Insert BS here A place to discuss anything you want!

best way to copy from cassettes to cd...

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 09-22-2005, 02:52 PM
  #1  
to infinity & beyond, me
Thread Starter
 
treceb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: santurce
Posts: 5,124
Default

well yeah the title pretty much describes what im gonna try and do sometime in the near future.......



thanks for lurking.
treceb is offline  
Old 09-22-2005, 04:26 PM
  #2  
Senior Member
 
ambassador_josh's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Tulsa, OK
Posts: 739
Default

Video capture card. Captures in realtime, so be prepared to sit for a while. Have plenty of HD space, and a good digital video program. I use premier pro v7 for capture and rendering. It'll output to DIVX too. I use Roxio to create DVDs. It encodes in the MPEG2 stream you'll need. Golden MPEG2 stream. Audio Cassette to Cd? Get a good audio program (I use the one bundled with my MP3 Player. Creative Media something) and a Y cable. Patch the output from the cassette decks RCA outputs (Red and White) into the Aux In on your soundcard. VERY IMPORTANT-TURN THE SOUND DOWN on the cassette player. Too loud=distortion. Then make sure your recording mixer is set to aux in, not mic or mix. Press play, press record, and sit. Do this with every song. Once you have your WAV files (if you're going to CD, I wouldnt worry about MP3 or WMA encoding unless the program does it for you automatically) just arrange them into the order and burn to CD.
ambassador_josh is offline  
Old 09-22-2005, 06:31 PM
  #3  
Senior Member
 
toplessFC3Sman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: A2, MI
Posts: 453
Default

Audacity is a good program to do this with (for music), i do it with sound effects from games and whatnot, and the best part is, its free!
toplessFC3Sman is offline  
Old 09-22-2005, 09:56 PM
  #4  
to infinity & beyond, me
Thread Starter
 
treceb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: santurce
Posts: 5,124
Default

Originally Posted by ambassador_josh' post='761546' date='Sep 22 2005, 05:26 PM

Video capture card. Captures in realtime, so be prepared to sit for a while. Have plenty of HD space, and a good digital video program. I use premier pro v7 for capture and rendering. It'll output to DIVX too. I use Roxio to create DVDs. It encodes in the MPEG2 stream you'll need. Golden MPEG2 stream. Audio Cassette to Cd? Get a good audio program (I use the one bundled with my MP3 Player. Creative Media something) and a Y cable. Patch the output from the cassette decks RCA outputs (Red and White) into the Aux In on your soundcard. VERY IMPORTANT-TURN THE SOUND DOWN on the cassette player. Too loud=distortion. Then make sure your recording mixer is set to aux in, not mic or mix. Press play, press record, and sit. Do this with every song. Once you have your WAV files (if you're going to CD, I wouldnt worry about MP3 or WMA encoding unless the program does it for you automatically) just arrange them into the order and burn to CD.
so al i gotta do is hook up a 1/4 jack to rca to soundcard aux and im all set. good.



what about the mic input on the sound card?
treceb is offline  
Old 09-22-2005, 10:24 PM
  #5  
Administrator
 
phinsup's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Stuart, FL
Posts: 24,416
Default

r u talking video or audio cassettes, i used to do this for bootlegs, all i had to do was hook up a cassette deck to my audio in and nero did the rest err i think it was nero
phinsup is offline  
Old 09-22-2005, 10:51 PM
  #6  
Senior Member
 
drftk1d's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: NY
Posts: 403
Default

Originally Posted by treceb' post='761710' date='Sep 22 2005, 10:56 PM

so al i gotta do is hook up a 1/4 jack to rca to soundcard aux and im all set. good.



what about the mic input on the sound card?


mic input will give *** quality
drftk1d is offline  
Old 09-22-2005, 10:55 PM
  #7  
Administrator
 
phinsup's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Stuart, FL
Posts: 24,416
Default

ha ha tape + CD = *** quality
phinsup is offline  
Old 09-23-2005, 07:54 PM
  #8  
Senior Member
 
ambassador_josh's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Tulsa, OK
Posts: 739
Default

You'll wanna stick it in the aux hole





Krystal tells me this is a problem in our relationship.
ambassador_josh is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
mazdaspeed7
Insert BS here
2
04-21-2004 10:36 PM
Gen2RXSeven
Insert BS here
25
12-30-2003 05:51 PM
Fd3BOOST
Insert BS here
2
03-27-2003 09:21 PM
wankel_dreams
Front Desk
7
07-20-2002 01:33 PM

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 


Quick Reply: best way to copy from cassettes to cd...



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:47 AM.