Does anyone know how to get music off walkman cassettes and onto an ipod?

Question

I've just been given an ipod as a gift, and have tonnes of songs on casette tapes that I'd like to 'move' if possible onto my ipod. I don't know the titles of some of the songs, so can't look them up on the internet. I know how to get songs off CDs onto an ipod, but not casettes. Can anyone advise?

Answer 1

Yes it can be done - you need to record your cassettes into digital format, then convert to MP3 which will play in your IPOD.
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/index.php
(follow the link to ‘Cassette to CD‘)
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).
If you use AUDACITY, you will need the additional 'lame_enc.dll' file to export into MP3 - this can also be downloaded from the free software page.
(Magix has the option of recording straight into MP3 format)
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 (if you like the online guide, don't forget to 'DIGG' it....)

Answer 2

Well this is all I can think of.

You will need a CD or digital recorder (you may be able to use your PC, depending on what kind of software you have). Use an output line out of a tape deck and hook it into the input line of the CD or digital recorder. Play the tape, record on the other device.

If you are not too picky about sound quality you could forgo hooking the devices together via input/output cords and simply play the cassette over speakers near a mic on the recording unit.

Answer 3

The first thing you want to do is connect your ipod to your computer via the white USB cable. If itunes opens and asks you if you would like to sync up your ipod click NO! fter your ipod is connected, open My Computer, or just Computer from the start menu and look for the ipod drive. It should be in the (F:) drive. You will see the ipod logo in the listing of disk drives. If you are using Windows vista: Open the ipod drive and click on ORGANIZE. Then folder and search options tab. Then View and Show hidden files and folders. If you are using Windows XP, open the ipod drive and click tools then Folder options then View tab then click show hidden files and folder. Finally click Now you should have a new folder called ipod_control. Open that folder up and you should see the following: Calendar, Contacts, ipod_control, notes, photos, ect. If you are trying to save all of your music then the ipod_control folder is the only one you need to worry about Open the ipod_control folder then open the music folder. Copy each one of those folders (should look similar to these: F00, F01 ...) onto your computer. You can do this by creating a new folder on your desktop and dragging the files into the folder. Open itunes and insert the new folder you created on your computer's desktop into: library ---> Music you can now sync your ipod to this new computer with out losing all of your music lol... hope this helps!!!!

Answer 4

your best bet would be to try and download them. If you aren't sure of the title of a song, just type in some of the lyrics, with the word 'lyrics' at the end on your favorite search engine. compile a list of songs, and spend a day or two hunting them down. :)

Answer 5

Damn is that possible!!!! That would be great!!