How do I record from computer to cassette?

Question

No, that question isn't backwards.

I want to record my church's sermons to hard disk so that they're easier to catalog. However we still have a lot of people who buy cassettes.

We need to be able to record from the computer to casette QUICKLY. Is there any software or hardware that can do this.

Emphasis on QUICKLY... I need to be able to record from disk to computer in hi-speed dubbing

Answer 1

Buy 1 [stereo 1/8th inch to stereo RCA adapter] + 1 RCA cable ~6ft.
Attach the RCA cable to the input jacks of your tape deck and the adapter, then attach the adapter to the speaker output of your sound card. Play something and hit record on the tape deck. It should work assuming you're not using digital output, if you are switch it to analog output before recording to the tape deck.
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Alternatively you might be able to find a cable that doesn't require the RCA cable because its all together

Answer 2

That's interesting...I don't think it can easily be done...but you could if you can tick the following 'boxes'
1) Can you run a high-speed dubbing type cassette recorder at high speed when it is recording from an external device?? (possibly not)
2) Have you the patience and software to try playing your sound files at different speeds so that you can match the two (see where I am going here?? if you can play at high speed on your PC and record at a similar speed - job done - bit flaky though I bet quality will suffer)
Otherwise record one normally and use a high-speed dubbing unit to copy others...
I use Magix Audio Cleaning lab to do the conversion the other way around and you can certainly speed audio up using that software. Try Audacity (free from download.com) to see if you can do the same with that - got to be worth a try for nothing!! - otherwise it's plan B with one master cassette that you can put into a high speed dubbing tape recorder.
Hope this helps -