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converting cassette tapes

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,301
in General Charlton
Into a digital format.

Can it be done?

If so, how?

If the museum had a load of cassette recordings of Charlton live from the 80s who/how could covert them?

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  • Huskaris
    Huskaris Posts: 9,862
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cassette-Player-Tape-Converter-UCP218-2013/dp/B007UWOP3E

    It can indeed be done.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,301
    I thank you.
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,963
    Or get a behringer ufo 202 which I think will do the trick and works with vinyl also

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Behringer-UFO202-U-phono-Audio-Interface/dp/B002GHBYZ0
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,963
    You will need a recording software with the ufo though i.e. Audacity or Garageband
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,115
    Audacity is free, so don't let that put you off.
  • Ollywozere
    Ollywozere Posts: 1,542
    edited December 2014
    Edit:Aplogies, Immediatley realised you meant casette rather than VHS
  • Rizzo
    Rizzo Posts: 6,438
    One word of warning. I bought something similar a few years back. It worked absolutely fine but if you're using it for music tapes you have to stop between each track or it would just record the entire album as a single MP3 file. That could be something that the software has now improved on though.
  • danny777
    danny777 Posts: 222
    I've got a Brennan JB7 which I've used for this. I could probably help out if you PM me.
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    Most PCs have a line in. Any cassette player will do the job. Connect it to your line in (mic port will do), hit record on Audacity (it's free, it's decent enough for this task, why use anything else) and play on your cassette player and Mr Peeters is your father's brother.

    It will produce one big file, but Audacity is your friend in terms of editing the bits you want and cleaning it up a bit. Always work on a copy of the original MP3 though, very easy to find yourself having to record the whole thing again otherwise.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,301
    Thanks again guys,

    just need to get the tapes now

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  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,962
    rikofold said:

    Most PCs have a line in. Any cassette player will do the job. Connect it to your line in (mic port will do), hit record on Audacity (it's free, it's decent enough for this task, why use anything else) and play on your cassette player and Mr Peeters is your father's brother.

    It will produce one big file, but Audacity is your friend in terms of editing the bits you want and cleaning it up a bit. Always work on a copy of the original MP3 though, very easy to find yourself having to record the whole thing again otherwise.

    That's very useful to know, Mr Rikofold.

    Thank you.

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