere program which prevens setup runing?

Mike,
try to unblock the setup file (properties->unblock).
RS

RS, I can find no unblock choice in properties

bnk, No antivirus notification. Windows asks for permission to run, the wheel turns for a couple of seconds and then nothing.

RS, I think my problem was related to trying to use Powerdesk 9 to unzip the files. Used WinRAR and it worked OK

wallace, made a facebook

wallace, You don't need any acct, and you don't need to give your email. Click the Download Now button, click on the Facebook sign-in, click Cancel when the sign-in box pops up, and you'll be given the download button.

wallace, You don't have to use a social media account at all unless you want to. Just select down below to have it emailed to you. Then if you like it, at that time you can tweet, FB, or IG it all over if you want.

wallace,
Try this one, in another language but it is the same:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a17bdzayd8e9gi4/Ashampoo_Snap_2016.06.08_11h43m35s_006_.wmv?dl=0

cumhur korucu, Nothing new, they've been doing that for years. You're only allowed to see what they want you to see.

mike,
Excellent review, Mike.
The high number of new registry entries and the use of NCT files are a deal-breaker.
And you are correct the free alternatives you mention are superior and more
importantly they can function fully without altering the system.
— ROBERT

mike,
Always extremely helpful with detailed insight -- much appreciated. Re your XP Mode VM, what software do you use for monitoring? Is it the XP Pro VM you mentioned and what would you suggest for Win 10 users? It would be a valuable tool for other installs especially considering the file and registry numbers you quoted in this case. I don't want any software on my system that adds 1000's of registry entries, let alone deletes entries.

Thanks, again, Mike!

stanzibar, does it have the ability to look up tracks from cassette tapes from the internet?

I don't understand the question.

ebinkerd, That question was obviously totally off his radar. Had a good laugh at that one.

The ability to look up tracks and info when recording cassettes or record albums will save quite a bit of time typing everything in by hand. Take this one for instance:

Alice Cooper LP - Lace and Whiskey

# Title/Songwriter Time Artist
1 It's Hot Tonight (Album Version) 3:21 Alice Cooper
2 Lace And Whiskey (Album Version) 3:13 Alice Cooper
3 Road Rats (Album Version) 4:49 Alice Cooper
4 Damned If You Do (Album Version) 3:12 Alice Cooper
5 You And Me (Album Version) 3:26 Alice Cooper
6 King of the Silver Screen (Album Version) 5:34 Alice Cooper
7 Ubangi Stomp (Album Version) 2:12 Alice Cooper
8 (No More) Love At Your Convenience (Album Version) 3:47 Alice Cooper
9 I Never Wrote Those Songs (Album Version) 4:33 Alice Cooper
10 My God (Album Version) 5:40 Alice Cooper

Instead of typing all of this, you could look it up on the internet and have the program automatically save each track with the proper name.

La, I had the same on Windows 10, but I temporarily disabled my AVG protection and ran Setup again. That took a few seconds, the program was installed OK and I reactivated the AVG protection immediately. Hope this helps, Roddy

Roddy Young, spot on with the problem I was having, many thanks. I thought of the Firewall but this it is a first for me that AVG needed to be turned off which makes me a little concerned as to what the install is doing that it shouldn't be.
Mike

REB, It's possible that you'll need to tweak other settings in the computer itself, perhaps in your sound card or audio manager. Possibly even update your sound card driver. (I had the same problem years ago with Audacity.) If your computer settings are off, the program can't 'see' the options.

Sorry I can't be more specific. Would be good for a company rep to come on and answer some of the questions...

Dan O,
Try running a connection from your headphone output socket to your microphone input or line-in socket. This works with Audacity and may well work with this program.

REB, This appears to be a tweaked version of last years GOTD, - which I love. Have given it a trial run and I'm loving it.Try the 'Options" tab, Windows Mixer. if you only see the microphone as an option there. you probably need to go to your sound control panel as previously commented, and 'unhide' the items , and reset for more than just the headphone. Hope this helps. BTW I love this program, and some nice little upgrade- very happy to see it being offered in an upgrade version. Thanks GOTD .

Clyde Byrd,
Maybe the audio settings on your computer aren't set correctly.
Have a look at the Configuration - Sound settings. You can get there with this command through the 'run' menu option: Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL Mmsys.cpl,,0
Go to the 'Recording' tab and rightclick in the list of devices.
Make sure both the options 'Show disabled devices' and 'Show non-connected devices' of the popup menu are tagged.
The names of these options may differ from what I've written, but I'm using Windoze in another language than English... Anyway, you'll be able to identify them.
Now all devices available on your computer will be visible.
One of them should be 'Stereo-mix'. That's the one you have to use for recording.

Clyde Byrd, They have a great tutorial on how to record. It's in the Feature Tour.

lidl1, You are perfectly correct, this is Cool RECORD Edit Pro

SarahB,

In order to transfer your cassettes to your PC you would need a cable with a stereo jack plug at either end. Connect one end to the cassette player and the other end into your PC's mic socket, you'll have to make sure that the volume control on the cassette player isn't too high otherwise it will distort your music etc. I haven't downloaded this software as already have something similar that works perfectly, so can't pass comment on it, but if it lives up to it's claims then its job done. Hope this of some help to you.

