I'm curious to find out if all sound cards have the ability to transfer analog music from cassette tapes into .wav or .mp3 files. I currently have stereo speakers hooked up to my tower, but I have a feeling my audio card may be a wee bit out of date for this kind of task. Do I need a new card or is there a program I can locate for this? Cheers, all the best.

Kashmir Bebop wrote:I'm curious to find out if all sound cards have the ability to transfer analog music from cassette tapes into .wav or .mp3 files. I currently have stereo speakers hooked up to my tower, but I have a feeling my audio card may be a wee bit out of date for this kind of task. Do I need a new card or is there a program I can locate for this? Cheers, all the best.

I've done it running a line from my headphone jack, to my computer's line-in jack, and capturing the incoming stream using the program, dbpowerAmp. You can record to .wav using the free version (I think you have to pay if you want it to compress to .mp3 on the fly).

If you're looking to preserve audio, record to .wav, then compress with a lossless compression (.flac or .shn). This will ensure the quality of the original .wav file is kept.

I bought an old amp and hooked this up to my turntable and casette deck. The audio-out on the amp is connected to the audio-in on my computer. Running CD Creator I can copy LPs and tapes. Once on my computer I can then edit as necessary. The cheap amp I bought has been brilliant, especially in boosting the signal from LPs.

Colin

Sorry for the delay.... thanks a lot for the advice, I'll give these a go and see what transpires! All the best to yas.

I have a tape of the first hip show in Netherlands.(nighttown, Rotterdam 1991) It was broadcast on radio. Also a radio show from the same era is on the tape. I want to digitize it, unless there is already a digital version of this show. Is there a database of circulating shows?

JaHoe wrote:I have a tape of the first hip show in Netherlands.(nighttown, Rotterdam 1991) It was broadcast on radio. Also a radio show from the same era is on the tape. I want to digitize it, unless there is already a digital version of this show. Is there a database of circulating shows?

Here is a good place to look if a show is in circulation:
http://www.killerwhaletank.com/rory/ConcertList.htm

thank you,

nighttown 13-11-1991 is not on that list. when I've time in the near future I will transfer it to FLAC or SHN en upload it to the torrent

If you want to put something from cassette to mp3 there is a free piece of softward available on the net called Goldwave. It's pretty easy to use and works great.