[Landser64]

I am new to this forum and I have a problem I was wondering if someone could help me with. I have some audio cassette tapes that I need to put on CD and I need come advice on how to do it. I have a new HP computer that has two cd drives one of which is a burner. My stero has only one set of outputs for Video(Aux) so I'm not sure how I can connect this to anything so I can download this cassette to my computer and burn a CD that way. I also picked up an ADS Tech DVD Express converter to also download some VHS video tapes I have onto DVD. Can I use this with a different cassette deck to download this cassette onto my computer?

What ever advice anybody can give I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

 

[colinsm]

If sound quality is not a priority you could easily do the following:


1 - use a Y-cable that combines L+R RCA -> 1/8" stereo jack

2 - Plug the RCA into your Cassette deck output

3 - Plug the other end into your sound cards"input" jack

4 - Use the Windows sound recorder to record this to one or more .WAV files

5 - Burn the .WAV file(s) to a cd


This will work but it is not the greatest.

 

[EricJRW]

My CD burner software came with some audio recording tool that was designed to do just this, take analog sound sources (record, tape) and burn them to cd.


The s/w is by adpatec and came with the "Easy CD Creator" bundle.


The connections are identical to the previous post, but the s/w takes care of the recording...


A quick search turned up this -> http://www.roxio.com/en/products/ecdc/index.jhtml


So it looks like Roxio bought the product line. Take a look at the "Features" and then the "Music"" tab at the above link:


"Sound Editor lets you easily convert analog audio from LPs or tapes into .wma or .mp3 format. Connect a turn table or stereo to your computer's sound input and click play/record. You can even dramatically improve the sound quality by removing pops, clicks and hiss with special filters and effects. "