converting tapes to MP3

[zerocool1]

Hi all,

I'm looking at converting all my parents cassette tapes. Since there will be so many of them, I can't just take their tape deck to convert all of them. So I was looking at my options

Ion Tape2PC

Plusdeck 2c PC Cassette Deck

Has anyone used either of these?

Does the Ion Tape to PC have auto-reverse? I couldn't find anything about that on the product specs.

Thanks.

 

[mshan]

You can just use freeware http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ and your own tape deck and sound card in your computer.

 

[zerocool1]

using my tapedeck isn't an option because my parents use it regularly.

 

[SonicIce]

instad of a $130 machine you could get a casette player for like 99 cents at a thrift store and use free software like mshan suggested

but you'll need a 3.5mm male to male adaptor.

 

[cheesehead]

Get one of these - you can find one for under $100 on eBay.

http://www.zzounds.com/item--MDOAPUSB

Just add $10 tape deck.

 

[Oyeve]

Cheap walkman type player and cable is all you need.

 

[Soundmanred]

Are these tapes of songs that aren't available in MP3?

 

[zerocool1]

Originally posted by: Soundmanred
Are these tapes of songs that aren't available in MP3?

yep. most are from india too.

I'm going to borrow their Onkyo tapedeck and use audicity whenever i find the time. i still need to go through about 200 floppies because my parents used to have one of those floppy disk mavicas and i want to make sure there aren't any pictures on them before i toss them.