[Studiotalk] Zing

[Stephen Lewis]

Hi Christopher.

Greetings from Austin, Texas.

We had to abandon Zing for those exact reasons several years ago.

I don’t know off-hand if anyone has managed to keep that hardware / software combo going past WinXP; I sincerely doubt it.

There are many other options for such digitization. Assuming you do not have the original reel-to-reel masters and only have these cassette sub-masters to work from, you could try finding an old Tascam PortaStudio 424 unit that would allow you to output all 4 sides of a cassette simultaneously, into/through a variety of DAI (Digital Audio Interface) devices, and into a variety of audio software such as Sound Forge etc.

There are a lot of details involved so feel free to contact me off-list if you want to talk more.  😊

- SMiles Lewis
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Texas State Library & Archives Commission
Talking Book Program
Audio Production Administrator / Studio Director
(512) 463-5546 voicemail
(512) 936-0685 fax
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From: studiotalk <studiotalk-bounces at islemail.org> On Behalf Of Duran, Christopher at CSL
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2019 1:34 PM
To: TBBS Recording Studio Info <studiotalk at islemail.org>
Subject: [Studiotalk] Zing

Hey all,
Question, Is anyone still using the Telex Zing Versatile Audio Digitizer program to convert cassettes to a digital format with windows 10?
I.T. is  pulling our computer that is running Zing because windows XP is the operating system and not supported anymore.
I’m wondering if I pull the sound card and put it in a newer computer running Windows 10, will Zing still work properly?
And if not, are there any other options (Hardware, Software) that folks are using?

Thanks and have a great weekend!


Christopher Duran
Audio/Visual Assistant
California State Library
(916) 657-3894
Christopher.Duran at library.ca.gov<mailto:Christopher.Duran at library.ca.gov>
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