Correcting pitch on cassettes and then putting onto CD

[Ron Funk]

Gents -
What gizmo did we use to the alter the pitch of instructional cassettes? (eg, remember when cassettes were sometimes up to a fret 'out of tune'?)

I have one of those 'Crosley Nostalgia Units' that I've used to transfer a lot of instructional cassettes onto CD - However, some of the resultant CDs are not 'in pitch.' Aaarrrrgggghhhh !!

Is there a good method to alter the pitch of the instructional cassettes prior to making 'in-pitch CD's' via the Crosley unit?

Ron

[George Kimery]

If you can find anybody that has a file of all the Jeff Newman newsletters that he used to put out, he had a diagram of how to make any cassette recorder have pitch control. It used a few Radio Shack parts, if I remember correctly. I saw a cassette recorder at his school once that he had done this to. He explained it, but I don't remember and wasn't really interested because I had a cassette player that had a pitch control. It had to work on speeding up or slowing down the motor drive and had a knob to control the plus or minus speed of the motor. Not a simple solution, but would probably be an easy task if you could find the directions from Jeff's Newsletter. Maybe somebody else knows a better way.

[Shane Glover]

Hi Ron

There is alot of pitch control software out there. You might record it into your computer and then manipulate the pitch with software before you go to CD.I am not familiar with Crosley but if you have a pc it should be pretty easy.

Shane

[Ulric Utsi-Åhlin]

"Portastudio" type machines(some are still around)
have pitch control...see if somebody You know has an
old Yamaha MT-100 etc kicking around...McUtsi

[Jack Stoner]

The instructions Jeff Newman put out only worked for a machine with the electronics in the example. I'm an electronics techie and I tried it on several old DC operated cassette players and never got it to work on any of them.

I have a casette player that has a "pitch" control on it and I can adjust if needed. Same way, I have a pitch control on my turntable.

I have pitch control in my recording software (Sonar) but that is high $$ studio software.

[Steve English]

There are lots of programs that do this and are free.

Audacity and BestPractice are a couple that come to mind.

You record your tape into the audio programs, correct the pitch, print a cd.

[Ron Funk]

Thanks to all for your sugestions - now I just have to find the required compnents and I should be in business.

All Commemts greatly apprectiated,
Thx-
Ron