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How to move cassette music to computer

How'>http://www.wikihow.com/Transfer-Cassette-Tape-to-Computer">How to Transfer Cassette Tape to Computerfrom wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit
Audio cassettes opened up a world of portability unimaginable in the days when LPs ruled the roost. Now, however, cassette tapes have fallen by the wayside (or, in many cases, have been thrown to the wayside from moving vehicles), and, unlike LPs, they don’t look like making a comeback anytime soon. This poses a problem for those of us who would like to preserve important conversations or good songs that are currently stored on cassettes, not only because audio cassettes eventually deteriorate or get “eaten” by your tape player, but also because cassette players are becoming increasingly rare. Fortunately, you can easily transfer audio from cassettes to your computer, where it can be stored in formats such as WAV and MP3 or can be burned to CDs. In fact, $6 could get you everything you need.

Steps

1. Get your supplies together. You have several options. See the “Things You’ll Need” section below for a list of these.
2. Rewind or fast-forward your cassette to the desired spot.
3. Connect the red and white RCA plugs to the appropriate, color-coded output jacks (line-out) on your cassette player or stereo receiver. Or connect one end of a double-ended 3.5mm stereo cable into the headphone output of your tape player.
4. Connect the other end of your chosen cable to the “line-in" of your computer sound card. The 3.5mm Stereo plug is just like the plug of an earphone that you use in your Walkman or iPod. Adaptors are also available which allow you to use your computer’s USB port. For more details on the options see the “Things You’ll Need” section.
5. Turn on your computer and cassette player.
6. Open the sound-recording software you want to use. You can use just about any sound recording software. Microsoft Sound Recorder, which is standard in Microsoft Windows, will work for brief snippets, but it can be quite tedious to adjust the amount of time it will record (the default is only 60 seconds; you have to prepare your file beforehand by hitting the Record button each time it reaches the end, until you get a file large enough to hold the audio you'll be recording; then hit Rewind before recording), and it may not serve you well if you need to do extensive editing. If you do want to use Sound Recorder follow these instructions: click “Start” - “Programs” - scroll to and click on “Accessories” – scroll to and click on “Entertainment” – select “Sound Recorder”. You could also use a free sound recording like Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net" rel="nofollow">http://audacity.sourceforge.net). If you use this sound recording software, you can touch up the audio (raise volume, clear some static areas) and even export to mp3.
7. Click the record button in your sound recording software. (In Sound Recorder and many other programs, this is the button with the red dot.) Start recording before you hit “play” on your cassette player so you make sure you don’t miss anything at the beginning.
8. Press “play” on your cassette deck. The computer will record the audio coming from your cassette player.
9. Click the “stop” button (typically a black square) when you are finished. If you want to record for a long time (a whole cassette, for example), you don’t have to sit around and wait for the recording to finish. Your recorder will continue recording after the tape stops, and you can just cut the silent portion when you edit the recording. You do, however, want to make sure your recorder will record for long enough to capture all the audio you want. If it doesn’t, simply record each track one at a time.
10. Save the audio file by clicking “File” – “Save”. A new window will open and you can give the file a name and choose a location on your hard drive to save to.
11. Edit your recording. You may not need to do any editing, but if you want to cut out silences, erase some tracks, or change the volume, for example, most sound-recording programs will allow you to do so. When editing, it is a good idea to keep the original file as a backup and change the names of edited files when you save them in case you find you made a mistake. When you’re sure you like the edited file, you can delete the original to save memory space on your computer.
12. Burn audio to CD if desired.

