Cassette -> mp3?

[Anindya]

Friends i am planning to transfer songs from cassettes to mp3 or acd. Can anyone plz tell me what is the procedure to do it and what r the softwares required? Thanks.

[Choto Cheeta]

Friends i am planning to transfer songs from cassettes to mp3 or acd. Can anyone plz tell me what is the procedure to do it and what r the softwares required? Thanks.

i cant suggest one Pro setup up though but I have done it with home made solution...

Pillips Walk Man (Cassate Player)
One 2 way Cord (Availavle in Chandi)
Nero Wave Editor
Upto Date Sound Drivers in System
Windows XP

Well the Idea is, 2way cord will come from Walk Man, Headphone out and will go in to ur computers Line in Port !!!!

Now in Wave Editor, Start Recording recording source will be line in instade of Mic in !!!!

Thats it, play the Cassate in walk man, and hit the record button in Nero Wave Editor...

[emailaatif786]

Originally Posted by Choto Cheeta

Well the Idea is, 2way cord will come from Walk Man, Headphone out and will go in to ur computers Line in Port !!!!

Why not Mic In?
Is there difference between MIC IN & LINE IN ? What further does LINE IN support?

[slugger]

heres a FREEWARE solution 2 do d same

ADC Sound Recorder 3.4

u got to connect d cassete player thru d line-in of ur soundcard

u cud also try usin MusicMatch Jukebox
tho it has bcome Yahoo! music Jukebox dunno if d latest version duz dat or not, but musicmatch jukebox duz it. dat i no 4 sure

Originally Posted by emailaatif786

Why not Mic In?
Is there difference between MIC IN & LINE IN ? What further does LINE IN support?

u shud b able 2 record stuff from mic-in also but only real-life sound, musicmatchjukebox allows such recordin
thru line-in u d sound travels as electrical signals

[Cool G5]

You can also use Audacity.
Just do exactly same as said by choto cheeta.
You will get the stereo to stereo cord for about Rs.50.

[akshaykapoor_3]

I remember doing this 2 years back with cool edit pro...If am nt mistaken, a tutorial regarding this ws published in digit magazine... as choto said a two way cable is just what you need and the s/w records the track using line in port !! Easy and interesting.. !!

[ax3]

try searching DIGIT mag in old PDF files ...... u will find step by step guide with pictures 2 make the process easy ..........


sorry frd even i cant remember the month & year 4 article printed .........

[Ramakrishnan]

The volume should be kept at a optimal level. Otherwise your recordings will not sound proper.

[Anindya]

Many thanks to all of u !

[janitha]

I had used Music Match Juke Box years back to convert many of my cassettes to CD and the quality was good. If I remember correct, it was a free SW then.

Output from cassette player should be connected to line-in only because it is amplified signal. Mic-in is to receive non amplified signal from a microphone.

[sashijoseph]

Yeah,I'd second MM Juke Box.It had (the old ver atleast) some level setting option which you'd use to optimise the walkman's and line-in's volumes for the best recording level without clipping.

[ilugd]

gave me an idea to try the same out with fm.

[Choto Cheeta]

^^^^

Good TV tuner cards, like Pinnacle or WinFast, comes with FM support and software to record

[VexByte]

You can use Goldwave with the MIC IN option.

[hailgautam]

I would recommended the use of Mp3MyMp3 to convert Cassets to mp3. It will directly encode the file to mp3 and is a free ware.

[Liggy]

I always wanted to do this but every prog I use it doesn't sound 'great' (obviously) is there software editing tools that can clean up backround fuzz?

[chesss]

gave me an idea to try the same out with fm.

c that thread for enabling radio on PC, then simply use mp3mymp3 to record with line-in option.

[san85]

the best software avlb in market is ''acostica spin it again'' it will help u converting audio cassete to mp3 with zero efforts as it detects the start and end of the track automatically, u need not do it manually

[Ponmayilal]

Originally Posted by Liggy

I always wanted to do this but every prog I use it doesn't sound 'great' (obviously) is there software editing tools that can clean up backround fuzz?

