I have lots of audio cassettes with stuff on that I really want to preserve and listen to every so often. I'm told that the cassette recorder is now a thing of the past. When my present one breaks I will not be able to hear my tapes. Someone told me there is a way to transfer the data to a pc. Does anyone know anything about this? I would really appreciate your help. Thanks.
2006-06-14 02:52:55 · 16 answers · asked by Rachel Maria 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
If you have a sound card with LINE-IN capabilities (Which most sound cards do) Just get a Tape Deck that has the head phone jack and use a wire that plugs from your head phone jack of your cassette player into the Line IN jack of your computer.
There are many softwares you can use. I recommend Nero which has an option for recording Analog Audio to Digital.
But you can even use the good old Windows Sound Recorder that comes with Windows.
That is something that I have been meaning to do too, but just haven't found the time to do it! Good luck!
2006-06-14 02:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can still buy tape players, but their days are numbered. What you want to do is get a cable with the same (male) audio jack at both ends. The plug is the same that you would find on earphones. I got a couple with my surround sound system. You can get these at Radio Shack or Maplins, failing all else. If they don't have them then you can have one custom built in a components shop.
Then connect the tape players audio output socket to the computer's microphone socket. Use the ms sound recorder to record the tracks. [Start>programs>accessories>entertainment: Record one song at a time. Once you do this you will have wave files that can be converted to a variety of other formats with basic or supplementary applications.
2006-06-14 10:03:49 · answer #2 · answered by xenobyte72 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The INport USB Analog to Digital Converter, found at www.xitel.com is a good product and I'm very happy with it. It includes a HUGE coil of speaker wire, which I didn't need.
A cable runs from my tape decks earphone jack to my PCs USB port. I give the file a name, then click 'record' on the software and 'play' on the cassette deck. I have to be there to hit 'stop' on the software when the tape is finished.
Then I can just save it as "Side A" and "Side B", or I can use the system to assign seperate tracks to each song and type in the name of the song.
This software can also be used for vinyl LPs, radio broadcasts.
2006-06-14 10:00:40 · answer #3 · answered by kill_yr_television 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there,
1) What you can do is get Some Sound/Voice recorder Software from net and Play All Audio Cassetes infront of your PC Microphone and record them on your PC Hard Drive.
2) If you have good sound system then give Audio Out to Line IN in Pc and record directly on PC hard drive.
3) Search out for local store where you can get Audio/Mp3 CDs done from Audio Cassettes ... I had few stores in my town.
Hope you resolve the problem soon...
Cheers
Rajan
2006-06-14 10:00:21 · answer #4 · answered by RajanIOnWeb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have about and seen plus own a special with two head phone jack plugs on one each end. I don't know what the cable is called but you can use to just as you want. Now before you get too excited the sound might not be the same as a result of the transfer. But I do think that it is possible.
2006-06-18 12:17:15 · answer #5 · answered by zippyy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On your media application there is. It will require so cables. the cable has an input/output jack (red & yellow) and the other end has a usb port attachment. once you connect those cords you should get a prompt that you have new hardware attached. click it follow prompts. go to the start menu and click on Accessories>Entertainment>control Volume and when it pops up click advanced controls and you should see a cassette player click it and work it like you wound your real one. Get It? If not let me know.
2006-06-14 10:01:06 · answer #6 · answered by shaniquedent45 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they sell a cassette player for the pc(probably have to buy used) or you get a headphone cable with two plugs one in a cassette player headset port other in the pc's mic port then record using an audio software.
2006-06-14 09:56:38 · answer #7 · answered by Help me Pick my Brain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a portable MP3 player it should come with attachments for recording from other devices, then you could transfer the MP3s to your PC. I was thinking of trying it myself with my Creative player, but haven't gotten around to it yet. But this source on the net says it works:
"It was my new Zen Creative MediaSource Organizer that changed my mind - the player/recorder that is integrated into the program provides a wonderfully easy-to-use way to record from Line-in."
2006-06-14 10:04:40 · answer #8 · answered by tanners_dublin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try using a creative sound blaster which has input sockets for audio devices such as turn table or cassette player and then plug your cassette player to it from the headphone jack or output connection to the line in on the sound card i have done this myself it works well
2006-06-14 16:12:25 · answer #9 · answered by species8472 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes , you can use an acquisition audio card to transform the analogic signal to a numeric signal. You plug the cassette player on the card and you may use a soft like Adobe premiére or one sequencer as cubase vst to convert your data?
2006-06-28 03:58:49 · answer #10 · answered by Hades et Persephone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