How can I transfer music from a cassette player to my computer?

Question

I want to put my music on CD's but the music is on cassette tapes so I need to know if there is a cord that will connect the cassette player to my computer to transfer it or if it is even possible. Thank you.

Answer 1

Pricey software?? is FREE pricey??
No cord available?? do you know what an audio cable is??
Low quality?? - only if you use low quality equipment or try to record into a microphone!!
Of course it is possible and you get good results if you do it right - I have dine this loads of times.
Difficult to write all the steps down here, but you can have a look at the following for some guidance 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
Free download of software and complete guide to converting cassette to CD at http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/downloads.htm
Hope this helps...

Answer 2

There is nothing like that out there. In this age cassette players are way out of date. There is no cord or attachment that you can use to transfer all your music from cassette to computer. Only thing you can do is buy a microphone for your computer, start recording and then start playing your cassette. And once the whole thing is done, burn it on to a CD-ROM.

The quality will not be all that great. You'd probably be better off by just buying new CD's with your favorite artists or songs, be they old or new.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

First, get a male-male stereo jack. Plug one end to the casstete player's headphone socket, and the other to the computer's microphone socket. Second, open Windows movie maker, go to audio narration, go to audio settings, change the line in to microphone, set the volume level, then choose the format you would like, MP3, WAV, or WMA. Third start the cassete player, and press record button and the file gets stored, in your prefered location in your preferred format, I have done this through a walkman, and the results are really gr8. Contact me if you need further help at [e-mail]

Answer 4

just find a program that lets you record from the microphone
then connect your tape player to the microphone jack

use cables like these to do so...
http://www.impactacoustics.com/product.asp?cat%5Fid=812&sku=40600

Answer 5

Supposedly you just plug your cassete deck's audio jacks into the recievers on the back of your PC but I'm sure there is some pricey software involved.

Read http://www.thebestofwebsite.com/Bands/Music_Resources/Cassette_to_Computer.htm

Answer 6

sorry, don't think it is possible.