You can use Goldwave Digital Audio editor for recording and removing tape hiss from the tracks recorded in wave format without affecting music.
http://www.goldwave.com/
It is one hell of a lot program with lots of nice facilities to tweak your recording.The trial version has a limited number of commands but even if you exceed, you can save your project , close the program, restart, reload and continue. I used the program for years to convert all my cassettes to MP3s and at the end of it I was so pleased that I bought it to say “thank you”. You can record the tracks in wave format first, select a period of silence in-between the tracks where only tape hiss is present, copy it to the clipboard (this is called clipboard noise print) hit on the noisereduction tab, select the clipboard print preset and execute.Using the noise print the program eliminates tape hiss, wow and flutter without affecting the music.( power of digital processing).You can play around with various other features to enhance the music.You can then convert the wave tracks into mp3 using the same program or some other program like Razor lame with which you can tweak the mp3 encoder settings to end up in a professional sounding mp3s. My friends could never believe that these mp3s were sourced from cassettes.Of course there is a little bit of learning curve but you will enjoy trying your hand on it and once you are familiar there will be no going back. Try it and Good luck.

[Liggy]

Thanks Ponmayilal for the software and the smal tut on how to do it, saves me the time with trying to fiddle with the program when I know what I am looking for. Once again Thank you kind Sir!

[sghosh15]

Hi guys,
Once again I have come with a problem. When I have
old p3 comp, with frontech pci soundcard, I used to
record cassette songs to mp3 using my sony walkman
connecting it with line in jack using a stereo
cable.
Now I have pentium D 2.66 with D101ggc mobo, 5.1
creative inspire, with win xp sp2. There is a
auxilary male jack in the remote of the woofer. I
have connected the walkman in this jack with the
cable. I can hear the sound at the woofer. But
whenever I have recored the the sound, the output
file is blank, nothing is recorded. Even though I
have selected audio input from the volume icon of
the taskbar. I have used mmjb, cooledit pro,
goldwave, even win sound recorder, but prob
persists.
Infact I have connected my walkman directly to line
in jack. This time I cannot hear sound at the
woofer.Pls help me...

[xbonez]

i've converted tons of my dad's casettes to mp3s. i use casettet player connected to line in

Jet Audio to record, Wave Pad to split into songs (bec. jet records entire side as one file)

[ajayritik]

I used Music Match Juke Box couple of years back. I dont know what's the software available now.

[janitha]

Originally Posted by sghosh15

Hi guys,
Once again I have come with a problem. When I have
old p3 comp, with frontech pci soundcard, I used to
record cassette songs to mp3 using my sony walkman
connecting it with line in jack using a stereo
cable.
Now I have pentium D 2.66 with D101ggc mobo, 5.1
creative inspire, with win xp sp2. There is a
auxilary male jack in the remote of the woofer. I
have connected the walkman in this jack with the
cable. I can hear the sound at the woofer. But
whenever I have recored the the sound, the output
file is blank, nothing is recorded. Even though I
have selected audio input from the volume icon of
the taskbar. I have used mmjb, cooledit pro,
goldwave, even win sound recorder, but prob
persists.
Infact I have connected my walkman directly to line
in jack. This time I cannot hear sound at the
woofer.Pls help me...

Pl elaborate.
You have to connect the signal to the Line in of the sound card for recording.

[sashijoseph]

Infact I have connected my walkman directly to line
in jack. This time I cannot hear sound at the
woofer.Pls help me...

As metioned by Janitha you'll have to connect the walkman to the line-in of the soundcard(and not the woofer).If you can't hear what you're recording, make sure the line-in control in the 'Playback Controls' of the mixer(double click the speaker icon) is not muted or set low.

[sghosh15]

Well I have recorded many cassettes into mp3 earlier using my old comp. Yes I connect my walkman with line in jack of sound card. But in my new comp when I connect my walkman with the line in jack I cannot hear any sound at my speaker. I have also connected the walkman with the mic in. But nothing happned. I have changed the line in volume, but still I cannot hear the sound.

[Liggy]

maybe you have a faulty jack (computer or wire), or the volume on walkman is set low

[sghosh15]

Actually what happened as because I have a 5.1 woofer, in my Mixer it was selected 6 ch speaker, because my front and center speaker is connected with line in and mic in jack. When I m connecting my walkman with line in jack I am disconnecting both the front and centre speaker, now it becomes a 2.1 speaker. But my mixer selected as 5.1 speaker. Thats why I cannot hear the sound. Now I have selected 2.1 spekar at the mixer. Now it was fine. I have recorded the songs and the quality was also good.

I was recorded so many cass like this way, but then I have only a 2.1 speaker. So never faced such problem before. I was worried that what happed to my sound card. Now I m relaxed.