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Hater Depot



Joined: 29 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:40 am    Post subject: Copying cassettes Reply with quote

It would be very helpful for me and my co-workers to transfer some cassette tapes to CDs, if appropriate tracks can be put in. At a minimum I need copies of the cassettes.

Does anyone know someone who can do this for me? Perhaps one of you?
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BigBlackEquus



Joined: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Lotte controls Asia with bad chocolate!

PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This can be done. I've done it. But it's sort of a pain in the butt. It takes as long as it takes to play the tapes, switch them, etc. Boring, zzzzzzzzzz.

Using a program like Nero, you can set cuts between the blank spaces of the tape and save the pieces as CD tracks.

This is such an annoying process, that I have avoided putting several cassettes to CDs just because I hate doing it.

The other option is recording them as one big file and burning that entire CD track to a disk. But that is inconvenient to use, and still takes time.

Not fun. Good luck.
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the_beaver



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Easy. Get a male/male stereo cable (I picked up a few at Yongsan yesterday for a pittance) and plug one end into the tape player earphone jack and the other into your computer's line in or microphone jack. Download and install a program like Audacity (which is free). Record the audio. Cut it and name it however you want. Burn a CD or run with the mp3s.


More expensive, but possibly better quality: buy a Plusdeck 2 PC Cassette Deck. Not sure how much it is, but I saw one at Yongsan so I know they're available.
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JongnoGuru



Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep

PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the_beaver wrote:
Easy. Get a male/male stereo cable (I picked up a few at Yongsan yesterday for a pittance) and plug one end into the tape player earphone jack and the other into your computer's line in or microphone jack. Download and install a program like Audacity (which is free). Record the audio. Cut it and name it however you want. Burn a CD or run with the mp3s.


More expensive, but possibly better quality: buy a Plusdeck 2 PC Cassette Deck. Not sure how much it is, but I saw one at Yongsan so I know they're available.

And it's made in Korea, so it would/should be readily available.

http://www.amdboard.com/bto_plusdeck_2.html
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the saint



Joined: 09 Dec 2003
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

alternatively, get yourself a decent MP3 player with a line in jack. Plug the cable that comes with it into your phones socket on your stereo and then the line in and record them straight to MP3 on your player. No need to faff around encoding anything. Tracks even split for you if you get a good enough player. My iRiver does this for me and it has saved me loads of hassle converting old tapes to digital.
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