Cassette Tape To Cd

[TUGNBAR]

Can anyone advise me how to transfer a Cassette tape on to a CD using my PC?:confused:

[Farmer 1]

I don't think you can do it without some kind of music editing software. There used to be one called Cooledit Pro, which is now called Adobe Audition.

You also need a way of connecting the tape player to the computer. My newish laptop does not have a line-in jack, and I am assured that is the norm now, so that option is not open to me. However, I understand you can buy some kind of adapter to allow you to do that.

Without editing software, I'm not aware of a way of doing it.

If you find another way I'd be most interested.

[Tinstaafl]

Same question asked late last year: http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=185270. Did you try using the search function?

[Saab Dastard]

Tinstaafl, be fair - Search has been... unavailable, since the recent upgrade.

[Conan the Librarian]

If no means of getting a line in to a laptop and it is that important to you, there are external soundcards available, which will at least give a method of getting the sound in there. I think Creative (of Audigy and Soundblaster fame) do one or two Of course, no probs with a desktop.

On the input side, assuming some 'orrible Ghetto blaster with no line out, then the headphone socket will work just as well for most people. Often easier than dismantling the mega Hi Fi if the PC isn't next door to it.

Once you have faffed about and spent valuable hours getting the thing on your hard drive, it really is worth getting some editing software such as the Magix AudioLab, as you can resample, refresh and otherwise clean up the signal, which gives a surprisingly good quality of sound.

If the cassette has been in storage for a long time, remember to fuly wind and rewind a few times.

Conan

[Mac the Knife]

LP Recorder from CFB Software in Oz is excellent for digitally recording vinyl LPs and tapes. Inexpensive, easy to use, no frills and gets the job done.

If you like you can use LP Ripper to split vinyl LP or tape recordings into tracks to make CDs or MP3 files.

See http://www.cfbsoftware.com/default.htm

If you want to go the freeware route and need an MP3 encoder
consider Tord Jansson's BladeEnc - http://bladeenc.mp3.no/ - fast and effective. It's a somewhat unintuitive command-line application, so it's handy that various people have written assorted frontends for it.

Of the various frontends available I recommend Holger Dors' Razorblade - http://www.dors.de/razorblade/ - also excellent.

Install BladeEnc, install RazorBlade and off you go.

Presumably you have a line-in on your PC or soundcard to feed the line-out from your cassette player.

Happy listening!

Mac

[Tinstaafl]

G'day Mac :ok:

If search was unavailable then fair enough.....except I used the search function to find the thread.

[Cornish Jack]

The Wave Editor function in Nero 5 works well.