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Started by fromwomewhere outthere, February 18, 2011, 01:02:08 PM

What would be the best way for me to copy/port cassette recordings onto my pc?

Thanks in advance..

Silent

I'm no expert on doing that but here's what I would try.  Find a cassette player with an audio out jack and run that into the audio in jack on your sound card.  Download and install Audacity.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Audacity should let you record any audio coming through your PC, or you may even be able to have it just record the audio in jack.  You can then save it as an MP3.  I just started using that program a few months ago so I'm no expert with it but it seems very nice once you figure out the basics.  Maybe someone else can suggest an easier method for you.  Good luck and let us know what you end up trying.  I have some cassettes back home I'd like to someday put on my PC.

awguy

Quote from: Silent on February 18, 2011, 01:48:27 PM
I'm no expert on doing that but here's what I would try.  Find a cassette player with an audio out jack and run that into the audio in jack on your sound card.  Download and install Audacity.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Audacity should let you record any audio coming through your PC, or you may even be able to have it just record the audio in jack.  You can then save it as an MP3.  I just started using that program a few months ago so I'm no expert with it but it seems very nice once you figure out the basics.  Maybe someone else can suggest an easier method for you.  Good luck and let us know what you end up trying.  I have some cassettes back home I'd like to someday put on my PC.

That's basically the best way to do it. Manually dubbing in the audio in real time using your soundcard.

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