how to burn a cd from a tape cassette?

Question

Help its urgent, can anyone tell me if its possible to record a tape cassette on to a pc so it can be burn'd on to cd..& what equiptment I would require..Thank you 2 anyone who can help me..
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Answer 1

Difficult to write all the steps down here, but you can have a look at the following for some guidance (currently under development...) http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/DIY/how_to.htm This is certainly 'do-able', if you have the patience....
You will need a cassette player (!), PC with a stereo input to soundcard, conversion software and CD writer.
Note: if you are using a laptop, you may need a USB external soundcard (mine has only a mono mic input – not good enough!) – you can get cheap, simple but effective ones (from Hong Kong) via ebay…
You could get someone to do it for you, there are plenty to choose from out on the web, this type of job is perfect for a 'virtual' studio.
The software is probably the thing you really want to know about.. you will find loads out there. Personally I use Magix Audio Cleaning Lab – primarily produced for lifting vinyl, but will take any analogue signal. It has loads of features including cleaning filters, effects and editing… it’s cheap too and even comes with a stereo cable – try ebay. There are loads more, some even free downloads (audacity avaiable from download.com)– listen to folks who have used the software then have a go….
Oh yeah, and Magix has automatic track recognition based on silence between tracks and auto-stop recording so you can go out for the day and it will stop at the end of your tape – really useful!! You will use up loads of hard-drive space, so don’t try this if you are pushed for space…You may need to purge the huge files every so often (10MB per minute WAV files, 1MB per minute MP3). You could save some space recording directly into MP3 at the sacrifice of a little sound quality. The suggestion to use the microphone input is wrong...use the line input (blue) - full set of pictures at http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/DIY/how_step_one.htm

Answer 2

Check if your sound card has a microphone socket (it should do - I think it's the pink coloured socket). Connect your tape player from the headphones socket to the PC's microphone socket. Press play and use an appropriate program to record the sound.

I use Total Recorder (you can get a demo version free, but it may have usage restrictions) where you can record the sound as mp3, wma, etc files, and vary the quality of the recording.

Then use Nero or whatever cd burning software you have to create the disc.

Answer 3

Plug the output of you tape player into a computer and record in wav format. Then you can burn it onto a CD.

On your stereo there should be an output plug (headphones eg). Buy a stereo jack wire which fits into the headphone out and the other end goes into the microphone input/line input in your PC sound card.

Use winamp or media player or any free sound recording software (search in yahoo) and record the sound in 'wav' format to your PC. Then burn using Nero.

Answer 4

You need an RCA "Y" cable, a cassette deck, and appropriate software. It's the same software that you use to import sound from records. The cable has the red and white RCA connectors at one end, which go into the cassette deck, and a small stereo sound (2 round lines) jack at the other end, which goes into the audio in jack on your computer.

Answer 5

yes, it's posible. Here is what you shold do:
check your sound card, it shold have an line in conector, so conect the cassette deck with your soun card.Now you must have some kind of software that can record the sound (usualy in the .wav format). After this burn your cd.

Answer 6

You can get Creative's SoundBlaster 24-bit external soundcard and hook up your cassette player with a 3.5mm jack to the "Line-In" section, or if you have Creative SoundBlaster internally on your computer, hook up to the "Line-In" socket on the back of your PC.