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tapes and records into mp3 / cd format ?

thepedestrian
thepedestrian Posts: 997 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
Anyone had sucsess with this ? - some kits on Ebay I see for about a tenner with a couple of leads and some some copied 3rd party software - any one used them ? ( cant tell from the feedback as most say that they havnt used it yet although they are giving pos feedback for quick receipt ! )

any know any alternative DIY methods that are equally as good or maybe better ! ?

Regards
As Martin says - please be nice - there is no such thing as a stupid question ! ;)

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  • isofa
    isofa Posts: 6,091 Forumite
    Search the forum, crops up a lot...
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    Stick the tape deck into line in, and use sound recorder in vista onwards, or audacity for xp and prior.
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  • robredz
    robredz Posts: 1,602 Forumite
    closed wrote: »
    Stick the tape deck into line in, and use sound recorder in vista onwards, or audacity for xp and prior.

    you may have to get a phono plug/lead to stereo mini jack to connect the line out from the tape or line out from amp/preamp for a turntable, to the line in of the PC soundcard as headphone output is too high and will cause distortion. Maplin should have suitable adaptors. Or for vinyl you could buy a USB turntable. either way Audacity is a good free sound editor, find it here:

    http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
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