My question is simple but I'll explain the situation first.
I have a Boss BR-8 that I've had for years but it records on to ZIP disks and I want to transfer to MP3 and/or WAV. I almost bought the newer Boss system, but I wanted to keep it simple and cheap for as long as I can because I've done some decent recording on the BR-8 and I'd rather save that money for more Warmoth guitars. So I looked up what I would need on guitarcenter.com (a little Behringer interface for about $30) and I went to the local GC store but they didn't have that one. So I told the guy what I wanted it for (just transferring audio, software included, nothing fancy). He says that the next best thing is an interface that comes with Cubase for about $60. I smelled some BS there, but I took the time to read the details, system requirements, etc. So I decided to buy it mostly for the inputs but I could also have a little studio on my computer as well. I get it home and set everything up to where I got the audio going through Cubase (just one stereo track). I click on 'export to MP3' and it says there's not enough memory on my hard drive. My computer isn't built for home recording, but it's a decent machine which has tons of free memory on it, so I don't understand that. Then I try to register for the Cubase discussion forums and for some reason that didn't work and I was about ready to start breaking sh*t at that point.
Anyway, that's the long story so you understand the problem. And the question is, what do you guys use if you simply want to move your audio from an old portable recorder to MP3s? I'm willing to spend a few bucks to maintain the audio quality, but I want it to be easy and not have to learn some new program. By the way, the BR-8 is digital, but it just has those useless ZIP disks.
I have a Boss BR-8 that I've had for years but it records on to ZIP disks and I want to transfer to MP3 and/or WAV. I almost bought the newer Boss system, but I wanted to keep it simple and cheap for as long as I can because I've done some decent recording on the BR-8 and I'd rather save that money for more Warmoth guitars. So I looked up what I would need on guitarcenter.com (a little Behringer interface for about $30) and I went to the local GC store but they didn't have that one. So I told the guy what I wanted it for (just transferring audio, software included, nothing fancy). He says that the next best thing is an interface that comes with Cubase for about $60. I smelled some BS there, but I took the time to read the details, system requirements, etc. So I decided to buy it mostly for the inputs but I could also have a little studio on my computer as well. I get it home and set everything up to where I got the audio going through Cubase (just one stereo track). I click on 'export to MP3' and it says there's not enough memory on my hard drive. My computer isn't built for home recording, but it's a decent machine which has tons of free memory on it, so I don't understand that. Then I try to register for the Cubase discussion forums and for some reason that didn't work and I was about ready to start breaking sh*t at that point.
Anyway, that's the long story so you understand the problem. And the question is, what do you guys use if you simply want to move your audio from an old portable recorder to MP3s? I'm willing to spend a few bucks to maintain the audio quality, but I want it to be easy and not have to learn some new program. By the way, the BR-8 is digital, but it just has those useless ZIP disks.