Immortalize your favorite cassettes in digital form. When you convert you old cassette tapes into digital audio, you'll have a secure electronic archive that won't deteriorate like cassettes. You'll also have option of emailing the files, editing and enhancing them or burning them to a CD or DVD--read on to find out just how easy it is.
Instructions
1. Insert the cassette into the cassette player. Connect one end of the 1/8" audio cable into the "Line Out" port on the cassette player. If the player doesn't have a line out port, plug the cable into the headphone port.
2. Plug the other end of the 1/8" audio cable into the "Line In" port on your computer's sound card.
3. Download a free copy of GoldWave, an audio-editing program, and then install it (see Resources). Open the program after the installation process has completed.
4. Click the "New" icon in the top left corner. In the "New Sound" menu, use the drop-down menus to set your recording's length and quality. When you're done, click "OK."
5. Press the red "Record" button in the floating "Control" menu located to the left of the main GoldWave menu and then press "Play" on the cassette player. When the recording is done, click the red "Stop" in the "Control" menu.
6. Click "File" in the upper left-hand corner of the main GoldWave menu and select the option "Save As" from the list.
7. Enter a name for the file in the the field labeled "File Name." Choose a file type to save the recording as from the drop-down menu labeled "Save As Type." Click the "Save" button when you're done.
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