Can I transfer my cassette collection to my ipod?

Question

Hi all,

I have alot of really good 90's dance music on cassette tapes and would really like to listen to them on my ipod.

Is there any way I can do this please?

I have just seen an advert for a 'turntable to mp3 converter' via the USB port, but i can find the same for a tape deck anywhere. Has anyone tried to transfer their cassette collection to their PC and how is it done?

Many thanks,

p.s. my stereo (which holds the cassette player) has an 'MD/video (audio)' bit on the back where there are 4 sockets, 2 called 'IN' and 2 called 'OUT'.

Answer 1

Put simply, you will need to connect your cassette player to your PC soundcard, then play the cassette whilst recording on your PC. A step-by-step guide is available at:
http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/diy.........
The recording software is the key, there are some free software downloads available at:
http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/downloads.p...
I have used ‘Magix Audio Cleaning Lab’ and ‘Audacity’ – Audacity is particularly popular since it is free!
If you record to WAV format, expect file sizes of around 10MB per minute, or 1MB per minute for MP3 (at 128kbps).
Once you have your digital versions of the recording on your PC, you could simply burn them on to a CD (Nero burning software or similar..). If you use Magix Audio Cleaning, the software will burn an audio CD for you without needing additional software (assuming you have a CD writing drive of course!)
You can also download a free PDF version of the step-by–step guide from the download page mentioned above, the guide is complete with diagrams and screen-shots.
The only extra harware you will need is a connecting lead (RCA to small stereo jack), see the online guide for more info on this..are the outputs you mention RCA? (crown plugs) see guide (link mentioned above) for diagrams
Hope this helps

Answer 2

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Answer 3

i believe u can transfer your cassette to cds then put it on ur computer then to itunes

Answer 4

youll have to buy somthing with a usb to link a cassete player to a pc if you do that yes

Answer 5

yes. you can record the songs onto your cds from your cd player. then you can put your cds into the computer and then you can get them onto itunes.
good luck

Answer 6

yes ....first transfer to ur computer ...go to www.Download.com ....type in search box....wav to mp3 conversion.......u will get the list