cassette to cd/mp3

[Chaoster]

Anyone know of a good cheap way to convert old cassette tapes to cd or mp3. It seems like a waste to throw away my old tapes.

 

[furb & dez]

You can use a Line In/Out cable to play the tape and record it on your PC (via Audacity or somesuch).

Be advised that tapes sound HORRIBLE, and your mp3s will sound worse.

Just toss the tapes if you're not using them.

 

[ssawka]

You can use a Line In/Out cable to play the tape and record it on your PC (via Audacity or somesuch).

Be advised that tapes sound HORRIBLE, and your mp3s will sound worse.

Just toss the tapes if you're not using them.

There are two problems with this method

1. You have to have a working tape player.
2. If the tape player dosen't have a line out, you'll have to play around with the volume to get it right.

Here's a pretty inexpensive way to do the conversion if you are so inclined. I've thought about getting it for a few tapes I have that I cannot purchase on CD.

http://www.buy.com/pr/product.aspx?sku=227146713&sellerid=29345858

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

I agree that there is going to be a big issue with sound quality. Unless these are not available in electronic format, I wouldn't bother.

 

[JB2K]

You can use a Line In/Out cable to play the tape and record it on your PC (via Audacity or somesuch).

Be advised that tapes sound HORRIBLE, and your mp3s will sound worse.

Just toss the tapes if you're not using them.

Also, as a reminder, tapes (both cassettes and VHS video) degrade over time, which makes conversion to a digital format more difficult.

 

[Chaoster]

Thanks for the replies I guess I'll just toss the tapes.

 

[KCmike]

I think a company called ION makes a cassette to mp3 product. My company sold it last Christmas. You might check on Amazon for it. We don't sell it anymore as it was just for that season.

 

[Mrs D]

Thanks for the replies I guess I'll just toss the tapes.

Do it. Just replace what you want on CD or mp3.

 

[fab5friend99]

My sister bought a thing that looks like a walkman that had a USB plug on it. She said it cost about $30 - not sure what the name of it is but I'm sure you can find one via google. Neither of us had a CD player anymore. It came with some software that then took the file and you created from playing back the cassette and you could chop it into tracks. It worked great! We both had cassettes that we could not find on CD. The sound was not that bad but it is definitely not as good as CD. But I think that depends on how good your tapes were to start with.