Cassette tape music to computer

I want to save some cassette tape songs to the computer and alter the songs a bit.
It is easy? What program does that? Is it Garage Band?
Thank you,
Mike

Hi PigJubby,
For recording from a cassette deck, unless it is a very high quality one and they are very high quality recordings, the regular line in/microphone socket will be fine. The inherent noise levels etc with most cassette equipment and tapes are much worse than anything generated by the Mac Book Pro line-in input port.
The line-in input port is capable of handling both electronic or optical inputs. If connecting to any normal cassette system you will need a cable that has a standard "3.5mm stereo mini-jack" (commonly called a "1/8" stereo mini-jack or a "1/8" stereo headphone jack") on the computer end.
If your cassette system involves very high quality, professional studio level, equipment and tapes then you might find it worth considering a firewire or USB audio interface , but otherwise doing so will involve little or no benefit for substantial additional cost.
Cheers
Rod

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I have HP Pavilion p6310f desktop PC. I desire to put some cassette tape music on the computer using the TEAC tape deck player. I do not have a receiver for the tape deck, but I would like to know if the digital info of the songs would be picked up and put on the computer/

Rocketeer89, welcome to the forum.
Here is a comprehensive guide on how to accomplish your task:
http://m.wikihow.com/Transfer-Cassette-Tape-to-Computer
You should not need a receiver. Some of the connections are located diffently and colored differently on your computer, but the names are the same.
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Cassette tape adapter..

are they pretty much the same in terms of sound quality etc? Is the 5.99 one pretty much as good a sthe 25.00 one? I can't afford a new radio with an ipod jack, so I was looking at them.cheers
dave

I'm glad the above two posters could help. However, I had to chuckle at the image this post brought to my mind. I imagined someone importing all their cassette tape music to MP3s, putting the MP3s on an iPod, and then used a headphone to cassette adapter to play the music back through the cassette player.
What am I saying? I'm a person that has a 5.25" internal cassette deck in his computer! It is called a Plusdeck 2c. They are actually really good for importing cassettes be it music or audiobooks.
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Here's a stupid question for you guys who know what you're doing. How do I access or find this "MediaSource Organizer" that will allow me to record cassette tapes onto my hard dri've? I bought a new computer and had the manufacturer install an SBAudigy sound card for me and as such I'm not exactly sure which one I have but I stipulated that I wanted the capability to download cassette tapes onto my hard dri've. The only file I have found related to the sound card is one called "Creative" in the "Program Files" of my C: dri've. Further digging reveals various icons marked "Audigy", "SBAudigy", "InterVideo" but none of them, when clicked upon, open up into any kind of a useful program. I do have the "InterVideo" icon on my desktop but thorough searching of this program has not revealed any options for recording outside sounds onto the hard dri've. I also have "Windows Media Center" for Windows XP. Any enlightenment on how I can record cassette tapes onto my computer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
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How to add music from a cassette tape?

I have a few cassette tapes that I would like to add to my itunes library but can't figure out what I would need to make that happen. It would seem like I would need a cassette player that had a USB jack on it or something.
If anybody has done this and know of a solution please let me know.
thanks

A proper USB converter or soundcard would be the most appropriate way to go. However, I believe at least your G5 probably has an audio in mini-jack. Run the output from a cassette player into there and then use a recording utility such as audacity to record the sound. I know there are converters that work between two RCA style wires that are typical for home audio that have mini-jack connectors on the other side. You can get these for a couple of dollars fairly easily (I got mine from a national guitar shop chain but have seen them in many places). I transferred my old tapes by running a line directly out of my home stereo cassette player to the audio-in on my G3.

Ways to connect a cassette tape deck to ProBook 4530s

I have an old cassette tape deck I want to use to load some music from cassettes to C, burning this on my ProBook 4530s. I have ROXIO software to mabage the transfer, but if iTuneds, ertcv. can do it well lik to know this too.
The problem I have with ROXIO is the adapter that takes the RCA cables from the cassette deck, and uses their Video Capture USB (it is used for video and audio) has a pin-type female connector, where my ProBook USB inputs are a slide-in type flat contacts. I cannot push the USB connection into the Probook USB port(s).
So, I need a way to use existing ProBook 4530s inputs to transfer/burn the music on the cassettes to the CD output on the ProBook. Maybe use the 3.5mm headphone jack as the input? But then not sure if the ROXIO software will notice it.

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Importing audio cassette tapes to i tunes

I would like to know the best (and easiest) method to import my old cassette tapes of music compilations to i tunes for future conversion to CDs.
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You need to use a recording application then add them to iTunes.
Personally, I use the -> Griffin iMic to connect to the computer and -> Finyl Vinyl as the recording application
You can use GarageBand and use the microphone input on the computer.
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Here is what is working for me on my IMAC OS X Leopard 10.5: I use an ADS RDX 150 Instant Music device to "translate". I use RCA cords directly from a component tape deck - NO amp - to the RDX, and USB from the RDX to my keybrd. I prefer monitor ON and plug hdphones into the computer at the back. I have occasionally had feedback when Time Capsule starts up-dating - I just turn it off until I'm finished. Good luck.

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I would like to archive some cassette tape audio recordings on my computer - Is it possible to use FCE HD voiceover feature to do this? It would save me the trouble of purchasing a separate sound software program.
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Cassette tapes to HD...how can I do it????

