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by waldekev

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I would like to copy music from cassette tape onto CD. Any advice on what i need to purchase and an easy to use software would be appreciated. It can run on XP or Win 98. Cheers

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by hdsup

What you need to do is connect a tape player to your sound card's line-in terminal with a 1/8" mini-jack. Then, record the contents of your tape as a WAV file. You can use the free version of MusicMatch 6.0. Just set MusicMatch to record the line-inchannel, press play on your tape deck, and then press the record button on the MusicMatch Jukebox.

by hdsup

I would try a place like Radio Shack, or yes, any audio/video/electrical shop.

by technowiz_wanabe

I've done this with several of my favorit old tapes. What you need: plenty of disk space, a decent sound card that supports "what you hear" like LiveValue, a cable that converts a mini-jack to RCA, RCA cables to connect your sound card to your tape player, and plenty of extra time. First, set your sound recorder to "what you hear" and record the title to a wav. Then burn it to CD in audio-CD format. Nero works well for this. Be aware that the sound quality is not all that great, even with therecorder set to highest.

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