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Question about Transferring Old Cassettes [message #13891]

Tue, 14 November 2006 12:41

destiny
Messages: 59
Registered: May 2009

Baron

I need to transfer some very old family cassette tapes to CD. Easy job? Terribly difficult? Impossible?

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Re: Question about Transferring Old Cassettes [message #13892 is a reply to message #13891]

Sun, 19 November 2006 11:29

Wayne Parham
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Registered: January 2001

Illuminati (33rd Degree)

You can easily transfer audio tapes to CD as wav files. Just connect your sound card input to your stereo preamp output and record them with the Windows Sound Recorder. Copy the files onto a CD.

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Re: Question about Transferring Old Cassettes [message #13898 is a reply to message #13892]

Tue, 13 February 2007 07:03

matefork
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Registered: May 2009

Viscount

We all know audio recorded directly on CD is far superior than the one recorded on cassette tape. Would it be better just to buy a new CD that correspond to the content of the old cassette tape? Let's say if your old cassette tape has Neil Young as an artist, would it be better if you just buy a new Neil Young CD? That way, I think things would be simpler and avoid problem issues that may ensue. Just my two cents.

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Re: Question about Transferring Old Cassettes [message #13899 is a reply to message #13898]

Tue, 13 February 2007 15:01

Wayne Parham
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Registered: January 2001

Illuminati (33rd Degree)

I would agree with you. But if the contents aren't available on CD then maybe one might want to transfer a tape to disk.

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Re: Question about Transferring Old Cassettes [message #13916 is a reply to message #13891]

Fri, 13 April 2007 14:13

randle
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Registered: May 2009

Master

I don't think that I have evr heard of you being able to do so unless you have an adat player which I don't even think that they play regular tapes. But if it does then it may be possible to do so.

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