Tape To Pc

[Chalky]

I know it's in the wrong section and will no doubt get moved but this piece of equipment might be of interest to quite a few.

Internal tape recorder for PC for recording all those old tapes to PC, the review I read says it's the easiest way that they have found yet to do this.

https://www.plusdeck.com/

There's a review HERE

Think I might invest in one, few hundred tapes upstairs to go through

Edited September 26, 2007 by chalky

[Pete S]

Great idea - slots into your pc tower as well

[Chalky]

Great idea - slots into your pc tower as well

Thats what I thought Pete, presume you can just play the tapes as well as record them to PC. Splits the tracks also so most of the hard work (well tedious stuff) done for you.

[ChrisOD1964]

is it easy to fit in p.c. pete s

[Chalky]

is it easy to fit in p.c. pete s

there's a bit with regards to installing in the review.

[Pete S]

is it easy to fit in p.c. pete s

Looks like it - just open the pc up, slot it in, it connects by serial port apparently not usb...have a look here, was just reading about it. Anyone find it cheaper than £99.95?

https://www.firebox.com/product/1700?src_t=..._Ug&aff=512

[Chalky]

Looks like it - just open the pc up, slot it in, it connects by serial port apparently not usb...have a look here, was just reading about it. Anyone find it cheaper than £99.95?

https://www.firebox.com/product/1700?src_t=..._Ug&aff=512

according to the review I added, it's £80 from plusdeck????

£94 from Forge Valley cheapest I can find.

Edited September 26, 2007 by chalky

[Guest miff]

All I do to record off a cassette is take a lead from the earphone socket and plug into the input on pc/laptop and use wavepad to record it or what ever your recording softwere is. No differant to Vinyl. only works if you have a cassete deck on you HIFI I suppose

[Chalky]

All I do to record off a cassette is take a lead from the earphone socket and plug into the input on pc/laptop and use wavepad to record it or what ever your recording softwere is. No differant to Vinyl. only works if you have a cassete deck on you HIFI I suppose

thats what I do but this looks far easier and no leads etc

[Guest Bogue]

Good idea but quality on tapes are pretty crap ! Only use i can think of is if someone has loads of tapes recorded at venue's, so unless you have a substantial amount is it worth the outlay ??

[Chalky]

Good idea but quality on tapes are pretty crap ! Only use i can think of is if someone has loads of tapes recorded at venue's, so unless you have a substantial amount is it worth the outlay ??

quality of tapes should be better than majority of mp3s. When recorded they aren't compressed for one.

I've loads of tapes been meaning to go through

[Simon T]

thats what I do but this looks far easier and no leads etc

Looks a bit Heath-Robinson to me.  The review says

'One minor irritation is that the device needs to be connected both to the sound card (or PC sound input) and the serial port'

So if it fits into a drive bay, the cables must have to come out the case to plug into the sound card (line in) & serial port which are on the back plate?

Easy way is a tape player

A £1 cable from 'tape out' or earphone socket to sound card line-in

Copy of free 'Audiograbber' which will record the tape and split the tracks too

[Guest Matt Male]

I can already do this at work using a Tascam MFP01 4 track tape recorder with red/white audio out sockets to a single line-in into the PC and using Audacity to convert tapes into MP3. Same as from the pre-amp on my turntable.

The Tascam is only $99 dollars.

[Guest Bogue]

quality of tapes should be better than majority of mp3s. When recorded they aren't compressed for one.

I've loads of tapes been meaning to go through

Yes but you don't get any tape noise with mp3's Chalky, I know there was all the various tape noise surpressant inventions but none ever really worked did they ?

Guess you could get rid of some of it with the relevant sound cleaning software available now though

[Chalky]

Yes but you don't get any tape noise with mp3's Chalky, I know there was all the various tape noise surpressant inventions but none ever really worked did they ?

Guess you could get rid of some of it with the relevant sound cleaning software available now though

Depends what the source is for your mp3. I've taken a lot of mp3's from tapes I recorded from my1st collection...no tape noise on those and more than a few posted on here???? Suppose it depends on quality of the tape.

[Guest Bogue]

Depends what the source is for your mp3. I've taken a lot of mp3's from tapes I recorded from my1st collection...no tape noise on those and more than a few posted on here???? Suppose it depends on quality of the tape.

Guess so I suppose my memory of using tapes was just banging in any old TDK or Soundhog cassette in the cheap player. But i suppose, like most things, there was better quality to be had if you tried.

[Guest bish]

Depends what the source is for your mp3. I've taken a lot of mp3's from tapes I recorded from my1st collection...no tape noise on those and more than a few posted on here???? Suppose it depends on quality of the tape.

a up chalky,the numark deck carole got me for xmas copy's tapes as well and you can edit the sound just thinking that spending £100 you have a record deck as well.

cheers bish

[Paulw]

Got mine from here a couple of months ago:

https://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PL...K2C&cpc=SCH

[Simsy]

Found a lead for two quid that goes from headphone socket on your stereo to usb line in on pc is easiest and by far cheapest. Will do (obviously) tapes, vinyl and cd's.

[Chalky]

Found a lead for two quid that goes from headphone socket on your stereo to usb line in on pc is easiest and by far cheapest. Will do (obviously) tapes, vinyl and cd's.

I agree tis the cheapest, it's how I record. But I only posted it as another option for some. Not everyone has record decks/tape decks etc near the pc. It also saves on clutter, cables running from one set up to another.