subject: Converting Audio Tapes to CD - Even Newbies Can Do That [print this page] Converting Audio Tapes to CD - Even Newbies Can Do That
It's quite easy to start Converting Audio Tapes to CD and anyone with a computer can do that. That is why if you have old cassette tapes, you can easily preserve them into CDs. Again, you no longer need to set up a professional studio to get this done. With home recording tools and your PC, virtually anyone can do it. And it's very easy to learn how to do it too so you can really save your favorite audio with no sweat.
Home Recording Tools Needed
Virtually everything needed to start converting audio tapes to CD are available at home now. For instance, you would not have the cassette tapes if you don't have the cassette player. Of course, most people have a computer as well. However, to get everything working you also need the cable to connect the computer to the cassette recorder. Then the conversion would only happen if you have the right Tapes To CD Software as well. Depending on the recording software, you may also need another software for actually converting the file into a listenable format.
How to Set up Your Home Recording System
You have to bring in the computer and the cassette player. Get the connecting cable as well. However, some computers have RCA outputs. That is why you need to get an RCA to 1/8- inch cable adaptor so you can connect the output of the cassette player with the input of the computer. The adaptor cable is very common in hardware stores though so this should not be a problem.
Recording and Converting Cassette Audio into Your Computer
So far, you have only connected the hardware of your setup. You also must make sure that you have the right and all the software needed in order to complete the task. First, you need the recording and conversion software. You also need the CD burn software to complete the task. If you don't have it yet, you can easily download what you need online. You can also buy the right software (which supports recording, editing and burning in one interface) at affordable prices.
To start the process, you should open the recording program. But make sure that the input of the recording program is set to "Line In". To commence recording, you should set the computer program to start recording and the cassette player to start playing.
Once the first track is finished you can proceed to the next one until all the tracks are recorded. After recording, you can save the tracks in your desired format, like mp3, mp4 etec.. After recording, you can also edit the tracks and remove unwanted segments, however It is not necessary in most cases.
Saving/Burning the Files to CDs
Now all you have to do is open the CD burning interface of the program and load the tracks which you just recorded in earlier step. Once all tracks are added in the burn list, you can hit the burn button and wait for the program to complete the burning process. Its very easy to do and even the recording software will guide you throughout the process.
