Copy cassette tapes to Mac

How to copy cassettes to Mac ? By mic entry? to itunes , quicktime, or garage band? or other software . Thanks Bill

Use the MBP's audio input port, and if your MBP is the 13" version the following Support article applies: MacBook and MacBook Pro (13-inch): How to use the combination audio port for an audio input device
You can use QuickTime Player and select "New Audio Recording" from its File menu.

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

    Ella:
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    Digitize your LPs and tapes
    Converting Audio Cassette Tapes to CDs
    From Tape to CD
    Amicable split: Auto-chunking LPs and tapes
    Now, aren't you glad you asked?
    Let me know how it goes.
    Good luck.
    cornelius

  • Cassette Tapes To Mac USB

    Hi there....
    I want to transfer some audio cassette music (etc) to my Mac. Are those cassette to USB gadgets any good and are they stereo outputs?
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    Harry

    Greetings-
    I bought an ION Audio Tape2PC USB Cassette Deck to do just what you want to do.  Although the name has PC in it (shudder), it comes with Mac drivers and works as advertised. It copies the files into iTunes.  You have to manually add the song title, artist, and other information, including the cover art, but it does get the songs into iTunes.
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  • Trouble Using iMovie 10.0.3 and firewire to copy digital tape to mac

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    adding cassette tapes to Mac.  I could do it with my older mac but not with IOS

    Look at Amazon:  
    http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-Technology-iMic-Audio-Device/dp/B000BVV2IC
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  • Copy an old cassette tape?

    Hi everyone
    I have a recording on an old cassette tape (remember those?) which I'd like to transfer to the computer. Any suggestions how i can do this?
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    /p

    Purchase an adapter cable from Radio Shack to connect your cassette player audio out to the Mac's audio in.
    Download free recording software such as Audacity and record on Mac while you play the cassette.
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  • 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
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  • Old records and cassette tapes

    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

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    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

  • Cassette Tape to itunes

    I would like to put my old cassette tape collection into itunes and then burn CD and also add to my ipod .
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    Try http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/mac - it's free. I've used it to import a fair amount of vinyl & cassette into mp3 format. You can record the whole cassette and normalise the volume. If you have the patience you can also identify the extent of each track & export them one at a time, otherwise you can simply leave the tracks joined together as Side 1 or Side 2.
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  • Converting analog cassette tapes to CDs

    Hi everyone!
    How do I convert analog cassette tapes to CDs? I don't have any fancy equipment or anything. Just a nice tape player.
    Thank you!
    PowerBook G4 17   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

    Hi, zoopop - This subject was discussed recently, and several options for achieving your aim are described in this topic:
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  • Copying video tapes

    Hi Guys,
    Here's a simple question.........
    I've been using Garageband for a while to copy my records & tapes to my MacBook Pro &/or CDs. I would now like to do a similar thing with a few old VHS video tapes onto DVD.
    I have QuickTime Pro installed. Is this the right app to use, or should I use iMovie or something else?
    I don't really want/need hi-tech stuff, just something to copy the tapes across. Also, what sort of lead would I need, and where should I plug it into? The video recorder has Euro AV1 and Euro AV2 sockets (they look the same).
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    Message was edited by: Old Baldrick

    Hi
    A. I would use iMovie HD 6 to do this. Better quality and control.
    B. don't put a mini DVD into Your Mac unless it’s a trayloaded DVD.
    C. Read what Karsten collected:
    DVD back to iMovie:
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    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3822853&#3822853
    DVDs are in a socalled delivery format (mpeg2), which isn't meant and
    made for any processing as editing... or, as honorable forum member
    QuicktimeKirk stated: I use the analogy of the old Polaroid
    "instant" cameras. Push the button, wait for the print to develop and
    show it off. ..
    for using the iLife apps, you have to convert'em first, in
    recommended order, choose one of the following tools/workarounds:
    • DVDxDV (free trial, 25$, Pro: 90$)
    • Apple mpeg2 plugin (19$) + Streamclip (free)
    • VisualHub (23.32$)
    • Cinematize >60$
    • Mpeg2Works >25$ + Apple plug-in
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    • Drop2DV (free) a free tool claiming to convert DVDs into dv-stream...
    • Use iSquint for your conversions : www.iSquint.org
    from: Bobby Keene
    none of these apps override copyprotection mechanisms as on commercial dvds...
    http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
    http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml
    be nice to copy rights ^-^
    ... and, next time, try the forum's search-feature...
    from Beverly M.
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42724
    Yours Bengt W

