How Do I Make Cd's From Tapes?

[jimras]

Hi experts.

My wife has some 90 min. cassette tapes that she would like to dub to CD's

I have a cord to go from the output of the tape player and go into the mic

port on my sound card.

We tried to do it with "sound recorder" but it only would record 1 minute.

Is there a program within XP Pro that would allow me to input to the HD and

then burn out to a CD with Deep Burner or Nero??

Thanks, guys and gals.............jr

[novi]

This is a program that may help you out. Are you going from line out to line in?

Hope this helps,

Pat

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

[Bubba Bob]

Get that baby off your mic port if you value your sound quality. Line in is where you want to be.

Ill second Audacity. I used it for the same thing (copying old albums over to CD) and it performed flawlessly.

[irregularjoe]

Get that baby off your mic port if you value your sound quality. Line in is where you want to be.

Ill second Audacity. I used it for the same thing (copying old albums over to CD) and it performed flawlessly.

I third Audacity!

[garmanma]

Is this a portable tape player or an old stereo system where you need an amplifier?

Mark

[jimras]

It is an old cassette deck that you would normally run thru an amp

in your stereo system

The tapes that she has to copy are not music, just spoken word so

Hi fidelity sound is not a real priority.

I don't know if I have a line in.....I don't think so.....I have the

sound card built into to the motherboard.

Is this Audacity program a free program?

Thanks, guys.......jr

[Bubba Bob]

Unless its pre-amped enough, it may not be audible to audacity. You may have to go find a cheap, portable cassette player. Something like $5 at Walmart.

Virtually every computer has line-in. I believe its usually blue. Either way, if you have three audio connectors its not line out, or mic in. (so, that might narrow it down ) You could have an oddball though. Heh

Yes, Audacity is free.

Edited June 15, 2007 by Bubba Bob

[Honda_Boy]

Audacity is great. I used it for a few weeks to record our church services while we were waiting for a new tape deck. Man it sounded studio good too. I just use it now to edit some MP3 tracks.

Yeah use line in. It will give you better quality. Mic in will sounded horrid even if it is just voice. My Linux box has an older Albatron mobo (bout 5-6 years old) with integrated audio and it has line in so I'm pretty sure you have it. My 7 year old gateway has it. My 10 year old Compaq has it even.

[garmanma]

Nice thing with Audacity is it cross-platform.

Here's the link

Double check the back of your box. Mine's built in and has a line-in plug

Mark

Edited June 15, 2007 by garmanma

[jimras]

OK....I guess I gotta get down on the floor and look.

It MUST have a line in..........

I'll find it and give it a try.

Thanks.........

[wonderent]

Get that baby off your mic port if you value your sound quality. Line in is where you want to be.

Am planning to do some of the same and really appreciate

the mention of using line in over mic in. It's so great when you guys

add a little extra to the answer!

[jimras]

Got the plug into the line in and hooked it all up and it worked GREAT!!!

Thanks for all the help, fellas..........much appreciated!!

jr

[novi]

Glad it worked good for you. If you have any old vinyl lying around it make a good project.

Take care,

Pat

[jimras]

If I wanted to make some cd's from records, how would I go about getting each song to be a track on the CD.

Do I have to start and stop Audacity with each cut on the record? Or, is it possible to input the whole record and

then cut and paste each cut as a new project and then burn it out to a CD?? Anybody tried this?

thanks........jim