Question : Is there any audio hardware or equipment that can transfer sound from tapes to something digital?
I have a container full of cassettes that I’ve recorded where I’ve taped sound bites from radio talk shows 2 stuff on TV (using a karaoke machine & putting the mic near the TV speaker). So far, I’ve made CDs from some of these sound bites by using a mid-tech mp3 player & computers. & once I get a USB cable & study a lil bit, perhaps I’ll use my cell phone 2 record sound bites from my tapes. But my question is is there any technology, such as a tape deck connected to a computer or something like that, that can directly record sound bites from a tape & thus make it digital? I assume that I would need a professional audio techie to do such a task or that this kind of equipment would be incredibly pricey.
digital phone recording equipment

Best answer:

Answer by zqert988
Very easy to do actually. You can hook the rear audio outs on the deck to the rca jacks on a sound card on a computer.

For instance, my creative xfi sound card has rca jacks on it that would take the audio outs mentioned from a tape player. Then I can record with the software that came with the card or there are free recording programs on the net or you can even use sound recorder in Windows.

Another option for cassette deck to pc would be a double rca male to 1/8 inch stereo male adapter that would plug into the 1/8 inch stereo input on a standard pc soundcard.

Another option is a USB cassette player made specifically for the purpose like this one for example:

http://www.amazon.com/Ion-Tape2PC-USB-Cassette-Deck/dp/B000VG802I