The Slick Feir Cassette to MP3 Converter -- REVIEWED
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Have a pile of audio cassettes or audio books or even mix tapes and no way to play them or even digitize them? You're going to love the Feir Cassette Converter then! It lets you easily convert any audio cassette into an MP3 file and with auto-reverse, it's as easy as plugging in a spare flash drive, pushing play and coming back 90 minutes later.
Tech expert Dave Taylor of www.AskDaveTay... checks out the Feir audio cassette to mp3 converter, however, and finds that it's not without its limitations and design problems. Still, it works and he demonstrates how he converted his favorite audio book from cassette to a set of Mp3 files ready to play on his iPhone.
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This is the EASIEST tutorial I've found on UA-cam!!!! The only thing you missed is WHICH button you pushed on the backside? It's one in the very middle, but I can't see which one.
Dave, I'm glad to hear you can easily put an audio book on your iPhone. Ten years ago, after much time trying to figure out how to do that with my iPhone 4S, and another fifteen minutes on the phone with an Apple tech after that (also without success), I gave up and bought my first Samsung android. Of course, I knew, at the time, I could have paid iTunes $125 and had the audiobook available instantly...but, why do that when I download audiobooks for free from the local library!
I do like Samsung's though so it's not a big loss. Plus, by paying the monthly insurance for repair or replacement, I haven't had to buy a new phone since 2013!
Good video, Dave, thanks!
Thanks for your note. But why was your audiobook $125 from the iTunes store? 🙂
I recently found your channel, very informative. I’m in the process of recording Linda Ronstadt’s first 16 albums using a boom box, my computer and audacity. I do have a ton of cassettes to convert to digital also. I have forgotten how many gigabytes an audio cassette takes up so to get the right flash drive.
Its pretty cool , Bought one and this helps tremendously Ty 🙏
Wow, that us a pretty great price. Thanks for showing a cool product. I have tons of cassettes
I love cassette old tape player is cool
When i went to play back the mp3 file transfer there were sound dropouts every two seconds or so. The company told my my stick drive was not formatted properly. It was Fat32 and that was one of the formats they recommended. I'm trying ExFat as i type this. The guy at Staples told me ExFat might be the best one to use.
If the problem persists, try a different cable too... ?
@@AskDaveTaylor please tell me which button to push. I don't see a light that tells you it's recording. Please help.
Here's what the company says on its old sales page:
You just need to plug a USB flash drive to the USB host of the Cassette Player.then press "record" button, the device will convert the tape to your USB flash drive in MP3 format automatically.
You can also playback on it to check the converted music files by pressing the playback button of the cassette player.
Hey Dave.. Thank you very much for this Video.. I've just bought one of these Converters the other day and I thought: 'Oh Shoot, will I be able to do this?' ..Thanks to your Video it was pretty 'easy' ;-) Incredible how bad the quality was in the good old Cassette-Days, but hey, glad to be here and go through this Journey of technique and Music.. cheers for that., greetings from Siwtzerland, SteFAN
Glad to hear that my video was useful. Good luck with the unit!
Great job
I got one of these with a bunch of blank tapes to put the music on, can I convert from mp3 to cassette?
I actually don't know; it's not designed as a recorder but as a player with digital output support. For what you seek, you could plug in any cassette player that has a record capability to your digital player and record away!
wow this video ends with a great piece of music - what is the title and artist(s)?
Does this thing record in stereo or mono? I do have a shoebox cassette recorder with an MP3 recorder but sadly it only records in mono. What I mean is all the instruments and stereo are usually spread out, but everything in mono is in the centre. Thanks for the review sir.
I no longer have this unit, but I believe that it too merges both stereo signals into a single mono channel.
@@AskDaveTaylor thank you for taking the time to reply to my question.
Can you hook up a speaker to hear it while it playing
Yes, I recall that there's an AUX audio out (though it's been a while)
Dave can you put two or three cassettes on one USB Stick.?
Depends on how big the USB storage device is, of course. Modern units are pretty big, so yes, you should be able to do so.
Can i add more music to the flash drive after i used the first cassette or will it erase the first set of music.
That's a good question. I didn't try that, but I imagine if you renamed the folder or similar before the second scan, it would work fine.
Another great video Dave. Do you know if something like this exists that does this for VHS cassettes? An all in one unit that can convert VHS tapes to video files? Thanks!
Thanks. A search on Amazon for 'vhs tape converter' reveals a bunch of products. They're more expensive, and I have no idea if/how they work, but it's worth checking out. And if you get one, let me know how it works!
Thanks so much and will do.
@@NickDrivesATesla Try dazzle vhs video converter it worked great for me.
What size of flash drive do you have a guy said it wont regestier 32gb
Pretty sure I used a 4GB flash drive for this test, HP318. Smaller is probably better with this device.
Hi , audacity is not compatible with mac os catalina, can recommend me another software ? thanks
There's a fix! Check this out: forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?t=107162
dave who did you contact.in my case the green transfer light doesn't come on .
i was going to get a usb male to usb male to run it to a computer.
i'll try some more drives now that i see it's possible .
thx
jt
Joel, I'd reach out through the channel you used to purchase the product. If the light isn't coming on, are you finding the unit simply doesn't work, or that it does work but the light's faulty?
@@AskDaveTaylor dave thanks for getting back
o me!
the green light now does go on - on the cover (plus looking sign) made up of 6 dots led's?.
the first flash drive was too full tried another one still no mp3 file .
Tape player works fine sounds good . But it will not do the convention.
besides that everything fine.
these tapes are song ideas going back 20 years - 2tk mixes.
