Cassette help

[rye9]

How can I make old cassette tapes into CD's? I have a stereo which lets me go in reverse and record tapes from CD's, however how do I go from tape to CD? Any way using my iBook even?

 

[CanadaRAM]

Take a line output from the cassette player or the receiver (NOT the speaker output!), and use a 2xRCA to mini stereo plug cable to put it into the line in of your Mac. Use a program like Audacity or GarageBand to capture the sound, then burn it to a CD as audio files. Importing the tracks into iTunes is a convenient way to assemble and burn them.

The next step up is to get an interface, starting with the Griffin iMic for about $60 and going up from there, which can get you better conversion quality.

The iMic has some convenient software called Final Vinyl for importing music.

 

[rye9]

Yikes I'm not very knowledgable... so I take a cassette player, and take a cable and run it to where?

 

[CanadaRAM]

Yikes I'm not very knowledgable... so I take a cassette player, and take a cable and run it to where?

The line in jack of your Mac - it is a 3.5" stereo jack. Consult the user's manual for your machine for its exact location.

 

[Henri Gaudier]

At 3.5" you'd think he'd be able to find it!😉