  • Tape to Mac

    Good morning and a very happy new year to the Apple community.
    Quick question. Like most of the 60's generation I have loads of cassette tapes with beloved music. Some are commercially recorded, some are home recorded. I would dearly love to get them into my iTunes before they deteriorate beyond use.
    I've looked online and there seems to be only a couple of products that would do this. I need one that has a tape playing facility as all my tape players gave up the ghost ages ago. None of them get star ratings. Has anyone come across one that does the job simply, and effectively?
    Thanks for any help.
    PG Logo

    I've not used any of these devices - I assume you have seen cassette players with a built-in USB interface - but you don't have to be limited to these. Any cassette player can be connected to your iMac's line-in socket (you will need a lead with a 3.5mm stereo jack at the iMac end, and either the same thing at the cassette machine end or two RCA jacks (phono plugs). If you look around, probably in the second-hand market, you may be able to find a decent quality machine, which should be better than the USB versions.
    Once plugged into the line in you can record from it with the QuickTime player or, better, an audio recorder/editor such as Audacity (free but a bit flaky) or Amadeus Pro ($40 but better).
    It's best to record material in uncompressed format to begin with - AIFF (Mac) or WAV (Windows). Then you can move them into iTunes and convert them to a compressed format suitable for iPods.
    In iTunes Preferences>General click the 'Import Settings' button and choose 'AAC encoder (it may be the default). Amend the bitrate if you want to - 128kb/s stereo produces reasonable results. (You can concert to MP3 if you prefer - choose 'MP3 encoder', but I would recommend 192 kb/s).
    Now go to the library, select your AIFF/WAV files and from the 'Advanced' menu choose 'Create AAC version'. This will make duplicate AAC versions and you can delete the AIFF versions in iTunes (you will still have the original AIFF/WAV files outside iTunes if you haven't deleted them).

  • Getting Started (copying cassette)

    I opened up Garage Band for the first time, trying to copy a tape to my iPOD. I don't know anything about recording, so I have been guessing. My playing around has left me wanting to get some guidance. Let me say what I have done so far, and let you tell me what I did wrong and what I need to do next.
    First, I figured out how to turn off all effects, and turn on the monitor, and start a new track with the + button. I didn't see anything to adjust the recording level (hopefully this was automatic). I also didn't see any way to make the graphic of the sound larger, and not knowing what this graphic was called, did not find it in the help.
    I'm using my wife's Mac as I'm still saving up for mine, so it's hard to find time when it's free. I recorded a tape to a new project (The tape was made from a high school production of Caberet, so I called the project Caberet - The track seems to be called No Effects), and saved it. Saving it aborted, sending a message to Apple. This is the first time we got those common Microsoft type messages to send to Apple. I told it to save it the slow way with
    iLife preview. I have no idea what that means or if that was the right way to try to save it.
    When I opened that project it was empty, so I tried again. I discovered that if I double click the red recording button (on the bottom, my first attempt used the button at the top, it started a new recording in that track.
    So I sat in front of the computer so I could listen for gaps between songs to double click the record button. After a while, I saw that I was recording over a previous recording of this album. When I turned off the record button, I could hear the previous recording.
    I quit and started over, but the same thing happened when I opened the project.
    I have a few false starts in this recording that I will need to delete, and I may need to play with the recordings I made (move to new tracks??).
    Once when I double clicked the record button, I got error code 54. I pressed it again and it continued recording. When I got done, I saved the project again and wrote this message.
    I understand that I will want to export the results t o iTunes, but haven't gotten that far yet.
    Please advise on my mistakes and what I should do next.
    Thanks

    i'm very lost on this "double-clicking" that you're doing.
    first off, the quick way to get a new track is to create a "New Basic Track" this will automatically have no effects on it.
    next, with that track selected, you should just press the record button once (i'm also not sure what other "record" button you're talking about. perhaps the record-enable button within the track header?
    the recording you see within the track is called a region.
    there's no reason to stop the record and restart it, you could record the whole thing and cut it up later. Skim through this tut to see how:
    http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/Tutorials.html#allabouttransferringlps
    as always, i recommend an audio editor:
    http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#audioeditors
    but you can use gb if you want.

  • How can i convert cassette tapes to a disc

    i want to convert a cassette to my mac and then onto a disc.  How do I do that?

    If you are using the new slimline iMacs, you will need to use a USB audio interface box that includes  stereo inputs to connect the tape deck to.
    Google's your friend.
    Do a search for USB audio interface boxes.
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    I use a FireWire (instead of USB) audio interface box (with lots of different types of audio inputs and output) made by m-audio and both the free, open source  digital audio application called Audacity OR for more serious audio work, I, typically, use Apple Logic Express for most of my.own audio work.
    Audacity works great for many types of audio recording and processing.

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