What's the best way to copy my music cassettes to my pc? my pc is a Dell E510 with windows xp. thanks for your help?

1 mikespace, regarding your answer "simple":Im replying to my own msg because in my own haste I told you 1/4'' plug when in reality it is 1/8 like everyone else suggested .

My pc is a Dell E510 with windows xp. Thanks for your help. Asked by dduvall1 53 months ago Similar questions: copy music cassettes pc Dell E510 windows xp help Computers > Hardware > Desktops & Laptops.

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The basically FREE solution Ok, first of all you need use a cassette player that can play your cassettes. I'm assuming you have one since you have cassettes. Next you need a cable (you might need to buy it) to go from your headphone jack on your cassette player to the line-in or microphone jack on your computer.It should be a male to male stereo mini headphone cable.

You will need to make sure the sound settings on your computer are set up so that the record source is the same as where the cable is plugged in (line-in or mic). On most PCs you can do this by: 1) Right click on the speaker image in the lower right of the taskbar (near the clock) 2) Select "Open Volume Control" 3) Under "Options" in the new window that comes up, select "Properties" 4) Select "Recording" on the new window that comes up and hit "OK" 5) The "Recording Control" window should be visable, choose the correct checkbox next to the word "Select"(mic or line-in) and make sure no other checkboxes are selected. Now you need audio recording software.

I recommend Audacity because it is open source and FREE! You can download the software at: audacity.sourceforge.net/ Now you just need to play your cassette, record it with the software and save it to disk in your desired format. Good luck!

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Simple a simple way to do this would be to take your tape player, which im guessing has a headphone jack. If you computer has the red and white plugs on the sound card or tv tuner card Go get yourself a 1/4 inch stereo to rca cable from your local electronics store. You might be able to get one at walmart as well.

Take the cable and plug it into the tape player and your computer, and use many of the sound recording softwares available for free online at places like download.com If your computer doesn't have the red and white plugs, but you have a microphone or line input jack Go get a 1/4inch stereo to 1/4 inch stereo cable. Plug one end into your player and the other end into your computers line in/microphone. Make adjustments in your volume control to make sure the microphone input volume is correct and not muted.

Start your recording software and press play on your tape player. Note with both of these methods they are not going to convert directly to MP3 most likely, which means you will have to do a WAV to MP3 conversion on these after your are done. Hope this helps.

There are also several products that are specifically made to transfer tapes to MP3, but they are expensive and once you are done converting your tapes then what will you do with it? You can reuse the cables for something else...

You need a cable and some software You will need a cable to run from your cassette player's output jack to the line in jack on your sound card. This is a 1/8"" stereo plug. You probably have all you need to do the rest.

Whatever software came with your sound card (or chipset, if it's on the mainboard) probably has an option to record analog input to a . WAV file, which in turn can be converted to an MP3 or WMA format (you will want to do this to cut down on disk usage) by your media player. You will have to experiment a little with making recordings, particularly to get the recording level right.

If you don't have what you need, there are a lot of add-ons you can get to make this easier. There is a lot of software out there, e.g. , CDex, that will do the job, and it's a free download. If you want to get fancier, you can buy some devices that plug into a USB port and give you a lot of recording options.

These can typically be had for less than $50. Amazon stocks a number of them, as do other retailers. IchtheosaurusRex's Recommendations ADS Technologies RDX-150-EF Instant Music for Mac and PC Amazon List Price: $0.00 Used from: $45.56 Average Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5 (based on 36 reviews) Here's one.

Copy cassette to pc connect a cable from the cassette play audio out to the pc Line In (1/8" jack) Use Audacity to record sound from Line In as the Cassette player plays the tape Save the file to the format you need.

Mikespace, regarding your answer "simple":Im replying to my own msg because in my own haste I told you 1/4'' plug when in reality it is 1/8 like everyone else suggested.

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