i have some old tapes and i wish to transfer these audio tapes to Cds what equipments do i need?

Answer 1

First of all, you need audio recording software, and open source audio recorder that I use is Audacity (although it is meant for more sophisticated uses, but it should work). Second, you will need a computer with a CD burner and sound card with a "Line" input. Thirdly, you will need a tape player (I'm assuming you have this already), and some cable or adapter to plug the tape player to the computer (this depends on the connection your tape player provides, if it is RCA, you will need a RCA to 3.5" mini stereo cable). Your local Radio Shack or similar electronics store will have the cable you need.

Then, to record the songs digitally, plug the output of the tape player to the Line input of your computer's sound card. Open Audacity, and select the Line input for recording. Press the record button on the computer and the play button on the tape player(be sure to record 1-2 seconds of silence at the beginning of the tape, we'll use this later). When your song is done recording, hit the stop button on the computer, and the stop button on the tape.

Using your mouse, select the silence in the beginning of the recording in audacity, then go to Effect > Noise Removal and click on "Get Noise Profile". When you have done that, select the entire song, and go to Effect > Noise Removal. This time, adjust the slider bar a little less than half way (more toward the "none" side), and click OK. Now Audacity has removed some or all of the noise in the recording (if the music sounds distorted after this, undo noise removal and move the slider more toward the none side). Then, you can export the song as WAV or OGG (to export as mp3, you will have to find and download lame_enc.dll on any search engine), and burn it to a CD...repeat this for each song on the tape.

Answer 2

Just a PC, a cassette player, connecting wire and a soundeditor on the pC is all that you need

Answer 3

If you're willing to shell out the cash, thinkgeek.com has a 5.25" cassette drive you can throw into your machine. Its $139.99, so you have to either have WAY too much money or just really wan't it.

Answer 4

try this site http://www.digitize-it.com/