MP3 to tape question

[bernse]

Here is the situation. The wife and I are going on a 20 hour drive this holiday weekend and I am in need of tunes. My Cherokee just has a cassette player. So, what I want to record some MP3s to cassettes. This is what I plan on doing, so please tell me if it should work, and if not what I may do.

I have a pretty high quality sony home stereo system. I want to rip the cassette deck out of the rack and plug it into the sound card direct. I have a 1/8" plug to 2 rca cord adapter. Can I plug that into my speaker out of my soundcard right into the input of the cassette? Or, am I going to have to move the whole PC to the neighborhood of my stereo and plug it into one of the unused inputs on the amp?

Ideas?

I am thinking of this as I am going, so forgive me... but I suppose in order to "hear" it while its recording, I should get a 2-rca cord into a female 1/8" adapter to plug the cassette player/recorder to my PC speakers, correct?

(I am trying to avoid moving my PC rig to my stereo if I can since its so bulky, but I will if I have to)

Eric

PS - SB Live! Value sound card

 

[Dee67]

Hmm.. most cassette decks I've had have a headphones jack in the front, my guess is that'd be your fastest and easiest way to hear the output..


config.sys gurus?

 

[smp]

If you have a high end sony system.. why ISN'T it hooked up to your computer??? What I do is go out from the sound card into the RECIEVER.. and just set the recording monitor and bingo... but I guess you'd have to move your whole computer eh? hmmmm...... go to radio shack and buy a really long cable.. that should do probably do it.. I'm not familiar with the names of all those cables so forgive me.. but I'm thinking of the one that is like a headphone jack on one end.. and the back of the stereo on the other..

 

[Rickr]

Your plan is good. Plug the 1/8" plug into the soundcard line out, and into the tape deck input (two RCA plugs). You'll want to set the sound card volume levels higher than normal.

Also, don't use the computer while you are recording. Otherwise, all the windows sounds will come out on your tape too!

 

[bernse]

Thanks for the input. I thought it would work



<< If you have a high end sony system.. why ISN'T it hooked up to your computer??? What I do is go out from the sound card into the RECIEVER.. and just set the recording monitor and bingo... but I guess you'd have to move your whole computer eh? hmmmm...... go to radio shack and buy a really long cable.. >>



Bingo. Not everyone wants a PC in the middle of their living room...I value my life, as my wife would kill me! The cable would have to be about 70ft long, I don't think they make them that long! The joys of owning a house....

Thanks again, I will be trying it tonight!

Eric

 

[rhinox99]

If that doesn't work you can always burn the mp3 to cd and then record the tape from the cd.

 

[samgau]

The way i see it, the out of your computer to the in of the cassette deck and the Out of the cassette deck to the line in of your sound card so you can hear what you are playing...i'd be a bit weary of double grounding though....unless you have a 4channel sound card like the sblive or the mx300 then you can set your 4speaker to 2x stereo and just plug your pc speakers to the 2nd jack on your sound card...
The best situation would be to have a separate speaker connected directly to the tape deck...