Cassette to pc

[deadone]

hi all, many many years ago on my local market there was a guy who sold bootleg Cassettes for £1 each so over the years i have had many from him.
my question is how would i get these to my pc, i dont have a Cassette player. is there anything portable i could use etc.

and for your info some of the cassettes are from
cinderella
metallica
maiden
little angels
etc etc etc.

some are unplayable tho as ive had them for years and moved house a few times and they just got threw about so i would like to try and save the remaining few

Mick

[Pete-Rock]

Well, even if you dont have a tape deck you need to get one, only tape players play tapes

Its not expensive as this medium is not used very often anymore.

Check here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TEAC-V-370-Tape-D ... 7C294%3A50
or
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kenwood-Dual-Tape ... 7C294%3A50
or
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Technics-RS-B555- ... 7C294%3A50

You connect the rca tape out with the input on your computer sound card, using an rca to 1/8 ts male cable (rca=tape, 1/8ts male=pc) then record with recording software like Wavelab or some freeware and thats it.

[deadone]

thanx buddy ill check those links out a little later

Mick

[King_Nothing]

I need something like this too, not for bootlegs, but for some casette tapes I have from when I was growing up that has my grandfather playing violin. He would love to have these on CD

[Duane]

A Sony Walkman, a good quality 1/8 cord and Audacity to record is all I use and CD Wave to edit the stuff, the software is free.

[Pete-Rock]

A Sony Walkman, a good quality 1/8 cord and Audacity to record is all I use and CD Wave to edit the stuff, the software is free.

yeah but that wont work for everyone as you use the headphone out on the walkman, and its impedance is different to the one on computer sound cards. for some cards it works, for others is doesnt, and it will cause distorsion which I'm sure is not wanted.

With a tape deck you cant go wrong. And check the ebay-links, its sooooo cheap.

[deadone]

thanx for all the help guys ill be sure to check all links out

Mick

[metmum]

If you can't get hold of a tape deck send them over to me I'll do them for you.

[porcelmc]

I use a walkman with a 1/8 to 1/8 and connect that to my soundblaster external sound card. The Creative software that was part of the bundle is really bad ass, and I have had no problems running conversions.

[deadone]

If you can't get hold of a tape deck send them over to me I'll do them for you.

thanx buddy.. ill keep looking for something i can do it with, if i aint found anything within a couple of weeks or so ill send them your way.. im unsure how many total cassettes there are i want done, i think around 10 that might be salvageable as the rest are all messed up.

Mick