Whatever audio format you record to needs to be a standardized format usable in every application. It isn't absolutely necessary to record to MP3.
#Cassette to mp3 for mac software
MP3 Audio recording software for desktop computer Instead of using two cassette decks, the destination is the computer. In other words this is just like recording from one cassette to another. The audio file will be on your computer.When the cassette is done playing, hit STOP on both the cassette deck and the audio recorder software.Insert a cassette tape into the cassette deck.Start audio recording software on the computer, to record to disk.Connect the audio interface to the computer USB port.Set the audio interface to "line input".Using an audio cable that has a headphone jack on one end, and RCA plugs on the other end, connect the RCA plugs end of this cord to the cassette deck, and insert the headphone jack into the audio interface.What I have in the picture above is a USB-audio interface - specifically a Griffin iMic - that has two settings: "Line" and "Mic". USB-audio devices show up as a regular audio device Your laptop computer might not even have a headphone jack, now that we're entering a phase where the headphone jack is probably going away in every device (sigh). The headphone jack on your computer might or might not be compatible with line-level audio signals.
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Goodwill) since nobody wants them any longer. It's possible to find old school cassette decks for real cheap (e.g. The phrase "line level" refers to voltage/wattage characteristics. It was meant to be input into the stereo/amplifier component so you could play over loudspeakers. These cassette decks usually had RCA plug connectors on the back producing what's known as "line level output". Trust me the old-school cassette decks looked just like this, except for the USB port. Yes this is a modern cassette deck - as evidenced by the USB port. Typical cassette deck rear panel with RCA plugs for input and output. But no longer, that cassette deck was sold long ago in another space clearing downsizing phase. I used to have a fancy Sony dual-tape cassette deck (very much like this one) that I used to produce audio tapes, as well as to listen. Many of us with a cassette tape collection also have a cassette deck gathering dust in the corner. Simplest method - cassette deck, to "line input" on computer Find an auto-reverse cassette player to reduce your effort. When we're recording a stack of audio tapes it adds to the burden to have to flip tapes over. Therefore easing the cassette playback will simplify your task of recording the cassette tapes.Īuto-Reverse cassette players greatly simplifies cassette playback. The difference is that we're instead recording into software that converts audio to a digital audio file. The process is similar to recording from one cassette to another cassette. I have a few VHS tapes, and some DAT tapes for a camcorder, but will handle this in another postingĪs you'll learn from the rest of this posting, there is nothing magical about converting a cassette tape to a digital file.
#Cassette to mp3 for mac how to
How to convert VHS tapes or other video tapes to MP4 files.I don't have any albums any longer, but many of us do, and will long to convert them to audio files.How to convert vinyl album audio sound to MP3 file (or other audio).This is the main focus of today's blog post, but there is another similar scenario.How to convert analog audio sound on cassette tape to an MP3 file (or other audio).Therefore the problem statement is simple: We're not going to cover that use case in this blog post. 001% were the few people (like me) used cassette tapes with computers to store programs and data. The cassettes are in a large pile of cassette albums that take up lots of space that I'd rather use for something else. These were either purchased courses or recordings of training classes I took or public lectures I attended.
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In my case I have lots of lectures on tape. This is but one way to digitize audio cassettes, so let's go over the options.Ĭassette tapes were primarily (99.999% of the time) used for audio, generally music recordings. This is a Walkman-style cassette player connected to a USB audio interface that's connected to my laptop, with the audio being recorded by software on the laptop. The picture above is the audio cassette digitization solution I've settled on for now.