how do i record cassette tapes to my computer to mp3s?

Answer 1

You would need special hardware for that and I don't think it would be cheap. See, what you would need is a contraption that would upload cassettes to your computer and then from there you would transfer them to MP3 form.

A company like this will do it for you, but expensively.... http://www.cassettes2cds.com/


Here is a company that tells you how to do it(I think, I stopped reading) ... http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6450_7-5020866-1.html

But, like I said, the easiest way to do it would cost a pretty penny.

Answer 2

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…
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 available from http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/downloads.php - don't forget to download the extra dll file for MP3 conversion)
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

it's very simple ..you can do it ...even with winamp.....you must have a cable from tape to line in soundcard.. :) Now ->you must chose at plugins sections in winamp save to mp3 format , save to disk..-> then when playng the tape, chose play at winamp (in fact recording), .... when you record you must not unplug the source tape.