Chris Pirillo Video: How to Convert Cassettes to MP3

14 Responses to “Chris Pirillo Video: How to Convert Cassettes to MP3”

1. Omar Durant Says:
   November 24th, 2009 at 1:15 pm

   You asked about the first technology that we remember lusting after. About 1973 I actually saved cereal boxtops to send away for a hand-held calculator. My wife, who likes math, thought I was nuts. Why else did God invent pencils and paper but to do math problems? Anyway, I still have it. A brown plastic, 9 volt battery driven calculator with a red LED readout. It still works too. Now if I could just remember where I put it last!

2. JDPower Says:
   November 24th, 2009 at 7:25 pm

   Why do you whine on for soooooo long to tell us something you could tell us in 30 seconds. It's not even a tip – How to do it? You can't, buy a cassette to mp3 converter. Wow, genius, would never have thought of that.

3. bob Says:
   November 25th, 2009 at 3:47 am

   here in canada ..at walmart we have a usb turntable ..yes a turntable with usb out so you can play or rip your records to a computer ..now thats cool lol lol

4. Rich C Says:
   November 25th, 2009 at 5:36 am

   Yeah I agree what a windbag. Audacity and any tapedeck with lineout/phones socket.

5. Jorge Says:
   November 25th, 2009 at 11:31 am

   Hi. I have a lot of tape records and i would like to convert to mp3. I have a 3 in 1 ( radio/double cassete player and cd player) plugged in my computer. I can hear the sound but can´t receive the soun to convert.What am i doing wrong?

6. Allcows Eatgrass Says:
   November 25th, 2009 at 4:19 pm

   Jorge, first click on the speaker icon in the windows systray. A volume slider will pop up. Now right click on that slider box. A much larger slider box pops up. This is the Master Volume window. Make sure nothing is muted, particularly the Wave slider. Make sure everything is juiced at least halfway. Now go to your audio software (audacity is muy bueno) and then make sure your channels are looking at the same input stream.

7. bobbybluz Says:
   November 25th, 2009 at 4:36 pm

   I use my TASCAM 122 mk.III studio cassette deck (they were used for making many master tapes) and run that into a T.C. Electronic Finalizer Express studio mastering processor in AES/EBU to clean up and digitize the signal. I send that into a SB X-fi Platinum audio card via S/PIF and burn it to a WAV file (for making CD's if I feel like it). I then rip the mp3's from the WAV files. I have a small recording studio and can match almost ANYBODYS audio quality.

8. Robert Says:
   November 26th, 2009 at 1:39 am

   Instead of bothering to convert my tapes to other formats, I save them for playing when I have a tape player available, like in the kitchen where I can't hear my audio system. Or when I go on a trip I bring a portable tape player (boom box) and play some tapes in a hotel room or cabin on vacation.

9. Noreen Says:
   November 26th, 2009 at 2:33 pm

   Audacity, Audacity, Audacity! That is your answer. Free! Free! Free!

10. Dick Says:
    November 27th, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    I simply use my portable tape deck/cd/radio and connect the headphone jack to my line-in on my computer. I then use microsofts 'sound recorder'. Maybe the sound isn't the best but neither are the tapes, especially those I made years ago from an LP record.

11. John McMillan Says:
    November 28th, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    I guess this guy isn't even aware of line in/out…..the only real tip here is to use Audacity.

12. Brad Johnson Says:
    December 1st, 2009 at 10:03 am

    As soon as he mentioned Audacity the video should have either ended or at least gone into minimal detail of how to cut and save\name the file.

13. Mighty Thor's understudy Says:
    December 2nd, 2009 at 4:45 am

    Chris, Great video on how to record audio cassettes using Audacity. You just gotta love Audacity. We spent hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars on tapes over the years. Now with Audacity and a tape deck gonna convert them all over. Woot!

14. Jim Says:
    May 6th, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    I bought a Plus 2 deck which fits into a computer bay. All I have to do is put in a cassette and push play and it makes mp3's.

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