can a cassette tape be copied to a CD? how? any simple steps available?

Answer 1

I wouldn't use a HI-FI CD recorder, they are not good with prolonged analogue recordings and I think you have to use AUDIO CDR's rather than standard ones. My simple guide to recording cassettes to CD's is as follows:
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.php
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, 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
Hope this helps

Answer 2

Plug the output of your cassette player into the input of your audio card on your PC.

There is a small sound recorder in Windows you can use if you wish. I don't use it. I use Goldwave. But if you use the Windows recorder, be sure to set the recording properties to 44,100 sampling and 16bit depth...and PCM.

Start the recording function of the sound recorder and hit play on the cassette player. After the song is finished you will have a WAV file which you can easily convert to CDA (CD Audio) compatibility with Nero or similar programme and burn to your CD.

This is an overly simple solution. If you wish to do tweaking (such as removing tape hiss, mixing, etc), then a programme like GoldWave would be advisable.

Answer 3

Yes, its simple!
Step One you have to get a Casset to CD recorder.
Step Few insert the casset in the Casset deck and the CD in the Cd drive.
Step Three Record.
Hope you get through.