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title: 'Commodore 64 using audio-in to record tapes on 1530'
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date: '2019-01-16'
description: 'In the previous post I used audio-in on a datasette 1530 to load t64 files from the internet. Well, thats nice, but I want it a little bit more retro, I would like to record tapes from the t64 files, and then load the game from tape. If you have the audio-in, it is easy to record that audio to tape…'
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# Commodore 64 using audio-in to record tapes on 1530

16 januari 2019

In the previous post I used audio-in on a datasette 1530 to load t64 files from the internet. Well, thats nice, but I want it a little bit more retro, I would like to record tapes from the t64 files, and then load the game from tape.

If you have the audio-in, it is easy to record that audio to tape. Watch the schematic:

![](https://www.bossink.net/user/pages/03.hobbies/01.commodore64/commodore-64-using-audio-in-to-record-tapes-on-1530/cas-17r-1024x662.gif)

To record from the audio in, we simply connect the output of IC2-2 (pin 12) to the input of IC2-6 (pin 11). I have used a switch, so i can decide if i want to record from the c64, or if i want to record from the audio-in.

![](https://www.bossink.net/user/pages/03.hobbies/01.commodore64/commodore-64-using-audio-in-to-record-tapes-on-1530/cas-17r-aangepast-1024x662.jpg)

So I have an audio-in and a switch on my Datasette 1530. The N stands for normal operation, the R stands for record from audio-in operation.

![](https://www.bossink.net/user/pages/03.hobbies/01.commodore64/commodore-64-using-audio-in-to-record-tapes-on-1530/IMG_1896-1024x768.jpg)

Well, lets see if this works. Using the same Stix game again 🙂

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