Best Setup For Recording Cassettes

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Best Setup For Recording Cassettes

Post by DaveM4964 » Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:01 pm

I have some old cassette tapes i would like to burn to cd. I have no cassette player of any kind right now. I have a USB turntable with a 1/8 stereo input. Can anyone recommend a good cassette deck and what i need to connect it to my turntable?


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Re: Best Setup For Recording Cassettes

Post by steve » Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:28 pm

It depends on your budget, but there's a discusson about this here: http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=6389
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Re: Best Setup For Recording Cassettes

Post by DaveM4964 » Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:42 pm

I'm mainly just looking for a simple method of recording some tapes to wav then to cd.
I'm guessing i can buy a cassette player with a 1/8 output and buy a cable and connect it to my usb turntable?

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Re: Best Setup For Recording Cassettes

Post by steve » Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:33 pm

There's a tutorial on the Audacity wiki about recording cassettes and will probably answer most of your questions.
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... uter_or_CD

Most cassette players use RCA connectors rather than 1/8" jack, but finding a suitable lead or an adaptor should not be a problem.
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Re: Best Setup For Recording Cassettes

Post by DaveM4964 » Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:06 pm

Thank You, the link was very helpful.

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