Convert Cassette Tapes To CD's
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Have you ever wondered what you're going to do with all of those cassette tapes lying around? Turn them into digital music files, perfect for putting onto CD! We teach you how in the easy-to-follow video.
Thank you for making this video. I really appreciate the way that you guys used regular or layman's terms, rather than a bunch of technical speak! Great job!!
i have a zillion cassettes and i have been looking the internet over for someone to explain to me how to transfer. after spending forever on youtube, you guys were the easiest video to explain how to do this. everyone else went too far into the technical side and i got soooo lost. so thanks for the easy way of explaining how to do this.
Thanks guys. This really helped. My church has like a thousand cassette tapes and my pastor asked me if i knew how to convert them into mp3 files and i may be good with computers but im only 16 so your video makes it simple enough that i wont have to go through it step by step with our sound man just to make sure he gets it as well as i do. So thank you. You guys are awesome. Keep posting more videos
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Thank you so much. We found an old cassette tape of my grandmother and mom talking together about the family and their early years. We were looking for a way make copies and share with my cousins, etc. This will certainly help us!
Thank you so much! I got it! I had been having cassette recordings from my children learning to talk & sing for over 25 yrs. now they're on my iTunes . Priceless
Great explanation. Easy to understand which is important to me because I know very little about technology. I was hoping you were going to go one step further and tell me how to get the file onto a CD as the title suggests.
Simple, plain English, no gobbledygook!
Nice one Guys.
Great video but the title said you were going to instruct on how to put the cassette on cd but you didn’t. Do you have a video that does?
Excellent! Thank you so much! All my lectures on cassette I can finally listen to again!
FYI: The output level of an earphone jack can be anything from a whisper to “what is the red liquid flowing out of your ears?” (very loud)- all dependant on the volume level of the player. Most desktop computers have an Audio Input jack for that type of signal. The microphone input jack is expecting a very small signal. If you must use the microphone input jack, I’d suggest an attenuation cord. This will reduce the level of the earphone down to what the mic input is expecting.
Great job guys! I have seen a few videos online and this one is the best. Hope to see more videos such as this in the future. Keep up the good work.
Thank you guys for simplicity and easy explanation.
Been looking for a good demo... thanks guys. Cheaper than buying equipment :)
Thank you both very much so easy to follow your instructions
Thank you!! So nice to have clear understandable instructions!
thank you guys soooo much!! u cant imagine what u have done for me.
i had even bauhgt a special cassete usb player, but it was messing up the sound!!
thanx again guys. thumbs up
What if the laptop only has one jack for mic/headphone?
Thank you from Pennsylvania
If you already have Audacity, start at 4:00. If you want to jump to using Audacity, go to 5:58. Cheers!
That was extremely helpful. Garry and Steve of worldstart; 2 thumbs up to you guys. Fantastic.
Thank you so much.
Excellent video, Easy to understand and follow y our instructions . Thank you for sharing.
Thanks, guys that helped a lot, lots of love...
Risk of damage! When using headphone/speaker output (variable-power signal), you better use recorder’s LINE IN or AUX jack, NOT mic! Plugging it to mic can damage your recording device (/computer) unless the signal remains sufficiently low-power 100% of the time (which might be problematic to guarantee). Mic would be ok IF you used LINE OUT or AUX OUT (low-power signal) on the other end.
Wow! Sounds so easy. I'll be trying this. Thanks guys. Thumbs up
Those who want to transfer tapes and vinyl records to a digital format or CD have 2 Behringer audio interfaces with high quality A/D converters that convert from analog to high quality digital. There is the Ufo 202 which contains a preamplifier and is more for converting records and there is the UCA 222 which is for converting tapes High quality. I personally use a Behringer UCA 222. Of course, you also need high-quality thin tape and high-quality cables
default for the quality of mp3 is 128 but it IS changeable! Go to edit/preferences/file formats and look at the bottom of the box. if you have lame installed you should see a 128 in blue. click it to change it. it can go up or down.
I can't believe it! IT WORKED! Thanks you guys!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the info!! very easy to understand!!!!
excellent!!! thanks a lot. I was looking for a converter but this is a lot better. instructions clear and accurate!
That's cool but if I burn a music file I made from a cassette tape onto a CD, will the CD play on a CD player or just on a computer?
If you make an audio CD, its source is irrelevant.
