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roy_rajat · 07-04-2005, 05:14 PM

hi everyone
I want to convert songs in my old cassette tapes into mp3. What is the best way to do this. I mean what kind of sound card or software do i need to do this. Suggestions or links would be greatly appreciated.
cheers
Rajat

**dragon2309** · 07-04-2005, 06:45 PM

Well to start off with you will need a tape deck/player with a 3.5mm jack OUTPUT socket. You will then need a soundcard with a LINE IN jack (also 3.5mm). If you do not want to pay out for a new soundcard then im pretty sure that even your onboard PC audio will have a line in jack (for reference the line in jack is the blue coloured one in the middle of the green one and the pink one). Any standard audio cable will connect the two devices (as long as it has 3.5mm jacks on both ends).

Now, onve youve got your tape deck and you sound card connected you will need some software, this is where you might have to pay a little bit of money. After a quick search i found a small prgram that should do the trick, as far as i can see it is free, which is good.

Take a look at it here -- http://www.polderbits.com/download-s...ecorder-uk.htm

I hope this helped you a lot, dragon2309

*EDIT* Sorry about that the above link is only a 14 day trial, but if your organized theres no way of stopping you recording all your tapes in about 10 days and then uninstalling it again, sneaky but still not breaking the law.

kof2000 · 07-04-2005, 11:57 PM

great, now i can convert all my megaman music.

**dragon2309** · 07-05-2005, 12:10 AM

LOL, nice taste in music you got there. I went through all this a while back to convert old LP's to mp3's, worked a treat.

roy_rajat · 07-05-2005, 11:39 AM

Thanks a lot for the great suggestion. Regarding output jack on tape recorder, isnt it true that the recording would be better with the line out phono sockets (if present). And regarding the software, i do have a audio recording software called Total Recorder, i guess this should also be able to do the same job once the voice is channeled thru the sound card.

**dragon2309** · 07-05-2005, 02:54 PM

As long as the program can record from the line-in socket then it will be fine, as for phono sockets.... i havent a clue which is better. Experiment and see.

07-04-2005, 05:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
roy_rajat Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 43	Help hi everyone I want to convert songs in my old cassette tapes into mp3. What is the best way to do this. I mean what kind of sound card or software do i need to do this. Suggestions or links would be greatly appreciated. cheers Rajat

07-04-2005, 06:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,212	Well to start off with you will need a tape deck/player with a 3.5mm jack OUTPUT socket. You will then need a soundcard with a LINE IN jack (also 3.5mm). If you do not want to pay out for a new soundcard then im pretty sure that even your onboard PC audio will have a line in jack (for reference the line in jack is the blue coloured one in the middle of the green one and the pink one). Any standard audio cable will connect the two devices (as long as it has 3.5mm jacks on both ends). Now, onve youve got your tape deck and you sound card connected you will need some software, this is where you might have to pay a little bit of money. After a quick search i found a small prgram that should do the trick, as far as i can see it is free, which is good. Take a look at it here -- http://www.polderbits.com/download-s...ecorder-uk.htm I hope this helped you a lot, dragon2309 EDIT Sorry about that the above link is only a 14 day trial, but if your organized theres no way of stopping you recording all your tapes in about 10 days and then uninstalling it again, sneaky but still not breaking the law. __________________ //``-tHe RiG iN tHe SiG-``\\ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek Last edited by dragon2309; 07-04-2005 at 06:50 PM.

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dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,212	LOL, nice taste in music you got there. I went through all this a while back to convert old LP's to mp3's, worked a treat. __________________ //``-tHe RiG iN tHe SiG-``\\ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

07-05-2005, 02:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,212	As long as the program can record from the line-in socket then it will be fine, as for phono sockets.... i havent a clue which is better. Experiment and see. __________________ //``-tHe RiG iN tHe SiG-``\\ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

07-05-2005, 11:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
roy_rajat Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 43	Thanks a lot for the great suggestion. Regarding output jack on tape recorder, isnt it true that the recording would be better with the line out phono sockets (if present). And regarding the software, i do have a audio recording software called Total Recorder, i guess this should also be able to do the same job once the voice is channeled thru the sound card.

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