Tips

• The audio file you created in the native PC sound file type: WAV (“.wav”) format. You can play it with almost any audio software. These files, however, are about 10 times larger than the equivalent file in MP3, so you will want to compress them to MP3. Your sound recording software may have this function built in, or you may need to get additional software. Fortunately, you can get such conversion software free online, such as Audio Grabber which will record straight to MP3 (link below).
• Your sound card may need to be set to allow recording from the line-in port (the pale blue circular port next to speakers). You can do this in Windows (XP and below) from the volume control in the system tray (near the clock). Double click the volume icon, then in the window that opens, click 'options' then 'properties' then 'recording' then 'OK'. Make sure the line-in box is selected.
• MS Sound Recorder has limited functions to control the recording process such as volume and speed. The software also give you limited function to edit the sound files by mixing or inserting. More advanced sound recording and editing software may already come with your sound card, so check that before you buy any additional software. Otherwise, you can find many good freeware programs on the internet for recording, editing, and changing formats of audio files.
• A good, free, open source audio recorder that works on Windows, macs and linux is Audacity. However, to save to an MP3, you will need to download the free LAME plugin.
• For the reverse operation -- transferring digital sound to tape -- simply use the same cable setup, but plug one end into the cassette deck's microphone or line in jack, and the other end into the computer's line out or headphone or speaker jack. Hit record on the cassette deck, then start the songs playing on the computer. Start with a low volume setting and adjust for good quality sound, then rewind and start over the recording at that volume level.

Warnings

• The WAV format audio files are cumbersome. One cassette tape may take hundreds of MB, so make sure you have enough space on your hard drive.
• Start with a very low volume on the cassette player or stereo, as your computer's input circuitry can very easily be damaged by high-level input.
• Take care not to violate copyright laws with your recordings. Cassette tapes may be old, but the copyright is usually still enforceable.
• If the recording is rare, don't throw away the cassette. Always keep your master copy. You will need it when your hard drive crashes, or you find there was a glitch in your transfer, or when your next new computer can record it better.

Things You'll Need

• (1) "Y" stereo adapter cable with a pair of RCA-style channel connectors (one is usually red, the other white) at one end, and a single line-in, 1/8-inch (3.5 millimeter) mini-connector at the other. This is also called a 3.5mm Stereo to RCA Dual Audio Cable. It can be purchased at Walmart for about $5. or(1) A regular stereo hook-up cable with RCA connectors at both ends and (2) a 3.5mm mini-connector adapter. With this setup, you plug the RCA connectors at one end into the cassette deck’s line-out jacks and then plug the connectors at the other end into the adaptor, which has a 3.5 mm mini-connector at the other end to plug into your sound card’s line-in jack.or(1) A regular stereo hook-up cable with RCA connectors at both ends and (1) RCA-to-USB audio interface (converter). With this setup you connect the RCA cable to the converter, which has a USB plug to connect to your computer’s USB port.or (1) double-ended 3.5mm stereo cable; (also available at most electronics stores)
• A PC with a sound card that has a line-in jack. Almost all computers have this device, except for some laptop computers that do not have a line-in jack. In this case, you may need to use the USB interface. If your PC or laptop does not have a line-in, you may also be able to use the microphone-in port. Just make sure that the volume setting is not too high: start with the lowest setting and raise it little by little until you are able to record a low-volume sound, like for example the first few bars of Ravel's Bolero.
• Sound recording software.
• A cassette player with either:(1) audio RCA output (line-out) jacksor(2) a 1/8 inch stereo "headphone" or "line-out" jack.If your cassette deck is built in to your stereo receiver, you can use the line-out jacks on the receiver.

Related wikiHows

• How to Change Your Records Into CDs
• How to Record a CD
• How to Make a Perfect Mix Tape or CD
• How to Burn a Music CD Using Windows Media Player 9
• How to Fix Computer Speakers
• How to Make an Mp3 or Wav out of a Midi for Free

Sources and Citations

• http://audacity.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">Audacity A very popular freeware audio editor which has a more complicated, but less restrictive interface than Microsoft Sound Recorder.
• http://www.goldwave.com/" rel="nofollow">Goldwave.com Goldwave, a shareware-licensed piece of audio software. Easy to use filters help enhance the quality of the file.
• (http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/download.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/download.html) Audio Grabber (freeware) will record you tapes straight to MP3 and is extremely user friendly (choose Line-In Sampling).

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Surprise!!!

as you can see, I'm smiling BIG and having heaps of fun trying out all the gizmos and gadgets on my Canon camera, complements of RESA23Things raffle/drawing... The online class was terrific in and of itself - winning this prize was "icing AND the cherry on top" - THANK YOU!!!!

