I have 2 out of print cassette tapes that i'd like to preserve on CD and transfer to my MP3 player.  (I've tried to get CDs but they don't exist.)  What program and/or equipment do you recommend that you have used?  Thanks.
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The most important thing - you will need a sound card that accepts the input from your cassette deck.\nI have a Soundblaster Audigy card, and it has a pair of RCA jack inputs right in the front of the card - I then have a standalone Denon cassette deck that connects directly in.  Of course that will run you some money.\nYou probably can get an RCA-to-mini adapter if you have a standard sound card just with mini inputs.\n\nAnother option is to buy one of these new direct-to-computer Cassette Players with a USB line out.  You can then connect the cassette player digitally into your computer, and that will save you from buying an expensive sound card... but of course those cassette decks are more expensive than normal ones.\nSoftware is not a big deal, there are tons of different programs out there that will accomplish the same thing - recording the tracks from your cassette input and converting them to mp3 or cd audio.  I personally use SoundForge, Cakewalk Pyro is also good, there are a lot more...
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I use Musicmatch to capture audio through my line in on my pc.\nGet it @ Musicmatch.com\nGo to options and under source select line in.\nThen it has basic functions like a tape recorder.\nYou can set it to create any audio format and even use musicmatch to burn it. If you need more help shoot me an email.
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you need a cord the has ends that both look like the ones on headphones. plug this in to the microphone plugin on your computer and the other in the headphone jack of the cassette player. go to a recording program on your computer then hit record. hit play on the tape player and what you have on the tape will be recorded on the computer. hit stop when your done and save. you can use windows media player to turn that file in to mp3. Email me at inmysights93@yahoo.com if you need more help.
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Get a DVD Recorder! Works just like a VCR\nRead more about it at this link!\nhttp://hometheater.about.com/od/dvdrecorderfaqs/a/dvdrecfaqintro.htm
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You can integrate your tape recorder right into the "line in" input on your computer and "capture" the analog audio (from your tape player) onto your hard drive and then subsequently burn the audio files to CD. You'll need some recording software on your computer to do this. There are many software applications available and some are free. I use DART - CD RECORDER.\nHope this helps.
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Do you have a DVD /Cd burner? If not get one. Then you can make Cds . Is easy . Follow their steps. Sony is best. Nero ,Sonic ...many available.
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depending how informed you are on doing this sort of thing, i would recommend using Nero's wave editor or for more professional finish, Sony's Sound Forge 8, Nero you most probably already own and sound forge can be downloaded for free from www.soundforge.com although only a trial, should do what you ask easily. Also it will repair damaged songs from records, mp3's etc!\nFailing this try using www.cnet.com/downloads for free software to suit exactly what you need.\nGood luck and hope i have helped:)
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yep, ebay http://music.listings.ebay.com/Cassettes_W0QQsacatZ1600QQsocmdZListingItemList
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find some audio conversion software like microsoft audio converter..plug your tape player into your soundcard, save the files to the hard drive, burn them to cd..good luck..
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LITE-ON is the best.  QVC(www.qvc.com) has a great one I just purchased that uses ANY DVD Disc, doesn't matter if it's - or +, etc.  and comes with a VHS so you can immediately convert all your old tapes over to DVD before you lose them.  If you haven't heard of LITE-ON, look them up.  They are the "no name" supplier to the BIG NAME dudes like Sony, Pioneer, etc.
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put the songs back on the hard drive from the CD. Use your burn program to rip them to .mp3 / then reburn using a burn program that 'indexes' or makes a printed list for the CD cover / label. Extra steps, but it works. I can't find a way to import the songs with the title. The title is not embedded in the tape.
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yeeeeaaaaah. um, try and find another player like Nero or something. or you could just re-burn the tracks from the CD you just burned and burn it again. but the reason I would recommend Nero is it can make the songs virtually seamless by deleting the 2 seconds between tracks. i have green day bullet in a bible and when i made a copy of it to put in my CD book, i thought that i had put the original CD there, rather than my stereo. Nero rocks. but its your preference. WMP is crap, but thats just my opinion.\n\n\noh. memorex is fine. thats what i use and i use CD-R's. unless you are trying to burn more onto the same disc. that cant be done without\n\n1. A CD-RW\n2. erasing all data on the disc
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I broke my tape deck in my car the day before a road trip (how lucky), and rushed out to get a mp3 player so we could have decent music on our drive.\n\nI ended up with a SanDisk Sansa 512MB from Best buy.\nIt has a reasonably easy program with it, and all songs I put on it were straight off my cds. I also had to buy the FM tuner though which was another 40 dollars. \n\nAll in all I'm pretty satisfied with it though. The software was easy to figure out, battery life is great, and it's little and cute.
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You need to do two things: 1) convert the files into a cd-audio compatible format. 2) burn them to a cd. Many cd writing programs will do them both for you.\n\nIf you don't have a cd burner, you need to do that before you go any further.  If you have one, then you have two options:\n\n1) Buy a commercial DVD burning program like Nero that will make the process painless.\n\n2) Do it for free using the following instructions:\n\n1) Download and install burnatonce (http://www.burnatonce.com)\n2) Open the program and click the menu item Mastering > Audio CD\n3) Click "Add Files" and select the MP3's you wish to burn to the disc. The program will add a 2 second pause between tracks unless you uncheck that option.\n4) When finished click "Compile".  The program will create temporary decoded audio files of the mp3's (this will take a while depending on the speed of your computer).  When it is done it will ask you if you want to 'load it into main'.  Say yes.\n5)  Finally, click the big "Write" button.  It will burn your CD and you are finished!
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I would have to say I like cassette tapes better because I never had an 8 track.  Records and CD's are harder to answer, I like CD's because they are smaller and easer to travel with.  I can take them in my car, or on an air plain, and listen to them.  I do like the richer quality of sound that comes from records.
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Well first of all- what file type are the songs?\nIf Wav; MP3; or WMA; I can recommend a converter. It's called dBpowerAMP. Now; you have to get a codec to have the ability to convert them (one for MP3; WMA; and mP4-sorry no qcp).\n\nIts a very niffty program. I hope this helps.
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You say you are looking to RIP?   \n\nAudiograbber is a beautiful piece of software that grabs digital audio from cd's. It copies the audio digitally-not through the soundcard-which enables you to make perfect copies of the originals. It can even perform a test to see that the copies really are perfect. Audiograbber can also automatically normalize the music, delete silence from the start and/or end of tracks, and send them to a variety or external MP3 encoders, such as Fraunhofers L3enc, or even use some MP3/WMA encoders internally for automatic creation of MP3's. Audiograbber can download and upload disc info from freedb, an Internet compact disc database. You can even record your vinyl LP's or cassette tapes with Audiograbber and make wav's or MP3's of them. There are a lot more functions in Audiograbber, but to put it simply: Audiograbber has the most features one can wish from such a program! \n\nAudiograbber is now freeware and a breeze to use.\n\nhttp://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/download.html \n\nHope this helps your cause!