how can i?

Question

how can i copy music from a cassette to my computer or copy music from my portable or home stereo to my computer

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.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

First, you have to get the signal into your computer. Most computers have a line-in jack in the back. It is like a headphone jack. At best, you'll need a common cable that has a headphone plug at one end and red & white analog plugs at the other end. The tape player/home stereo will need to support output through the analog plugs (for your portable, get a cable with headphone plugs at both ends).

This is step #1, getting the signal into your computer. Finish that part first. The next step will be getting a program that can record from line-in.

My suggestion ensures optimal sound quality.

Answer 3

Check for the following:
Line input on your sound card, and line output on your cassette or stereo. Most "home" units have them.
If you have those, all you need is a stereo connecting cable with the proper connectors on each end. ("Line" connections have a universal standard of 1v peak to peak.)
NOTE: MOST sound cards have stereo Line inputs using 1 stereo mini-plug for input. (See your manual)

If you have either one missing it gets a little more difficult.

IF your card uses a stereo mic inputs (for 2 microphones), but has no line inputs, and you have line out on the cassette, you can use a "matching" unit on each channel, (available from many electronics stores);
OR if all you have is speaker outputs, and line inputs there is a matching unit available for that also,
OR if you have speaker outputs and mic inputs there USED to be matching units for that type of hookup also, (they may still be available, I don't know);
OR you could put your speakers in front of your Mics and try that, just realizing that you will only have one channel sound with only one microphone.

You can use the "sound recorder" that comes with most OS's to input the music to a HD file. I suggest a separate file for each song, all in a "music" folder. This allows you to "mix 'n match" when you output to disc.

Answer 4

I copied music from a cassette tape to my computer once. It worked reasonably well. I used the AV Rack record function (I think AV Rack came with my computer) and I set a tape player with speakers next to my stick microphone. I turned the microphone up full blast, and pressed record on the AV Rack. It worked really well, and the sound was clear. You need a good tape player, and a microphone that cuts out background noise.

Answer 5

You will need special hardware such as... xitel inport.....it is just a small box that is linked between your computer and your vcr or stereo and is connected to a usb port. It has all the connections and 100 feet of cable included. It works very well.
http://www.xitel.com/
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Answer 6

get an rca to line(headphone looking jack)from radio shack and plug it into your line in on your comp

Answer 7

when you figure that one out, let me know how i can take a voice mail and convert it over to cd and computer. I have a great one I so want to save...