Thing23

hyped - hyper - higher - and farther - and faster - and full-circle.
This has been quite a journey and I feel like I've become embedded into one of the StarTrek warp-speed scenes. I've advanced lightyears in a matter of hours (sometimes minutes, sometimes DAYS:-)
And I'm so anxious to USE this stuff, to SHARE it with others, to GO FURTHER.

I loved the tutorials, especially those done by CommonCraft's LeeLefever and his flying fingers :-)
The final video by Michael Wesch was eye-opening and inspirational. Great conclusion to this experience.
Thank you, RESA coordinators, for all of your efforts to make this interesting, educational, enlightening, uplifting, rigorous, introspective, and personal!

as you can see from my time-stamp on this posting, I've almost pulled an all-nighter! It's been a few years since that has happened -- but THAT is how 23Things has pulled me in. I am determined to complete it within the time constraints. Next, I'll absorb it and make it truly my own, but in my own time frame... :-)

and again, thank you!!!!

Thing22: getting 'round the YouTube Conundrum

So throughout this entire process of 23Things, I've bemoaned my lack of time. And now, just as I was thinking that things are progressing at a steadier, speedier pace I am now are told about Zamzar, which sounds like a dream-come-true for those of us who have been denied access to YouTube, despite heaps of educationally-sound rationales for why we need that access, but in reality is going to take "almost 45 minutes" to download the forbidden fruit from YouTube so we can embed it into our blog... (yes, that is quite a run-sentence -- but how can I come up for breath when time is of the essence ?? :-)
I guess if I were reallllllly desperate to show something to my students or fellow-teachers from YouTube, Zamzar provides the answer.
[sudden scarey thought: could Zamzar be a distant relative of Zangle perhaps?]

Day2 for Thing22: I've tried out Zamzar and it actually took only ten minutes for the first conversion to reach my email, fifteen minutes for the second, and less than ten for the third. HUZZZAHHHH!!! but I imagine on a busy day, the wait-time would be much much longer as the tutorial in 23Things warned us about.

This was saved as a wvm. I know it opens on my computer but a clip downloaded from Zamzar as a flv version would not open directly from the download while on my computer. So I'll play the scientist and experiment by adding it here to see if it opens while in Blogger:

Thing21: Tubin'

So YouTube really isn't the five-headed monster that it's made out to be by those in places of authority, eh? And TeacherTube and SchoolTube are the fair-haired children, safe to open to classrooms. At least, that's the impression I get from our district's ban on YouTube but open-doors for TeacherTube and SchoolTube.
I've seen numerous YouTube productions over the past few years. My favorite is Women in Art and that's where I've left my comment, the same one that I've had with the same question I've been asking with no answers yet. We'll see if THIS time I get an answer to my query about HOW it was created, now that I'm an official member of YouTube...

This embedded video begs another question: Is it ART?



What do you think?

Thing20: It's all coming together now

So I've spent too many minutes figuring out how to get the feed from the Freep news to settle into my Bloglines reader (but persistence/stubborness and ingenuity/desperation paid off in the end). And I've cleaned out my feeds and added tags and reader tag links from delicious to Bloglines reader. THAT is what I think is going to be a true god-send for my time management and rssing. I need to devote more time to making that more efficient by being more specific with my tagging - and THEN the payoff will be huge for saving me time and energy in keeping up and finding relevant links.

Thing19: del.icio.us is exactly that!

WHY didn't I know about this years ago?????? so now I get to go into the four main computers in my life and export those hours and hours worth of websites that I've garnered over the years so that I can access them from ANYwhere in the future!!!!

I've created an account in the name of artsmartone and have started furnishing my space there with 87 links, several of which are public, with more on the way. I need to develop more tags for them to make them more specific and easier to find, but for now, art will have to cover it.

Again, this is something that can make team teaching, collaborative teaching, student accountability, and just plain old daily life so much more well-rounded (because others can fill in the gaps with websites that you haven't yet tripped over) organized and easily accessed (because of the tagging)!!!! I'm thrilled to know about it now and can't wait to share it with my fellow-teachers, friends, and others.