I want to get music on cassette tape onto CD. Any free software available?
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Yes, theres Audacity. Record at full WAV, then edit the tracks, then Export As MP3 (or leave as WAV).\nIt has basic editing tools.\nhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/ -Audacity music tool.
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You will need a cassette player (!), PC with a stereo input to soundcard, conversion software, CD writer. Yep that’s about it, oh yeah and a lot of time…..\nNote: if you are using a laptop, you may need a USB external soundcard (mine has only a mono mic input – not good enough!) – you can get cheap, simple but effective ones (from Hong Kong) via ebay…\nYou could get someone to do it for you, friends of mine at: www.cassette2cd.co.uk for one. There are plenty to choose from out on the web, this type of job is perfect for a 'virtual' studio.\nThe software is probably the thing you really want to know about.. you will find loads out there. Personally I use Magix Audio Cleaning Lab – primarily for lifting vinyl, but will take any analogue signal. It has loads of features including cleaning filters, effects and editing… it’s cheap too and even comes with a stereo cable – try ebay. There are loads more, some even free downloads – listen to folks who have used the software then have a go….\nOh yeah, and Magix has automatic track recognition based on silence between tracks and auto-stop recording so you can go out for the day and it will stop at the end of your tape – really useful!! You will use up loads of hard-drive space, so don’t try this if you are pushed for space…You may need to purge the huge files every so often (10MB per minute WAV files, 1MB per minute MP3). You could save some space recording directly into MP3 at the sacrifice of a little sound quality.\nOne last thing, track recognintion works great for CDs in WAV format (for playing in a standard CD player), I don't think it applies to MP3s though as each MP3 file would need to be separated into individual tracks - This is how Magix software treats it anyhow.\nHope this helps
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download.com has hunderds of free software look for audacity it's very good
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Have u tried Pro Tools Free ?  I've heard it exports MIDI files, dont know about other formats. hopefully, it'll work with .wav files, which are easily convertible to .mp3
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If you have no patience for the tape player to computer thing descrbed above, you can buy a stand alone unit, I beleive Sony or Philips makes them, that has a CD recorder and tape player together which was specifically built for this purpose. They are available at Fry's, Best buy, or Circuit City. I would look for it online first though, just to make sure.
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Try using a program like Audacity.  http://audacity.sourceforge.net  It will allow you to import the music file, manipulate it, and export it as an ogg vorbis, wave, or mp3 format that can then be burnt to cd.  Watch out though, if you're doing an mp3 that is already too large to fit onto a CD and you plan on modifying it, no matter what program you use to edit it, when you open a file that large, its guaranteed to eat some of your hard drive and ram during the editing process.  Just something to watch out for.
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well, hopefully you have a cd drive on your computer. you can download a free program called CDex http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/ and that will let you rip songs off of your CDs and turn them into MP3s.
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click start,,go to all programs,  click creative,  go  to  the  wave studio,   click file,,  new file, it should walk you  through it,  ive  used  it  to  convert  cassettes to the media player,  record my  kids,  its not  to  difficult  to  figure out,  good  luck, :)
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You can get a lead that plugs into the headphone/speaker socket of your tape player, and you plug the other end into the microphone in socket on your pc.\nDo a few short test recordings first to get the volume right.\nIf you don't have the recording and editing software, try the freeware program Audacity.\nhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/ -Audacity music tool.\n\nYou should be able to get the lead from a cheap place like Maplins, or pretty much any electrical/hi fi shop.\nYou then edit and burn the music files to cd or your mp3 player.
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Audacity.\nIt's free (open source)\nhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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Download Audacity.  Free and works GREAT!  See link below:
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use any of the free music converters available
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Use windows media player.\n\nPut the cd in and rip it to your hard drive.\n\nNero can do this also\nor\n\nDbPowerAMP music converter. Go to www.download.com to download it
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stream ripper, which is illegal.\n\nIf you have the right software, you can burn an audio CD "On-The-Fly" or "live"
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Nero is the best..\n\nGet cdex from cnet.com also\n\nits free.\n\nYou need cdex to convert the mp3 to wav format \n\nto make a playable cd.\n\nGood luck!!!
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The best way to convert files I've found is with the program CDex. Search for it in Google, and you'll find it. Forget about converting with jukebox, real player, winamp or windows media, it's either impossible, you have to pay, or difficult. And CDex works well, easy to use, and free.
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"Free CD to Mp3 converter" www.eusing.com