SarahB, you need a cable that you plug into your Walkman, where you would normally plug in your earphones. The other end you plug into the line in/microphone entrance of your PC. You can buy such cables online or in a hardware/electronics store. I haven't tried thet giveaway, if it can handle input from any source it should than be able to record your music. If not, you'll need to search for a (free) program on the internet. Hope this helps.

SarahB,
You will need a cassette player with line out. You connect this to your computer using a stereo cable and then use a free software like Audacity to record it. I am not familiar with today's offering so I can not comment on that. You can use a mic connected to your computer and use your walkman but the quality will be awful. Hope someone else comes up with a better suggestion.

SarahB, You might be able to use the headphone out from the cassette player to the mic input of your computer by using something like https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-3-5mm-Stereo-Audio-Cable/dp/B00NO73MUQ/ . However, the levels from the cassette deck may be too high. Start with the volume turned all the way down and see what happens as you increase the volume gently. You can monitor by using the headphone out from your computer.

SarahB, Here are three similar sources, some may have more information you may be interested in.

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/transfer-audio-cassette-to-computer/

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/audio/tips-and-solutions/how-record-cassette-tapes-computer

http://www.wikihow.com/Transfer-Cassette-Tape-to-Computer

I hope this helps.

Sarah -- Ozsyd is correct. I'd just add - use the 'line in' jack on your computer if there is one, otherwise you can use the microphone input. Audacity is an excellent (and free) program with plentiful online help. You *might* be able to just plug things in and record but you might encounter more of a challenge getting set up. The website for today's giveaway indicates that it can do what you want but I can't advise on that.

Good luck! Oh, and whatever you do, do it soon. Your cassettes are likely many years old now, and they're degrading in sound quality and the tape itself is getting brittle. Eventually they will become unplayable.

SarahB,
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/927654-REG/ion_tape_express_h_tape_express_portable_tape_to_mp3.html

SarahB,

All three previous answers to your question are correct. I'm going to just add a bit more here that may help you understand the process a little bit more clearly.

The best match for getting sound out of one device and into another for recording is to use a "line out" connector on the playback device and use a connecting cable to connect it to the "line in" connector on the recording device.

I don't know if the Walkman has a "line out" jack. MOST computers don't come with a "line in" jack already installed. So that could seem like a problem -- but it's a problem that is fairly easily sidestepped.

Most computers DO have a "Microphone" jack. The intended purpose for that jack is, obviously, to connect a microphone (or headset with a microphone built in) to that jack -- BUT there's no reason that you couldn't connect a cord with an audio signal coming from something other than a microphone to that jack, if you take care to try to match the signal levels (the signal "strength") of the two devices.

So.... you could connect one end of a connecting cable to the HEADPHONE jack on the Walkman, and the other end to the microphone jack on your computer to get a signal out of one and into the other. However, you do need to be aware that the microphone input is meant to be connected to a lower level signal source (a "weaker" signal source) than the output levels you can get from the headphone jack of any device.

The headphone port on the Walkman is capable of outputting an audio signal that is way too strong for the microphone input on the computer to handle without creating bad distortion of the sound, so be sure to set the headphone volume level control on the Walkman to a very QUIET level when you first try this, and you can then subsequently raise the volume control level if needed -- much better than having the headphone volume level set too high and getting a recording that is horribly distorted.

SarahB,

"I have a large collection of music cassettes I would dearly love to digitize. But. . . how?"

It really depends on the quality you desire, the amount of money you want to spend, & the amount of effort you want to put into it Sarah.

It can be as simple as buying a cheap device made just for that that plugs into your PC/laptop. Towards the other extreme you'd use a high quality cassette deck [there really is a difference], plugged into a mixer, recorded via external hardware, edited/filtered while using [maybe near] studio quality speaker monitors or headphones.

A better cassette deck will get purer, better sound out of your tapes. A mixer lets you tailor that sound, as from age & their nature you'd likely want to tweak it a bit, plus the mixer will get the signal levels where they need to be for recording. PCs & laptops are very noisy inside *Electrically* [maybe think interference], so better recording hardware moves the electronics into a separate, external box. You cannot edit, or even preview a recording accurately if you can't hear it accurately, making reference headphones or speakers a must, e.g. if headphones add bass they may sound fantastic, but you've no real idea what your recording actually sounds like.

How far you go editing your recordings depends on how much time & effort you want to put into it. You can filter out noise from the age of the tapes, as well as some that's part of their nature. You can compensate for their deterioration, & shape the sound. And you can enhance the sound if you want -- recorded music on cassettes was at a lower level overall back then, and to an extent you can bring it up to the levels that you're used to today.

What i did was buy a PC Cassette Deck (installs like a CD/DVD in your PC, more or less). I got mine on sale and I still see plenty around at good prices. I converted hundreds of tapes to digital and it was really worth it. I used a different program than this one but I have an older version (now updated Thanks) and it does the job.

I'm sure not. Steps coud be as follows:
1 Download video file,
2. Separate audio from video and save it preferable format.

Both could be done with todays Cool Record Edit Pro as I made sure just now.

terrawarra, According to their web site, you'll need to set the panel to "Stereo Mix" to record from your sound card.

Thanks to all of you guys for your suggestions.
Cheers