how to convert cassette tape to CD through a notebook give details please?

Question

notebook has only mike input.if through this connection is given to headphone out nof audio system will there be distortion.give a detailed procedure pl.

Answer 1

The mic input on a laptop is usually mono, so will not give you a true stereo recording - you will need to use a USB audio soundcard or audio interface.
For the instructions see below:
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).
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 will need the additional 'lame_enc.dll' file to export into MP3 - this can also be downloaded from the free software page.
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 guide also has a page with examples of USB stereo audio interfaces that you can use with a laptop:
http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/DIY/accessories.htm
(see - USB soundcard)
Hope this helps (if you like the online guide, don't forget to 'DIGG' it....)

Answer 2

If you were to do it this way there would be a lot of background noise and distortion leaving you with a poor quality recording. I'd advise you only to do it this way if you only have one or two tapes to convert. If you have quite a few there are machines on the market that you put a tape into and it converts it into mp3 files you should invest in one of these.
If you can't get a hold of one of these then :

Put the tape your recording in a tape player that has speakers not headphones then :

1) get rid of all background noise possible - tv's off, pets out the room, mobile phone off etc.

2) try some sample recordings to find the best distance for your tape to be played from - try it up close and then gradually move it away until you get the best sound possible.

3) record your songs with your preffered software

4) use this software to burn the files to a disk or 'drag and drop' the files to th cd.

Note that for this method to work you will need some nifty timing and fingerwork to ensure you don't end up with the start of the next song on each track or the clicking of the stop button at the end of every track.
Alternitively you could record each tape as one log track but then you couldn't skip between songs.

That was a bit messy but hope it helps!

Answer 3

It's a time consuming process. But I have done a few cassette tape to MP3 files successfully. You can directly record your audio from your cassette player aux output or earphone output to laptop or desk top PC. If you have creative Audigy sound card, it is the best for editing your audio. You can supress noise as well as increasing high and low frequency etc. You need to do a few test recording to get a best audio level on the recorded file. You can
recorde the whole half side of cassette into single file and cut into individual files later using MP3 cutter software which can be downloaded free at

http://mpesch3.de1.cc/

And free mp3 recorder at

http://www.sound-recorder.biz/download.html

You would need a stereo audio cable to make direct recording.Do not record with microphone when playing cassette from speaker , the result will be very unsatisfying.

Answer 4

Hey there,
You can download MP3 Cutter here http://j.mp/1r4VCjz
It works like a charm.
Have a nice day