Is it possible to record a tape cassette to a pc & how?

Question

I need to put a tape cassette on to a cd & I dont know if it can be done through a pc 2 be burn'd off...I have all the programs on my pc but not sure how & what equiptment I would need to use for a tape cassette...If anyone can help it would be fantastic as it really is very important..
Thank You XX

Answer 1

You can get a lead that plugs into the headphone/speaker socket of your tape player, and you plug the other end into the microphone in socket on your pc.
Do a few short test recordings first to get the volume right.
If you don't have the recording and editing software, try the freeware program Audacity.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ -Audacity music tool.

You should be able to get the lead from a cheap place like Maplins, or pretty much any electrical/hi fi shop.
You then edit and burn the music files to cd or your mp3 player.

Answer 2

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, 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 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

Answer 3

purchase a affordable advance container type Radio/Cassette Recorder-participant/CD participant. It would not ought to be fairly fancy besides the undeniable fact that it is going to be "Stereo". it is significant so as which you would be able to checklist in Left and desirable Channels independently. It ought to additionally a have a Headphone Jack for the reason that's the port used to deliver the stereo sign to the laptop. you will additionally prefer: quantity One: 3.5, Audio Stereo Patch Cable( purchase at Radio Shack) #a million. If the cassettes are recorded in stereo you do not could desire to something greater beneficial than opt for Play. #2. connect the three.5 Audio Patch cable to the Headphone jack of the participant and then connect the choice end to the "Line In" jack on the laptop. #3. Audacity will do something and checklist the Analog Tape changing it right into a digital replica. of direction you may freshen up and control the recording greater beneficial yet Steps a million-3 are what gets you going. stable success.

Answer 4

I've just transferred all my cassettes to my PC using a little device called Videosafe from SmartDisk. I bought it to transfer videos to DVD, which it did but I found that it would also work with cassettes. Just connect the cassette player to the device with an audio cable and the device to your PC with the USB connector. I found some free software called RecordPad Sound Recorder to do the recording and WavePad to edit the MP3 files. Simple.

Answer 5

ThinkGeek has a gadget that rips old music formats to MP3.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/mp3/85fb/

The ThinkGeek description:
"Liberate your old media into glorious digital technology with the InstantMusic Vinyl & Cassette Ripper. Simply hook up an old turntable or cassette deck to the InstantMusic and plug it in into an available USB port on your PC. The included software allows you to convert your music to MP3 files, or burn directly to CD. It even smartly detects the gaps between songs to divide that old Journey LP into individual MP3 files perfect for transfer to your newfangled iPod."

Answer 6

hey baby you need hardwares for tat to convert
if you have a tape then you can do this
take out the lineout of the tape and insert as a line in(mic)
in your pc and using softwares for recoding the sound which is heard as an input in mic you can do this..

Answer 7

ok get a phono to phone lead (mic lead basically should work) set up your tape player, and place one end of the mic lead into the earphone jack of it, place other end into the mic jack in your pc, record, split, burn enjoy on cd.

i have done the same thing for recording old LPs of my dad's onto cd works well (course with them u gotta watch for the jumps)

Answer 8

look up xitel inport i`ve used it for records and tapes works great

Answer 9

or forget the rest and get yourself down to the nearest computer hard ware specialist E.g. pcworld if your in england/britain