converting cassette to CD

[markmac]

So is there an inexpensive way to take something like music or speech on a cassette and convert it to a CD so it can be played either in an MP3 player or an audio CD player? Using a mac or otherwise?

And if this is not the forum for getting this question answered, where else could I post this question?

 

[michaelsanford]

Go on www.versiontracker.com and look for FinalVinyl, or Amadeus II, or Sound Studio. They're all good (my personal preference is Amadeus II).

Once you have this software, plug your casette player into your Mac and record the songs as MP3s or AIFF or whatever you want (I'd suggest MP3). Then just add them to iTunes and burn a CD.

If you have a 15" iMac without an audio in port (like I do ) you can get something like Griffin Technologie's iMic, a USB adaptor to let you record sound with a regular analogue sound in.

 

[DeltaMac]

I do this all the time, nothing to do with any computer. I connect a Cassette deck to an CD Recorder, and burn away. On a Mac, you could use some way to input the Audio to your Mac, maybe iMic (there's others, just an interface to connect whatever audio player to give you audio in to your Mac, assuming you have a CD burner, Copy that audio to a CD-R (lots of details missing here, others have more exp than I)

 

[markmac]

OK, there are boom boxes that have a CD player and a radio and a cassette player / recorder for recording onto the cassette from CD or radio ( i mean that has been around for ages ) but is something that has a CD recorder encased with a cassette player/recorder and clock radio kind of thing so you can immediately transpose cassette to CD or CD to cassette?

 

[DeltaMac]

I don't know about every combination, but I've seen boomboxes in Target with CD recorder built-in, check any big electronics retailer. This is not really in the scope of this thread.

 

[Rhino_G3]

Has anybody found an adapter to do this on a B&W G3? The audio in port is a little longer than the standard 1/8th mini din connector. Using this you'll only get one channel of a stereo source.

 

[ByerlyRips]

I've converted a tape to CD on my B&W G3. No need for any adapter.

 

[Natobasso]

If your sound card has the "RCA" inputs then all you do is connect your cd player's RCA inputs to your computer's using an RCA cable. Then record using some good recording software. I use SoundEdit 16 by Macromedia but almost any will do. Remember that you will have tape his no matter what you do, but the CD sure makes it convenient!