Transferring Cassettes to CD

TroganTrogan London, UK
edited September 2005 in Science & Tech
I have a bunch of Cassettes that I'd like to have on CD. Is there any way of transferring data from Cassette to CD?

Thanks
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  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited August 2005
    Plug your antique playing device into the line in and use audio capture software of your choice. :)
  • macdude425macdude425 Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
    edited August 2005
    Also, if there is distortion (as in the tapes have been shedding whatever it is they shed), you can download something like Audion and try and take them out :D
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    as far as software for audio capturing goes, I like audacity the best.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited August 2005
    Will this also work for putting vinyl to CD? I have around 300 LP's of mostly classic rock that I bought and payed for back in the day and I'll be damned if I give the RIAA any more money for music I already payed for. Also, will that audacity software take out the pops and hiss of vinyl too? Getting the signal to the audio card is no problem since I have a preamp I can unhook from my sound system to boost the phono signal to recordable levels.
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    I haven't tried to do any real noise removal with audacity, but a quick look through the menu makes it look like it doesn't have a filter or anything for removing pops and hiss. You may be able to use the ones that come with it to do that stuff, but there's no "remove pops + hiss from vinyl" button.
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited August 2005
    Mudd, Adobe Audition has that option. I've used it several times to record a few albums. It worked great - you could hardly even tell it was on vinyl, and this was a fairly beat up 45.
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited August 2005
    muddocktor wrote:
    Getting the signal to the audio card is no problem since I have a preamp I can unhook from my sound system to boost the phono signal to recordable levels.

    You shouldn't have to boost it, all Audio signals are standard at 1v, or should be, unless you need the preamps filters? Anything you put in the signal path will introduce noise.
    Edit, ah, are you getting the signal directly from the stylus ie, millivolts?
  • CryptoCrypto W.Sussex UK Member
    edited August 2005
    Mudd,

    I've just finished transferring all my vinyl to cd, like you 300+ :)

    You will need a pre-amp between your deck and audio card input.

    I used Nero Wave editor quite successfully and the de-clicker in the software worked quite well on some of my "well-played" albums.

    Good luck, takes ages though.

    Cheers

    Crypto :D
  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited August 2005
    GrayFox wrote:
    Plug your antique playing device into the line in and use audio capture software of your choice. :)
    Thanks for the info. Ya make it sound easy :) but I have a few questions...

    1) Can I plug a Walkman into the Line-In? If so, what type of cable would I need?
    2) The Line-In, is that on the sound card? :o :o

    Thanks shwaip! I'l give audiocity a try

    :thumbsup:
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited August 2005
    ladies and gents, i give you the PlusDeck

    plusdeck2.jpg

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/6908/
  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited August 2005
    lol. I saw that about an hour ago :D;D

    It looks good and does the job but costs too much :(
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    1) Can I plug a Walkman into the Line-In? If so, what type of cable would I need?

    Mini to mini. (just headphone plug on both sides)

    The line-in is just on your sound card - the blue plug, IIRC.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited August 2005
    @ bothered, yeah, my turntable was fairly high end when I bought it in the 70's and it indeed outputs the signal straight from the cartridge, so I need to use my preamp to boost signal high enough to record. The turntable I have was one of the first out that used a Hall effect direct drive motor that has an electronic feedback circuit to control platter speed, so it's not dependent on the frequency of the AC fed to the house for speed control.

    @ Crypto, that's great news because I already have Nero Ultra and have the waver editor, so all I need to do is to drag my turntable and preamp into the computer room and get to work. :D I have been wanting to make some CD's now out of my music but I've just been too lazy to do it.

    @ Armo, that's a pretty neat device, man. I bet that also gives the RIAA the willies too as you could conceivably use it to bypass any future DRM crap they put into downloaded music without much loss of fidelity (if they've used good circuitry design) because you would be going from digital to analog and then back to digital format again.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    That plusdeck is so sweet! I wonder how much data you can cram onto an audiocassette! It'll be like the atari days! :woowoo:
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited August 2005
    muddocktor wrote:
    @ Armo, that's a pretty neat device, man. I bet that also gives the RIAA the willies too as you could conceivably use it to bypass any future DRM crap they put into downloaded music without much loss of fidelity (if they've used good circuitry design) because you would be going from digital to analog and then back to digital format again.


