Tape to Mac creativity or better alternative

[macswitcha2]

I recently learned that you can convert tapes to mp3. This product here does the trick.

Do you know of any less expensive way to do it or creative way that I can do this?

 

[theLimit]

I use a much less expensive solution. I connect the headphone jack of my Walkman to the audio input port on my MacBook Pro. Then go into System Preferences and select the input and adjust levels. Then open QuickTime and record a new audio file. I use Audacity for noise reduction and breaking the recording up into tracks.

 

[macswitcha2]

I use a much less expensive solution. I connect the headphone jack of my Walkman to the audio input port on my MacBook Pro. Then go into System Preferences and select the input and adjust levels. Then open QuickTime and record a new audio file. I use Audacity for noise reduction and breaking the recording up into tracks.

Are you joking? LoL If you connect a headphone jack to a mac, all it will work as is a headphone jack.....LoL.

 

[Pixellated]

Are you joking? LoL If you connect a headphone jack to a mac, all it will work as is a headphone jack.....LoL.

He is correnct, you can connect a walkman to your Mac's line in...

 

[js81]

:facepalm: He's talking about the LINE IN jack, not the HEADPHONE OUT jack. I do this all the time with my iMac, except I use Audacity to record and Soundflower to reroute... geez...

 

[Pomeroy]

He's not joking, I converted all my tapes using a similar method about 10 years ago with a $3.00 patch cord from Radio Shack.

 

[macswitcha2]

Does this work with a boombox? What cord do I need?

 

[theLimit]

Are you joking? LoL If you connect a headphone jack to a mac, all it will work as is a headphone jack.....LoL.

Admittedly, the sound quality via this method isn't the best, a cassette player with a line-level output would have been ideal. But some things I was either too cheap to buy in a digital format, or there were no other available recordings. I was able to make backup copies of everything for just a couple dollars.

Does this work with a boombox? What cord do I need?

I used a standard 1/8" male to 1/8" male patch cord. Your boombox may need a 1/4" adapter, but those are cheap as well and also come with any decent set of headphones.