I am new to the Apple computer and I'm trying to figure out how I can transfer cassette tapes to the HD. I bought a product from ADS Tech called Instant Music. It is supposed to be used with Garage Band. I plugged my cassette deck into the Instant Music and the USB out into the USB on the I-Mac. Then I bring up Garage Band and follow the directions given by ADS Tech. I can hear the music playing in the background but it is very distorted and weak and there is a lot of noise and crackling sounds over the music.

Three things that you should check once you have everything connected up and running :
See what your System Preferences/Sound/Input is set at.
Check what the input settings of Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI Setup are. Take a note of anything before you change it, that way if it doesn't work you can return any setting to what it was before.
I don't use GaragBand - I use Sound Studio for any recordings - so I know nothing about it, but see if that also has any preferences for setting the sound input device.

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Is there a way to transfer music i have on cassette tapes into my iPod? Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Transferring analog vinyl albums (or cassettes) to your PC is not a trivial effort.
You want to convert analog music to digital. Doesn't matter if it is vinyl records or cassettes, the concept is the same. It's a simple concept that it a bit tough in implementation (if you want to get it as right as possible).
Once you record (digitize) the original analog recording, the resulting digital file will be large. You can then convert it into an MP3 or AAC file after correcting it. Most folks I know who digitize their vinyl keep the recorded and corrected files on a separate External Hard Drive, as the work involved to get them is substantial. The best audio will be the originally recorded digital copy in a lossless format. This should be kept, or archived, as it can be burned to Audio CDs or imported (and re-imported, if needed) into iTunes in whatever lossy format you require.
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3rd: You’ll need to record each side individually. After recording both sides, you’ll have two computer files. These need to be broken into their individual song tracks and error corrected (if desired).
4th: Assigning track name and other info may be possible using the CDDB, but it may not recognize the files. Manual entry may be the only method.
5th: You can then import them into iTunes as MP3, AAC or other format to play in your iPod. You may first want to burn them to CD in their full-digital form for backup. iTunes and the CDDB may recognize them better coming off a CD rather than your HD.
Do some Google searches. There are many sites that give overviews on how to convert your records to digital. Here are some from my files:
http://www.blazeaudio.com/howto/lp-overview.html
http://www.gmayor.com/CDR_Pages.htm
http://home.earthlink.net/~doniteli/index80.htm
http://www.pcabusers.net/vinyllp/vinyllp.htm
http://www.ganymede.hemscott.net/tutorial.htm
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How can i transfer from cassette tape to mi ipod

i have old cassette tapes how can i transfer them to my ipod

yes, but you will need an audio interface of some kind. do you have any recording software?
i would recommend some but all the programs i use are very high end and very expensive.
go down to your local bestbuy and ask them for an inexpensive audio recording software package(preferable one that can output to MP3) and the necessary cable to connect your tape deck to the line in socket on your computer.
then just record the music to your PC.

Importing a cassette tape into I tunes

Can I import and save a cassette tape into itunes thanks

You can't import the audio from your tape directly to iTunes you need software to digitise the audio first. One way is to connect your Cassette deck (through the Tape out sockets of your amplifier) to the audio in socket of your computer. On the computer you'll need audio editing software to capture and edit the resulting long file into individual tracks that can be added to the iTunes Library. There are a number of commercial programs for this (I use Sound Studio for the Mac). If want to try out the process first you could try the open source program Audacity which has Linux, Mac and Windows versions at this link: Audacity
In addition to the software you'll need RCA to 3.5 mm audio plug cables to connect the Tape Out sockets of your amplifier to the audio inputs of your computer. There's a short guide to recording here: How to record from vinyl and cassette to a computer also from the BBC Copying Vinyl Recordings to CD
If your Mac or PC hasn't got an audio in socket you can have a look at the Griffin iMic which connects to a USB port and comes with some software of it's own: iMic USB audio interface

Can you copy cassette tapes?

Is it possible to copy music from cassette tapes onto an iBook G4? If so, how?

Ella:
Your cassette player should have some kind of output port e.g. the earphone jack. The will the source of your sound. Your iBook, unfortunately, does not have a sound-in jack, like a microphone jack. You will need a device like Griffin iMic, which interfaces with the USB port and can be used for sound in, or sound out. There are other devices that do what iMic does, but for the price it is the way to go.
Here is some bedtime reading to bring you up to speed:
Digitize your LPs and tapes
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Let me know how it goes.
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I have a number of old LP records and cassette tapes that I would like to import into Itunes. Is this possible and what would I need to do it ? Any help would be appreciated

One way is to connect your Cassette deck or turntable (through the Tape out sockets of your amplifier) to the audio in socket of your computer. On the computer you'll need audio editing software to capture and edit the resulting long file into individual tracks that can be added to the iTunes Library. There are a number of commercial programs for this (I use Sound Studio for the Mac). If want to try out the process first you could try the open source program Audacity which has Linux, Mac and Windows versions at this link: Audacity. If your Mac came with it installed you could also check out Garageband, I've never used it myself so I'm not sure of it's capabilities.
In addition to the software you'll need RCA to 3.5 mm audio plug cables to connect the Tape Out sockets of your amplifier to the audio inputs of your computer. There's a short guide to recording here: How to record from vinyl and cassette to a computer also from the BBC Copying Vinyl Recordings to CD
If your Mac or PC hasn't got an audio in socket you can have a look at the Griffin iMic which connects to a USB port and comes with some software of it's own: iMic USB audio interface

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