How to add music from a cassette tape?

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How to add music from a cassette tape?

I have a few cassette tapes that I would like to add to my itunes library but can't figure out what I would need to make that happen. It would seem like I would need a cassette player that had a USB jack on it or something.

If anybody has done this and know of a solution please let me know.

thanks

1.8 G5 PowerMac & 2.33 Dual Core Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5), 4gigs of RAM, 250g &120g HD's, Final Cut Pro Studio

Posted on Nov 27, 2008 8:12 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 27, 2008 9:51 PM in response to DVX100Shooter

A proper USB converter or soundcard would be the most appropriate way to go. However, I believe at least your G5 probably has an audio in mini-jack. Run the output from a cassette player into there and then use a recording utility such as audacity to record the sound. I know there are converters that work between two RCA style wires that are typical for home audio that have mini-jack connectors on the other side. You can get these for a couple of dollars fairly easily (I got mine from a national guitar shop chain but have seen them in many places). I transferred my old tapes by running a line directly out of my home stereo cassette player to the audio-in on my G3.

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Answer 2

DVX100Shooter Author

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Nov 29, 2008 5:00 PM in response to Limnos

I have Soundtrack Pro. Do you think I could use that to record the incoming audio signal? Thanks for the tip though I will look into that!

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