Cassette Tape to computer recording

[Mr. SmartyPants]

Question, how do you record something on a cassette tape to a soundfile on a computer? (Possibly without destroying the tape)

[Fsiphskilm]

Try using

[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

[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.

[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.

[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...

[Arnobius]

Oh yeah... line in/out. Those were the terms I couldn't remember.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

aha! thank you... and thisll be a tad hard i guess... off to radioshack!

[Gypsy]

^^

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/6908/

[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