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How do I convert songs on Cassette Tapes to MP3 songs using PC?
Question : How do I convert songs on Cassette Tapes to MP3 songs using PC?
How do I convert songs on Cassette Tapes to MP3 songs using PC?
How do I convert songs on Cassette Tapes to MP3 songs using PC? I have a good collection of old songs on cassettes tapes (of tape recorder). Many of these songs may not be available in the market in
MP3 format. The tape recorder doesn’t have Line Out. However, there is a headphone jack in that tape recorder. Now, what wire type (e.g. in case of telephones we say RJ14 to specify a particular Telephone Jack. Similarly, I wish to know what type of wire in this case) would I require to connect the headphone of tape recorder to sound card of PC (Mic) to transfer those songs to PC. Then, what type of software (please specify name) will I require to record these songs as files on PC and what type of software (please specify name) will I require to split those songs as individual MP3 songs (basically a music editing software that can allow me to split a music file so that I can split those songs after a song starts and ends by listening to it).
Please guide me thoroughly on this issue.
Thanks & Regards,
Anita Aras.
pc telephone recorder
Best answer:
Answer by arouge1786
Check either of these sites, they should tell you what you need to get and how to do it:
http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/DIY/index.php
http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/downloads.php
Hope that helps.
Put simply, you will need to connect your cassette player to your PC soundcard, then play the cassette whilst recording on your PC. A step-by-step guide is available at:
http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/DIY/index.php
(follow the link to ‘Cassette to CD‘)
The recording software is the key, there are some free software downloads available at:
http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/downloads.php
I have used ‘Magix Audio Cleaning Lab’ and ‘Audacity’ – Audacity is particularly popular since it is free!
If you record to WAV format, expect file sizes of around 10MB per minute, or 1MB per minute for MP3 (at 128kbps).
Once you have your digital versions of the recording on your PC, simply burn them on to a CD (Nero burning software or similar..). If you use Magix Audio Cleaning, the software will burn an audio CD for you without needing additional software (assuming you have a CD writing drive of course!)
In Audacity, you will need the additional ‘lame_enc.dll’ file to export into MP3 – this can also be downloaded from the free software page.
You can also download a free PDF version of the step-by–step guide from the download page mentioned above, the guide is complete with diagrams and screen-shots.
You can use the headphone out socket to feed into the soundcard. MAGIX is an all-in-one solution that will allow you to record directly to MP3 as an option and also has easy options for exporting/burning the resulting MP3 files.