Category: Geeks r Us
I thought i would get this topic all out in the open. I am trying to convert tape to mp3. I called best buy and they said that I needed a 200 dollar sound card with left and rigt inputs, not to mention some conversion software. I already have a audio cable, is there another way, a cheaper way to do the conversion?
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ummm. record the tape to a sound recorder or something on yours comp. then burn the document on a CD. :)
but how would I get the tape onto my sound recorder? Can I just plug the audio cabel into my mic jack and my headphone jack on my radio?
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Hello DF. I use CDEX for all of my tape to mp3 conversion stuff. You definatly don't need a 200 dollar sound card, just a line in jack. If you have a line in jack, you can go to radio crap and buy a 4 dollar patch cord witch goes from the tape player to the computer. Even a headphone extender will do. CDEX can be found at the url I will provide in the next message. Any further questions, let me know. HTH, Scott
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net//
Yeap, line-in should be all you need, might have to mess a bit with the volume settings on your tape player so as not to get distortion on the recording/burning but that should be all you need. Let us know how it goes.
cheers
-B
awesom! I will ry that. I am using it to make a recipe book eaiser to use. I am getting it from independant living. but it's only on tape. then I ant to break it down into different ones with audio clipper so this project will take a while. but I will keep you all posted
They told you you needed a two hundred dollar sound card? What rubbish! Yesl iek kC said jsut use CDEx and a line cord. Not that I've done it but I know it can be done. Good luck and have fun. Caitlin