Thanks for your help guys. May God bless you.
thanks guys u really made my day.. have been wanting to do this a long time
Very good job! Very clear. Thanks a lot
Super excellent tutorial!
cds are the best if your playing it on a dvd player or bluray player cuz the disc wont go off track like it well in a boombox but for the boombox tapes all the way
lame_enc.dll is easily found! If you assume that audacity is in program files, where it should be, then lame for audacity is in there. from within the audacity program, click export as mp3. a box will pop up giving you the option to find it.look in c: program fines and then click lame for audacity. It should pop up as the only file of that type in there. Click the file and hit ok. You only have to do this process once.
I never saw the record buttons. Can you all update this? Update: I finally found out how to record. But, I can't record straight to the disc. Is that what you did? But, thank you so much for this! At least now I can get recordings from my cassettes to my computer.
Still relevant.. Thanx a million... Works like a charm :)
Thanks guys, you two are great!
Can I just use “sound recorder” from my Windows 7?
Which is the best (sound quality wise) to choose if I plan to upload to iTunes for my iPod? Thanks
I had the same issue and did this: Look for the LAME For Audacity folder on your computer at C:\Program Files. Open this folder and find the lame_end.dll application extension. Double click this extension, and you should be good to go.
will it work in windows 8, Thanks for your answer ,waiting
What is the cord (the one with two headphone jack thingamickjaggers) called? I don't know what to buy if I don't know the name haha
+Hailee Nuccitelli Look at the picture on the package and if that doesn't work--
look at the wire. Ha ha ha.
Thanks for an excellent tutorial
the sounds come out like they are in a tunnel and have a deep back ground that goes over the real sound
Use a decent Hi-Fi cassette deck if you have one instead of a cheap cassette player. Cheap cassette players have a bad frequency range, so you would lose much of the bass and treble.
My high-end cassette deck has a bigger frequency range than a CD, so I'll get every bit of sound information out of my cassettes when I transfer them to my computer.
Very well explained. Danke!
Hey guys, how's it going? i was wondering if you may be able to help me. First off, i love the video on how to transfer cassette audio to pc. Awesome, it helped alot. Now the question i have is, is it possible to make the audio i transfer into my pc, less noisy. In other words, i need help lowering the hiss noise that comes from the cassette. Can you help? please let me know asap. Thanks!!!
I did figure out what I did wrong about the two sides being together but now that I have just one side my sound is very distorted can you help me out with that? You didn't say anything about any kind of settings that needed to be done. Thank you for your help.... God bless you...
Your video never showed how to transfer to a CD?
thanks!! crystal clear instructions
thanks!!!.... its very gud n perfect instructions
im really enjoying with audacity
Thanks for the info very clear how to do it but after all i have done that when i save the mp3 file on my desk top want paly any music and yes i have put all volume up
Great job guys thanks a ton.
I hate this method because panning gets lost from whatever tape you are transferring. This is something everyone who swears by this method doesn't tell you. Panning of anything will be lost. Any line will naturally pan to the left so anything on the recording panned to the right, or sounds that utilize pan-jumping effects will be lost. One shortcut is to take a deck that allows you to control each channel (like a Tascam 4-track) and record each channel seperately, then align them in Audcaity. This, however, doesn't work that well if you are dubbing from 4-track recorded tapes and want to do any of these pan-jumping things cuz its too difficult to contorl the panning during transfer. The best method is to get yourself one of the new decks, like the TEAC W-1200 or the Pyle Pro, which allow you to transfer using RCA to USB liines that preserve panning.
@manicbassa i had the same problem, but i was using a "special" cassete usb player i baught from a gadget shop. but , by connecting my stereo to the pc , as long as the tape is in a good condition, then the sound is fine.
Today is January 21, 2019! I downloaded Audacity. I saw nothing about clicking on LAME. I sure hope I don't encounter any problems. I am totally in the dark about this kind of stuff. If you have some feedback for me it will be greatly appreciated. Meanwhile I will see if I can muddle my way through this.
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The problem with boomboxes is that tape hiss is a problem and I'd rather use a tape deck that has both DOLBY B & C and then use a graphic equalizer to make a copy of a Cd that has the professional copy to it and another thing is that windows 7 is long gone and microsoft let it die back on the end of April of 2014 its been 10 years since then.
I have a qustion: I have no problems recording, but I can't hear the music I am recording, as I am using the headphone output on the cassette player (like you). Is the music I am recording suppose to come from the computer speakers while recording or what? I am using a usb soundcard adapter if that does matter.
I really appropriate your video......I want to do exactly what you guys done.... but I don't no how to set the setting in Audacity so I cant make it work..... by the way the Audacity you are using is not the same I downloaded.