As you know magnetic tape is the worst as far as being a stable medium for referencing .
I’ll have to run them into a computer .
Thanks again
Buddy
You cn email my name @ gmail-Dot com
thanks for the review. I was wondering if mp3 files can be trasferred to itunes. thanks.
Yes. You can just double-click them on a Mac and iTunes will add them to your library. Super easy!
@@AskDaveTaylor HI Can you do the same with Windows and then send it to Itunes?
What about the sound quality, what about the device build quality?!? Is it exactly the same as the tape or does the device degrade the quality due to its own quality issues? Nice review, but lacking essential details.
Bless
it's a cassette tape, so the sound quality is not fantastic from the original source. The reproduction is decent, however. And the build quality? Again, it's a budget cassette player from a factory in China. It's not a high-end audiophile device.
@@AskDaveTaylor Nice one! Thanks for letting me know, as I have been considering one of these.
Bless you.
What's the MP3 bitrate 128Kbps, 256Kbps or 320Kbps Please let me know thank you Sir.
Your question is 3 years old and you've probably got your answer elsewhere by now, buuuut,....That would be good to know ... I've watched a few other cassette to mp3 converters and no one mentions the bitrate... although if you use one of the models that doesn't record to a USB drive and rather plays to your computer and uses Audacity or Audition to record you can use that software and convert to whatever mp3 bitrate you want
Great, we have a product to be tested, would you like to have a try?
Please reach out via email -- d1taylor @ gmail.com
It’s a LOT less from AliExpress. Same device. Or one with a USB output if you want to copy straight to your computer
Yes, if you can navigate AliExpress, it's quite a fascinating marketplace/bazaar. I have a couple of videos on how to do just that here on UA-cam if you're interested!
A good help rather than try to work out all those buttons. Thanks
SO.......... It doesnt JUST save a song, it saves ALL songs into 1 file??
It has no way of knowing where the songs break, but I haven't used the device in years, so you might check with Feir to see if the software has improved in this regard.
You DIDN'T tell us which one button to push. On the back
It's IN the user guide! :-)
This is Muhammad Shafqat Nawaz from Pakistan . I am very fond of converting audio cassette into mp3 form. Please help me to get hifi and master out put .
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C'est correct! Umberto Eco est l'un de mes auteurs préférés!
The first one was 'flakey'? Forget it!
But you say nothing about the quality of the finished product--how can anyone judge the price if we don't know how well the item actually works, regardless of the simplicity of the process?...Does the end result have the background hissing noises that plague most of these cheap, far from perfected converters?
I found the end result eminently listenable. The device doesn't have a high end audio filtering system so like any cassette player, you're going to get hiss and slight variations in playback speed (warble), but that's inherent in cassettes and why they're not so popular in a digital age.
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The audio recorded on this mp3 recorder sounds like crap! It has a buzz or some kind of low sounding hum in the background and it it a very bad recording of a cassette! A cassette, which probably doesn't sound that good anyway. So... it sucks! All of these type models are CHEAPLY MADE and are ALL made by the same company in China no matter what the brand. I've tried more than one and they're all the same. Compare their detail on amazon. It's only the outer paint-job that's different.
Sorry you had such a bad experience with these. They're definitely cheaply made, but my results with the audio was definitely better. Maybe try a different power outlet in case it's line noise?
@@AskDaveTaylor Can't! I returned them to Amazon.com. I'm not ever going to go this route again either. This cheap crap isn't worthy of recording anything of any quality in my opinion. Hey, that's just my opinion though.
Fair enough. I definitely would be happy to find a better solution in the market, but we cassette owners are a forgotten breed :-)
@@AskDaveTaylor I hear you, brother. I haven't tried it myself, mind you, but in my travels I came across this one here and it looks like it would do the job decently if you're willing to spend a buck or two: ua-cam.com/video/dtCeRTfEwd0/v-deo.html Good luck!
@@AskDaveTaylor No, they just suck no matter what..
Pops and beeps at the beginning of the recording No Thanks
Super easy to edit out once you have your digital copy with free software like Audacity, but... ok. What's your alternative?
@@AskDaveTaylor The whole idea is to not use a computer Now your saying I have to edit Ill just use my Mac and a capture device
No, I'm saying you CAN edit it easily enough if the initial few seconds bother you. Your choice. If you have a better option for digitizing old cassettes, that's great. I found that the Feir worked just fine for my uses and I've converted a number of old audiobooks without a problem.
You are wrong, you use 2 Buttons, to change the recording. get it right.
What two buttons to change the recording? I demonstrated hands-on use, not sure how I could have gotten it wrong Keromor...
@@AskDaveTaylor Great review. The 2nd button Keromor refers to might be this: After plugging in USB, the light comes on, as we know. If you hold down the >> button, which is below and to the right of our record button, you will know you've done so because the light color turns to blue. Now proceed with recording as normal. What you've done by turning the light blue is that the device will now automatically split up the mp3 file into "songs".... Anywhere there is silence it will automaticaly end the previous track and start a new one.
Ah, that makes sense as an optional additional feature for recording. I would be worried with it, however, because there are recordings that can have quite a few quiet passages, and for audio books? It could be a disaster! :-)
Can the devise also be used to record MP3 files when recording music or taking voice lessons?
No, I don't think it can serve as a regular cassette recorder, but your smartphone can already do live audio recordings for you!
@@AskDaveTaylor I don't use smartphones. :P
Then perhaps acquiring a budget Android phone for the task would be a better strategy and you can leave it powered down when you don't need it? There are also specific devices designed for recording lectures, etc. too!