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Cassette Tape to computer recording

PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:08 am
by Mr. SmartyPants
Question, how do you record something on a cassette tape to a soundfile on a computer? (Possibly without destroying the tape)

PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:46 pm
by Fsiphskilm
Try using

PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:11 pm
by Arnobius
Yeah. Roxio 5 had a program (SpinDoctor) that could transfer from an headphone jack to a mic jack. It's what I used to capture anime theme songs from DVD and convert to mp3s for personal use. I'm sure the current version has the more up to date version

PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:42 pm
by Kaligraphic
Take a male stereo mini to male stereo mini cable and connect the output jack of a cassette tape player to your computer's mic or line in port. Record from that port, and start the cassette player. I used Musicmatch Jukebox when I did that a lot, but there are plenty of programs that'll do it for you. It's just like recording your voice.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:46 pm
by LorentzForce
Just remember that the sound quality will be horrible, not just because you're recording from a cassette player but because if you use a normal cable for recording (like Kali's suggestion) EM interference will cause even more noise.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:47 pm
by Mithrandir
To add to LF's post, make sure you do NOT run the cable alongside any power cables. If you have to cross them, do it at 90 degree angels. If your stereo has a "line out" and you computer card has a "line in" then be sure to use those ports. You wont have to worry about the volume so much then...

PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:41 pm
by Arnobius
Oh yeah... line in/out. Those were the terms I couldn't remember.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 7:53 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
aha! thank you... and thisll be a tad hard i guess... off to radioshack!

PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:05 pm
by Gypsy

PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:58 pm
by Mr. SmartyPants
150 DOLLARS?????? NOOOO WAY

altough it would be nice to have... but i don't plan on using something like that a lot

other thing is that it's an actual drive..., and i have no space