    a guy in our clan had it and he said it was a REALLY good device. unfortunatly he died, so that prompted me to start folding again. anyway he said he had like 100's of cassettes to transfer to his machine, if i remember correctly it plays as it rips the music off, ie realtime. so for an 80 min tape, it takes 80mins, thats the only thing bad i can remember him talkink about.
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK New
    edited August 2005
    **hmm, jimbo remembers his couple of hundred tapes at his parents & looks looks longingly at his Sony TCK 611s deck which hasn't been turned on in 10 years**
  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited August 2005
    shwaip wrote:
    Mini to mini. (just headphone plug on both sides)

    The line-in is just on your sound card - the blue plug, IIRC.
    Is that what they're called Mini to Mini? Just to need to find a shop that sells them here. And, I also see the Line-In on my comp and its blue like ya said :)

    Cheers guys :thumbsup:
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    I want a VHS plusdeck!
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited August 2005
    Trogan_1000 wrote:
    Is that what they're called Mini to Mini? Just to need to find a shop that sells them here. And, I also see the Line-In on my comp and its blue like ya said :)

    Cheers guys :thumbsup:


    raidioshack, i give about a 90% chance they have them there, although they are probly like $18 :\ dumb radioshack
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited August 2005
    primesuspect wrote:
    I want a VHS plusdeck!
    Not quite the same thing but I got a Dazzle 150. The VHS plugs into it and so does the PC via USB. The video is converted to MPEG and it's in the PC then you can do what you like with it.
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Vinyl needs amping to a PC but a normal deck or even something like a Walkman won't (which is why Amps normally have special inputs for Vinyl decks due to extra boosting being needed).

    You need a 2.5mm to 2.5mm jack cable if you're going the "Headphone to Line-In" route.
    muddocktor wrote:
    @ Armo, that's a pretty neat device, man. I bet that also gives the RIAA the willies too as you could conceivably use it to bypass any future DRM crap they put into downloaded music without much loss of fidelity (if they've used good circuitry design) because you would be going from digital to analog and then back to digital format again.

    You can easily do it without ANY loss of quality. Play the DRM track through your favorite player and simply tell your favorite recording software to listed to the internal Wave/PCM channel and poof. Internal lossless digital transfer.
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    There is also the ADS Tech Instant Music.
    http://www.adstech.com/products/RDX-150/intro/RDX-150_intro1.asp?pid=RDX-150
    It comes with Nero software for slicing, dicing and noise reduction.
    Audio in (from your deck or preamp) and USB out.
    I have only played with it a little, but it works as advertised so far.
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    Trogan_1000 wrote:
    Is that what they're called Mini to Mini? Just to need to find a shop that sells them here. And, I also see the Line-In on my comp and its blue like ya said :)

    Cheers guys :thumbsup:


    any general electronics store will have them. I don't know if you've got radioshack on the other side of the pond, but they definitely will have one.
  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited September 2005
    Long time but I finally got a 3.5mm Dubbing Cable. I hooked one end into my walkman and the other end into the line-in on the comp and it works.

    Now, I don't know how to record onto Audiocity that shwaip mentioned. Also tried Cool Edit Pro 2, no joy...

    I put my mic next to my speakers to record sound into both audiocity and CEP2 but it sounded wack :p

    Anyone know how to record to either software?
    Thanks

    Did I mention, bump? :eek::D
  • sfleurietsfleuriet Texas New
    edited September 2005
    Armo wrote:
    ladies and gents, i give you the PlusDeck

    plusdeck2.jpg

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/6908/
    darn i was just about to go find that and post it :p

    edit: ebay link http://cgi.ebay.com/PlusDeck-2-PC-Cassette-Deck-Audio-Tape-to-MP3-Converter_W0QQitemZ5805921973QQcategoryZ4784QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited September 2005
    What are the odds of that happening pilotwings? :D
  • sfleurietsfleuriet Texas New
    edited September 2005
    I don't get it :p
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited September 2005
    winamp can record stuff some how. i dont remember how. im not very much help =\
  • TroganTrogan London, UK
    edited September 2005
    pilotwings119 wrote:
    I don't get it :p
    Well, i'm replying back this thread after two weeks and your also replying just at the same time as me...get it?

    Armo, i'l have a look see if winamp can record.

    Anyone else have any ideas, please? Thanks :)
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited September 2005
    Armo wrote:
    winamp can record stuff some how. i dont remember how. im not very much help =\
    You need the diskwrite plugin to record in winamp :).
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