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by ajxs 1310 days ago
Author here: Thanks for your kind words! I know someone has helpfully linked an application with this functionality, however in case you were still interested in building an app yourself, I say go for it! The PCM format for encoding raw audio is actually relatively simple, and if the mechanism the MC-202 uses to 'sample' the incoming audio is anything like the method Yamaha used then it's very resilient, and doesn't require a very precise 'wave' at all. Maybe you can find a similar encoding to what the MC-202 uses in this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cassette_tape_data_sto...