Xitel INport Deluxe [Record From Your Stereo to Your Computer]

Customer Reviews

If No Sound, Read On....

2008-06-19
The product is very easy to use with easy instructions and easy setup but I was having a problem getting sound from the files I was creating from the product even though I had done just what the manual had suggested and checked my volume settings, cable and equipment settings a million times! However, I won't give the product a bad rating because I believe the product does what it says. Tech support however is another story.

PROBLEM: ALL of my cassette players have only 1 set(pair) and not 2 sets of RCA jacks. They are labled on my cassette player as: CD/Line Input Jacks(CD/Line In). That was the problem! While I have In-Line for the computer, I needed Line-Out for the cassette players! All my cassette players only have Line-In, so the Xitel product will not work. Unless, you want to buy another cassette player with dual RCA jacks.

SOLUTION: I had to reluctantly return Xitel because it did not support my cassette players due to lack of Line-Out RCA jacks. I only had one set of RCA jacks (red and white) and that was for the Line-In. So instead, I had to buy an audio cable with 1/8 miniplugs on each end, one to plug into the Line-In(blue slot) on the computer and the other minipug to plug into the headphone slot in the cassette player. IT WORKED!!!! Now I am finally getting SOUND!

LAPTOP USERS

2008-05-20
I purchased this for the sole purpose of transfering tapes onto cds. The tapes are roughly 25 years old and are of artists that are not considered mainstream so finding cds of these groups are very hard to find. Having played with the program a few times I got the hang of it and the three steps are easy to do. The cd I just burned sounded great and a family member couldn't believe that it was a copy from a tape.

There is a two things laptops owners should know before purchasing this. I found this information in the troubleshooting section.

1. No other programs should be running and that includes virus checking programs. (This effects the data flow)
2. The data flow can be severely effected by the power management of the CPU.

I didn't read the manual to the end. So the first time I used the program I found that there was a humming sound in the background of the recording. When I used the de-click program it found over 200,000 clicks. After reading over the troubleshooting guide I realized that those two things may have affected the recording. After turning off the virus protection program (wasn't connected to the internet) and adjusting the power management I re-recorded the tape and didn't hear the humming like I did before and the de-click program only found like 8,000 clicks. Even though the number of clicks were high it clean it up nicely. Overall it is a good program to use and will be well used.

Easy to use, install leaves a bit to be desired

2008-05-05
Easy installation, easy connection, but ...

The software apparently sets defaults that will cause you to lose your playback sound and there's not much in the manual that tells you how to correct it. However, if you follow the instructions in the manual for setting up the InPort, then you should be okay. The problem comes from the install telling Windows to use the InPort for BOTH input and output!! You have to go into the control panel and modify the audio settings so that playback uses your sound card and line in uses the InPort. I found that Windows media player was also affected and had to tweak settings there as well (Tools > Options > Devices). Once I had that done, I had my sound back and began the conversion. At one point I decided to use Goldwave instead of the LPRecorder, but found that there was no playback during the recording which made it a bit difficult to use, otherwise it was good and I could set Goldwave to record at the 24bit level. The Goldwave Pop&Click filter worked very well, I haven't had a chance to compare it to the Click filter in this software, however.

The LPRecorder is not compatible with I-Sound at all. I-Sound will cause the recording to stop.

Save Your Older Music Easily!

2008-04-27

I looked everywhere and called a lot of electronic stores that could transfer my cassette recordings to compact disc. I have a lot of very rare live recordings that will never be available on CD. Cassettes lose their magnetism (or sound crispness) after several years, so this was critical. It also records from LP's.

The unit is very easy and intuitive to use. Just plug your left and right (analog) cables into the unit and computer and go! The device is carefully made with a high performance processor that picks up the highest clarity of sound without distortion. All the terminals are gold-plated, which makes for the best sound transfer. Plus, it works with every Windows program (I have Windows Vista). However, with Vista (unlike XP or earlier versions), you'll need to request the latest version of `LP Recorder' and `LP Ripper from the manufacturer. There is an Auto Level feature that records the optimal sound for you, but I found that if I played with it a bit I could get LP's to sound a little better than with the Auto Level. The additional software also helps you remove `clicks' and `pops' from the LP's, but it won't remove all of the noise - nothing is perfect.

I searched around and this is not only one of the best analog to digital transfer devices available, it is very affordable.

All things must pass

2008-04-15
This product IS amazingly easy to use, and extremely versatile. You can save a little money buying a different interface, but you'll spend a lot more time trying to get things to sound as good. This is actually acceptable for making semi-professional digital copies of garage-band quality tapes. I was recently asked by the members of a band I once engineered to help them get their materials on line, and I was able to use this with almost no attention, right out of the box. It was so easy I returned the fee they paid me--it was worth it just to hear some of that crazy music again!

It also has a pop/click-removing piece of software; it is made for the savage pops of vinyl; it isn't as good with the clicks that you might have on old 1/2 inch tape due to magnetic build up, but it still does something. At the same time, I miss some of the imperfections of the old analog sound. I'm not one of those snobs who can tell what is lost in digital (though of course I CAN tell the loss of fidelity due to an mp3 format). But the hiss of tape added something comforting in the background; it was like ambient music as a background FOR music. And we didn't appreciate it. But the pops I can do without. And so can you with this excellent product. In a few minutes you'll be up and running. [43]

Easy but Complete

2008-07-16
INport Deluxe is everything advertised. It's easy to use and pretty intuitive. Does a great job of transferring LPs and cleaning up the tracks. I am finally transferring all my old LPs that have been stored in boxes for years.

Xitel INport Deluxe

2008-07-12
This is a simple product to use. For somebody like me who finds most software non-intuitive, I was able to follow the instructions and move a vinyl recording to CD in next to no time. I have a very good Yamaha turn-table so I get good sound. The editing of the recording was simple and now I can listen to some of my great vinyl recordings as a drive back and forth to work. For anybody who still has good turntable and a good receiver and wants to listen to their great old vinyl on the road, this product will fill the bill.

Xitel INport Deluxe [Record From Your Stereo to Your Computer]

2008-07-10
Xitel INport Deluxe [Record From Your Stereo to Your Computer]
The product performs as advertised. The patch cord from stereo to computer is long enough to stretch across two rooms, and delivers good quality sound reproduction. The manual is easy to understand, and I learned the editing technique with very little stress.

Do One Thing and Do it Well, Wish for MP3 Conversion

2008-06-22
This product does one set of tasks and does it very well - transfer the analog audio signal from LP or Cassette player into digital signal, edit it to reduce noise (called "Clicks and Pops" in the product lingo), and convert it into a Wave file which you can transfer to iPod or burn into a CD. The only issue I have is that the resulting Wave files usually are HUGE (300-400MB for one side of cassette). I had to buy and use another software to convert Wave files into MP3 files (~60% smaller) and store away the old Wave files to save hard disk space. I wish this product software can allow me to get the final files in MP3 format or other formats that have smaller file size than Wave.

Good Product

2008-06-19
Xitel INport Deluxe does work well and is very simple to set up and use. My problem was the input from the older stereo I was using it on was at too high a level and causing distortion. It would have been useful to have some adjustable attenuation built into the interface. I ended up running the cables through an old Radio Shack audio mixer which knocked the signal down to an acceptable level.

I am hanging onto this useful device. I think it is very straight forward and useable by most people with a basic knowledge of PC and audio (like, how to plug it all together and install the software). However, if I had it to do over I would have bought a less expensive interface (USB external sound card) and purchased Roxio and a mixer to have more flexibility.