My Toshiba Lap top does not have a Microphone Plug in , Someone Please tell me what I can do
This video was very helpful. However, one question it did not answer that I am hoping somebody can help me with is this. My Dell laptop only has one audio input jack. It is meant to be for headphones. When I connect my Walkman to the computer it does not seem to hear the tape and the program only records any ambient noise (i.e. the sound of the television or me coughing in the background). Any suggestions?
I have been using two laptops (newer MSI S6000 and "older" HP Pavilion DV9812) to record via this process, and although I can easily do the hook ups and installs, the recordings are muddled, crappy, and on the MSI in particular, sound like they are under water. Only my very old Compaq Presario (which mom now owns), from the first time I tried this set up, worked perfectly. Since then, I can't recreate anything useable. Can you help?
This would help if your audacity screen was full, mine is not recording from tape setup like yours. Recording external sounds and not music 😕
Very helpful Thanks so much.
I'm wondering if it has anything to do with setting the recording levels, or if I should switch to an external USB sound card thingy... Any ideas on all of this?
Well how do you Record to CD
Thank you Guys. Very helpfull
Thanks! Done and DONE!!!
this is pretty good thanx guys
Volume setting on the cassette player? Or, line/in Jack on the pc? Where does sound quality come into all of this?
Can you do this with commercial video tapes too. I have over 300 tapes and would like to put them on a disk instead of buying new ones, but I think it has a magnetic strip on these tapes, can you help me do this? They are just for my library, not selling them.
they do have mic jack and audacity is also 4 mac...
Great Tutorial! However, you don't mention anything about these factors (@ 7:24) ...#1 When Audacity records the MP3's, what is the quality? 128, 160 or 192Kbps??? Can it record WAV?
Audacity is good enough and because it's FREE it has great appeal, but can it clean the audio and eliminate POPS, HISSING, etc.???
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i have windows 10 on my desktop computer and unfortunately windows 7 is all gone and what do you have for us windows 10 users?
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does it matter what quality the cassette deck is, in other words if your playback is high quality will it record and play on cd better than if it would not be high quality?
moishemgrinberg Hi yes it does matter ideally you want a good tape deck, ideally Sony, Panasonic, Denon, Technics those brands are good, stay away from unbranded or cheap tape decks, the performance on those is no way better than a branded tape deck, like the brands i have mentioned, if you don't have access to a tape deck you can use a walkman, which you can use rechargeable batteries to get the most out of it rather than having to plug a tape deck into the mains.
moishemgrinberg Use a ADS Tech Instant Music USB audio capture device, which plugs in by USB, it requires no drivers if run on Windows 8/10, I have it and it works perfectly, great item, i use Magix Video Sound Cleaning Lab, to capture and record audio from tapes, the software is great and far easier to use than Audacity.
I had already tried another program and that didn't work so that person told me to try Audacity. I tried it but somehow it recorded the songs on top or each other so that side A and side B are over each other. I don't know what I did wrong. Also when I did start recording the first side I could not hear any music playing but when I turned the cassette over I could hear music but not very clear. I hope that you can help me. Also because this was recorded many years ago Audacity for me when I downloaded looked different. Thank you for your help! God bless you... :)
Gentlemen! Do you have a way to transfer all cassettes onto a CD from a desktop computer with WINDOWS10 only?
I'm concerned that the audio files will clog the remaining memory on my computer. Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks, a great video.
how do you separate the tracks from a cassette tape do you have to record each song and export and then record the next one or is there another way to do it?
worked great! thanks! :)
What is the exact name/size of the cord that has the same end?
I tried this but when i went to listen to the recording it was a little muffled and not very clear. I was trying to transfer an audio book.. Any suggestions???
How do you convert cassette tapes with a cassette deck? What cables do you need?
Yes, Audacity can clean pops and hissing.
So I have on problem right could anyone help me?
can u do this on pro tools instead of audacity
does this work this well for Macs as well?
i don't have a mic jack on my laptop, is there a way to get around this
thanks guys!
Seems easy, I plan on trying i. Thanks for the info.T
@Buvles i havent got a answer yet, what do u record?
Will this work with Mac or just PC?
Thank you very much
Need some help. when i try to export the songs it says"warning your track will be mixed down to two stereo channels in the export file". i hit OK. Then a nother window comes up and says Locate Lame. so i hit OK and i get a message window saying. Could not open MP3 ecoding library. Your help will be very appriciated. Thanks
Wow THANKS for the how 2,i have TONS of cassetts and 8 tracks,,yea im old😁,,
Anyways ive been wondering how 2 do that with my records cassetts and 8 tracks,i also have a reel to reel i bought in the early 70s to store all my songs,,anyways THANKS👍👊