Nifty little drive to convert cassette tapes to MP3's

A person could make money off of this...if advertised.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/7a8d/
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I think this is just cool! But, I have a heck of a lot of tapes that I have just refused to throw away...for seemingly no good reason.

Then, along comes this little gizmo!

I saw it....I like it....I'm gonna buy it....I thought I would share it with those who care.


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Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
can't you accomplish pretty much the same thing with a walkman or somethin similar and a cable with 1/8" male stereo plugs on both ends (one goes into the headphone jack on the cassette player; the other into your soundcard aux or mic jack)?
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I had a big collection of tapes several years ago. I just took my home cassette player and hooked it up with 1/8 cables and did the same thing.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Island Dog, I owe you a big thanks! I had actually tried to record my tapes to mp3 using my stereo, it didn't work. But having read your post, I tried again with my sons "Spongebob Boombox". I don't know why, but it worked...whereas the stereo still won't.

I'm guessing it's a pre-amp issue or, the fact that I need an adapter for the Aiwa. But you just saved me $140. I would have bought that deck had this not worked.

It's worth mentioning that Audacity worked wonders with my cassettes. They still don't sound perfect mind you, but a lot of the hiss and pops are gone.

I was actually able to post an old song I wrote on my blog. I'm world wide! (Ugh)LOL

Thanks ID. I appreciate it.



Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Audacity is good for being free, but it still has some problems. If you wanted to spend a little money I would recommend Sound Forge Audio Studio. You can usually pick it up for about $50, and it's very good.

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