the type you might use for your computer, or does anyone know another way. also, what program do i need to do this, does my computer already have what program it needs?? thanks-
2007-11-24 13:11:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
What I did was take a cord, I think it was a 1/8 in jack male on both ends, connect one end to the headphone jack of the cassette player and the other end to the microphone input plugin on the computer, there was an audio program that I do not remember the name of which I used.
You can download MP3 programs for free at download.com. I used the "record" function on the audio program to record the cassete tape. I started "record" on the MP3 player then started "play" on the cassette tape.
After a couple of trial and errors to test the sound quality I let it run throught the entire side. Then I stopped the MP3 record session and saved it as a file ie: albumnameside1.wav. Then I flipped the cassette and did the whole thing over again for side 2.
Important to remember: you have to be right there when the cassette music ends and the button pops up on the cassette or else you will get a lot of blank space on the end of your MP3 file. So be careful of that.
Check with Radio Shack or someplace like that to make sure you get the right cord to go between your cassette player and your computer.
You can also get free programs to convert .wav files to .wma and .mp3 formats which is great because this saves lots of disk space. I think I also read about another program which allows you to separate the songs you recorded from the cassette to separate tracks in the digital format which is cool because then you don't have to listen to a lot of songs to get to the one you want. After the original recording your whole side will be one track so this might be useful if you can find it.
Try searching for ".wav to .mp3 encoder" on download.com or maybe Komando.com, or maybe cnet.com, one of those.
Good luck to you
2007-11-24 13:47:57 · answer #1 · answered by what you say 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, there is a way... what will you use to play the tape? a radio cassette or a walkman? Anyway, what you need is a double jack chord (an audio cable with two audio jacks) connect one end to your walkman (or radio) earphone socket and the other to your PC's Line In audio socket... Now, windows has a sound recorder software, this could be found on All Programs/Accessories/Entertainment... Unfortunately, Sound Recorder only records 1 minutes of sound at a time for windows XP... Windows Vista has an unlimited Sound Recorder software... Unless you're not using Vista, you need another software to capture your Audio. Like an AudioGrabber or something. I used to have a software for my DigiCam called PIXELA. It has several capture options for Video and Audio, you can even edit your pictures and audio using it. Try visiting Sony.com and see if they still have PIXELA 1.0 available for download. try it, it saved my life so many times before.
Hope this helped!
2007-11-24 13:29:30 · answer #2 · answered by deBoalanKame 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use Audacity (audacity.sourceforge.net), it records too. And it should export to MP3, though you may need to download the LAME encoder separately.
2007-11-24 13:38:52 · answer #3 · answered by Kasey C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