Recording from cassette deck

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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I have some old tape cassettes I’d like to digitize. What kind of cable do I need to connect the cassette player (which has a URL plughole) to my PC (Windows XP Service Pack 3)? How do I set my Audacity 2.0.1. to record the input from the cassette player? Thanks - Walthariu

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This set of tutorials from the manual should help you get sorted out: http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/manual/man/tutorial_copying_tapes_lps_or_minidiscs_to_cd.html

WC

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Thanks for the general info. But I still need to know what connection cable is needed to hook up my USB cassette deck to my PC for Audio to record the sound. I guess the one end must have a USB plug to fit the USB output on the deck and the other end must have a pin plug for the computer? Where do I plug that into the PC?

Thanks - Walthariu

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Your USB deck should have come with a USB lead (most of them do) with USB connectors at both ends - plug this between your computer and the deck.

Turn the power on on the deck and plug the USB cable before you fire up Audacity.

WC

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Thanks! That’s all I need to know.
Cheers - Walthariu

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Your USB deck should have come with a USB lead (most of them do) with USB connectors at both ends - plug this between your computer and the deck

After you get the cassette player connected and any drivers that MIGHT have come with the cassette player AND turned on, then start Audacity, goto EDIT> PREFERENCES> and Devices> The interface host should be MME The Playback Device Should be YOUR Sound card ie: REALTEK HD AUDIO OUTPUT and the Recording device should be USB AUDIO CODEC 2 Channels. The rest should be default until you get the hang of what you want to do. then the sky is the limit. Good Luck and hope this helped Marty