convert tape to cd/mp3?

Question

is there any way of converting music on tape to audio cd / mp3 format?

Answer 1

1a. Hook up tape player to computer using stereo audio 3.5mm male cable. One end in tape player headphone or audio out port and the other in the mic or audio in port on you computer.
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1b. If you computer doesn't have audio in port, use the Griffin iMic.
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/
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2a. Use a free audio recorder to record the sound to hard drive.
Get software for Windows
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or
Mac Os X
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or for both system and the BEST SOFTWARE, use QuickTime Pro
Windows - http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html
or
Mac - http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/mac.html

2b.MAKE A TEST RECORDING TO TEST LEVELS. Adjust volume on tape player to keep levels in the GREEN area, high RED levels will cause distortion.

3. Use iTune to convert newly recorded .aiff or .wav file to mp3.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/

4. Burn CD

Answer 2

Yes, I've done a lot of this. Get a stereo mini cable (like you would use to hook up an ipod to a stereo). Plug it into the headphone jack on your tape player, and the 'Line In' on your PC. I use Cakewalk Pyro to record it to a WAV file, and then do whatever editing or cleanup is needed. Then I convert it to MP3 using Pyro.

You do have to be sure that your Line In is selected as an input for your sound card. To do that in windows XP, double click on the Volume Control icon in your system tray. When the Volume Control window (not just the Volume slider, but Volume Control window) opens, click on Options, Properties, Recording. Make sure Line In is selected, and that the volume slider for Line In is set to an appropriate level.

There may well be some free programs out there, or something that came with your PC that will also record from Line In. The "Sound Recorder" that is built into Windows I actually find is a pain to work with, and Pyro was pretty inexpensive so that's what I use.

Answer 3

well the only way to do that (that i know of) is to play the tape on a tape player, then record it on the computer(using a microphone and an audio recording program - i think there is a program like that that comes with PCs)...but the quality of the sound isn't all that great...i would suggest just downloading the music.

Answer 4

Yes! You can use a free program called Audacity to record the tape to your computer (plug output of tape player into Aux input on sound card) Press play on tape and record button in Audacity, record your song/s, save to the format you require (mp3 or wave file) giving the file a name of your choosing. Good luck and happy listening!

Answer 5

Plug the audio out from the tape player into the audio in or microphone jack of your computer and use microsoft sound recorder to record the music. Then you will have it on your computer.

Answer 6

yes there is. You need an audio input / output cable which can be connected to the audio player at one end and the other end should be connected to a capturing devise like your computer. (Use line in ports). You also need a software like Sony's sound forge, which can capture the audio and help convert it in to MP3/ WAV format.

Answer 7

u shud convert it into audio cd because it is havin limited songs and audio cd can take limited songs

Answer 8

I'm not sure how to do it myself, but somewhere that does professional copying, like Target Copy ot Legal Copy (these are the places in my area), can do it for you.