Can I hook up an audio tape player to my Powerbook?

I have a few audio tapes that I desperately want to transfer over to CD Is there a way to do this via the Powerbook? And if so, what kind of connection can/should I use to hook up my tape player and my Powerbook?

You can use a standard 1/8th inch to 1/8th inch cable like those found at Radio Shack (links to example cable).
If the tape player doesn't have a headphone port to connect to that type of cable, you can probably get an adapter so that it does connect. Once you have that, the software called Audio Recorder records direct to MPEG-3 or AIFF. Together with the Lame Encoder, Audacity works quite well to edit MPEG-3s.
Be aware and follow any copyright restrictions on those tapes.
Note, also some headphone ports don't have enough power to give audio of the strength needed for the audio input of certain machines. If it doesn't Audio Recorder will show no input. Ensure that Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Sound -> Input has the line in selected before launching Audio Recorder and after connecting the cable. For those where the input isn't sufficient, sometimes using a Griffin iMic is better.

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