Comments on: How to Convert Cassettes to MP3

By: Kevinx192

Kevinx192 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:27:08 +0000

your grandma has …
your grandma has obviously never listened to black metal. Look up the song video The Sacrilegious Scorn by Dimmu Borgir, that is the devils music. But I’m christian. What music you listen to doesn’t have to affect what you believe in.

By: Mooncalf2012

Mooncalf2012 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:27:07 +0000

Just wanted to add …
Just wanted to add that adjusting the tape heads for old tapes can give you much better high-end and/or stereo separation. They always stick ‘glue’ on the head screws, but they are rarely set right, and will often be out of align, causing muffled sound on playback on a different player. You can also set the screw using a reference tape. I use an MFSL copy of Imagine, ’cause I know they were sticklers about head alignment for copying. Amazing the difference it makes. Same goes for demag/cleaning.

By: Mooncalf2012

Mooncalf2012 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:27:07 +0000

I agree, but I’ll …
I agree, but I’ll pass on the Scorn for now. Some music has a bad affect on my mood. Getting back to archiving: I have been having good results with a 24/96 M-Audio, and an old Technics cassette and turntable that were state of the art. I haven’t been happy with the new products for conversion. They are all 16 bit, and I find that converting from a 24 bit file straight to MP3 gives much better results. I back up the 24 bit data on DVD. Oh, always demag and adjust azimuth on heads for best sound.

By: kdc43

kdc43 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:27:07 +0000

Almost 40 years ago …
Almost 40 years ago I got a GE tape recorder for Christmas and I went around as “Walter Concrete” (Cronkite) interviewing people. I also secretly taped phone calls with my dad, step-sister, step-brother, etc by holding the mic to the ear piece of the phone. It was the Age of Nixon. I still have the tapes. Yes, decoran234, I know it’s illegal…. but after 40 years I think the Statutes of Limitations have run out and expired.

By: vexacon

vexacon — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:27:07 +0000

My first car had an …
My first car had an 8-track player!

By: monopita

monopita — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:27:06 +0000

well you don’t need …
well you don’t need that thing, all you need is :

-Any tape recorder or just player.
-Double audio jack cable.
-Plug the cable to the recorder/player as you would do with any headphones.
-plug the other end on your audio line in located on your computer (all pcs have one, not sure about mac)
-record with Audacity. (you might need the mp3 encoder as a separate download.

By: AZTLAN312

AZTLAN312 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:27:06 +0000

If I remember …
If I remember correctly, the first piece of hardware that I “lusted” after was that tape recorder that was featured on the Home Alone movie! Oh, my for me those were the good ol’ days! lol Cheers! Happy Thanksgiving ya’ll!

By: bollwerkman

bollwerkman — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:27:06 +0000

Wow cool I still …
Wow cool I still have got loads of cassettes that I wanted to convert into mp3 but never knew how to do it. Years ago I transferred stuff from CDs to cassette and recorded cassettes from other decks. That is really cool stuff Chris, ta!

By: Mooncalf2012

Mooncalf2012 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:27:06 +0000

I’ve recently found …
I’ve recently found that extreme Goo Gone is great for extremely dirty heads that won’t come clean with alcohol. But don’t get it on plastic, it melts. I tried some on capstans and pinch rollers, but careful of some rollers may be damaged or dried out. Use a rubber conditioner whenever possible to keep rollers like new, otherwise tapes get eaten, and the archive process is compromised. I did all this on a deck recently and compared the difference, and I couldn’t believe what I was missing.

By: qwertythecomputer

qwertythecomputer — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:27:05 +0000

the first piece of …
the first piece of tech i ever lutsed after was a portable cd player