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How can you save casette tapes to a cd or mp3 format

post #1 of 6
2/22/05 at 11:08am
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What do I need to do this. I want to transfer old casette tapes to cd or mp3 format.
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post #2 of 6
2/22/05 at 6:35pm
Connect your cassette recorder's audio out plug to your computer's audio in plug and record with an audio editing software.
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post #3 of 6
2/23/05 at 3:22pm
Audacity, I say, Audacity. Best free-ware audio editing program out there. Also, if your laptop, like mine, only has a "Mic" in, good luck getting the levels right, and forget stereo.
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post #4 of 6
2/23/05 at 5:25pm
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Originally Posted by olyteddy
Audacity, I say, Audacity. Best free-ware audio editing program out there. Also, if your laptop, like mine, only has a "Mic" in, good luck getting the levels right, and forget stereo.
Audacity is definitly decent, though I am not sure if it will run on Windows or not, but Gnome Wave Cleaner is better suited for this project from what i have heard. But chances are it will only run on linux(Gnome dependancies) so Audacity is definitly next up for it

But a line in depending on the port might still be a stereo in(Actually usually is). And connecting a line out from a cassete deck to a line in on a computer will usually get the levels close to the original source if not dead on. If you are using a Mic in, make sure you turn the gain(Level) all the way down, its the only way youll be able to get close really. If you are using a headphone jack on the cassete deck to transfer instead of a line in, adjust the levels there as well as needed(But I highly reccomend sticking to the line out/line in method)

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post #5 of 6
3/16/05 at 8:54pm
its probably easier just to download them if they are retaile cassette tapes. if they are personally recorded then throw it into a GOOD cass desk, RCA --> 3.5mm --> line in on computer
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post #6 of 6
3/23/05 at 3:59am
Audacity is the shiz nit
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