Help Need To Update Tape Cassette

I think you are being modest Kev, since you are the man who transferred my cassettes of ‘Bomber’ onto CD for me (An action which I am perpetually grateful for each time I listen to that fabulous production).

Moggy

I have absolutely no idea how to help but I would certainly like to hear those interviews.

Regards,

kev35

Blimey! I’d give it then postfade if I were you! I’d say he’d get a pretty good result from all the gear he has available!!

Only to add to OneEightBit’s post that you will probably pick up a basic cassette player that will do the job for a fiver(or less) at almost any Bootsale/Jumble sale nowadays.

Pretty much what the others have said but if your wanting to do it yourself for not too much money pick up a cheap Sony WM-FX290 walkman for about 25 quid a 3.5mm to 3.5mm stereo cable to the headphone socket to the line-in socket on your PC’s sound card. Grab a copy of the free Goldwave software which can record the input and do basic cleaning up, editing, etc.

Recording to CD can be done with most software, the Nero trial is free and good enough. You just tell it your making an audio CD and drag the sound files you’ve saved into in and burn the CD.

Cheap as chips.

Dave,

I’m a professional sound engineer and would be very pleased to help and can transfer them to an audio CD for you.

You can send the cassettes to the address given at the top of my website below.

David Taylor.

www.postfade.co.uk

I converted all my vinyl and tapes a couple of years ago – as I use a mac – I had to purchase software online and an audio inlet (griifin imic) to convert my hifi’s outlet to the computer.

I then just connected headphone outlet from the Technics hifi to the imic and recorded the tapes as a file – which I then segmented into the various tracks – cleaned up noise etc. before exporting as mp3 and burning to CD.

Sony* has a component CD player/recorder for around $300 US.
It has a 5-CD player on the left and a single CD player-recorder on the right. It accepts normal RCA-type cables with analog or digital input, so you can patch a phonograph, cassette player, reel-reel player, etc in and record them to CD.

Mine works great.

*A quick Google shows here are others on the market as well.
Amazon shows it on sale for $224 US… http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000B3E8U/ref=asc_df_B0000B3E8U967041?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=googlecom09c9-20&linkCode=asn&creative=380341&creativeASIN=B0000B3E8U

What Trumper said. I copy tapes to the computer for CDs from time to time and, once you’ve worked out how to connect the cables, it is relatively simple. At the moment I’ve an old tape deck connected direct to the “line-in” socket of the computer’s sound card. In the past I have had the tape deck run through an amplifier first, if you do that take care with sound levels.

You will need a recorder/sound editor programme. Try Audacity which is open source (free) software. Download from: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download

Audacity can also do some noise reduction, if there is hiss etc on the tape.

As for people who would convert it for you, I’d be very nervous of damaging your tapes. Have you thought about asking the Imperial War Museum for advice? They have an extensive sound archive and will have technical knowledge. You could always offer to donate in return for a digital copy if they will do that?

The only thing I would add is that tapes do degrade with age – it’s good that you want to convert it now.

AllanK

I don’t know what type of cassette player /hi fi connections you have but if you have audio output phono leads from it or an amplifier you may be able to plug them into your computer via input sockets to your computer sound card.

http://www.polderbits.com/HowToConnect.htm

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/transfer-audio-cassette-to-computer/

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Trapped-on-tape-Transferring-audio-from-cassettes-to-your-computer

http://www.andybrain.com/archive/convert-cassette-to-cd-digital.htm

I don’t know where you are but it may be worth just asking around.An idea may be to ask the local museum,archive place or local newspaper.
A computer shop or hi fi shop may also help.
I would also try something like the talking newspapers for the blind,they MAY be able to do something for you or if not they may know someone as they do this for the blind.
I can do it for you BUT i would worry about something as personal getting lost/damaged in the post.
Good luck 🙂

A quick google showe up this site:
http://www.mkvinyl2cd.co.uk/