Comments on: How To Convert Your Old Casette Tapes Into MP3s http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2008/09/05/how-to-convert-your-old-casette-tapes-into-mp3s/ Taking All Your Base Since 2002 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:48:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: benjamin http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2008/09/05/how-to-convert-your-old-casette-tapes-into-mp3s/#comment-209354 benjamin Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:33:28 +0000 http://www.dyers.org/blog/?p=1734#comment-209354 way to go! just saved my tapes, ready for the burn bin. new life for hard to find songs. thanks. way to go! just saved my tapes, ready for the burn bin. new life for hard to find songs. thanks.

]]> By: josef http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2008/09/05/how-to-convert-your-old-casette-tapes-into-mp3s/#comment-186894 josef Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:50:21 +0000 http://www.dyers.org/blog/?p=1734#comment-186894 Jon, Do you have to do the noise reduction step for each cassette, or can you wing it with previous settings after the first couple...? (Dumb, lazy question.) Josef Jon,

Do you have to do the noise reduction step for each cassette, or can you wing it with previous settings after the first couple…?

(Dumb, lazy question.)

Josef

]]> By: joe http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2008/09/05/how-to-convert-your-old-casette-tapes-into-mp3s/#comment-162219 joe Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:18:01 +0000 http://www.dyers.org/blog/?p=1734#comment-162219 This looks like the simplest method for doing it. Maybe even I can do this. I have tapes I recorded off the radio in the early 70's. One was during a wild blizzard when we were snowed in for three days and they were describing the scenes outside, snowplowing schedules, wind chill factors, etc. This summer (2009) I played them up at the cottage July 4. People thought it was just the radio playing until the DJ started describing the weather scenes. Ha! Now I won't have to wait to play them when I can find a cassette player. This looks like the simplest method for doing it. Maybe even I can do this. I have tapes I recorded off the radio in the early 70′s. One was during a wild blizzard when we were snowed in for three days and they were describing the scenes outside, snowplowing schedules, wind chill factors, etc. This summer (2009) I played them up at the cottage July 4. People thought it was just the radio playing until the DJ started describing the weather scenes. Ha! Now I won’t have to wait to play them when I can find a cassette player.

]]> By: Wendy http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2008/09/05/how-to-convert-your-old-casette-tapes-into-mp3s/#comment-109680 Wendy Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:34:25 +0000 http://www.dyers.org/blog/?p=1734#comment-109680 Love this! When I have a weekend with nothing to do I'll give it a shot. I'm guessing that'll be sometime in 2019, when all my kids have moved out. Love this! When I have a weekend with nothing to do I’ll give it a shot. I’m guessing that’ll be sometime in 2019, when all my kids have moved out.

]]> By: Cody J. http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2008/09/05/how-to-convert-your-old-casette-tapes-into-mp3s/#comment-72518 Cody J. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:57:29 +0000 http://www.dyers.org/blog/?p=1734#comment-72518 Aha! Nevermind, then. Aha! Nevermind, then.

]]> By: Jon http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2008/09/05/how-to-convert-your-old-casette-tapes-into-mp3s/#comment-71971 Jon Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:47:08 +0000 http://www.dyers.org/blog/?p=1734#comment-71971 @Cody: There's a [CTRL]-Z in step 6 that tells you to undo step 5 once your satisfied with it for just that reason. @Cody: There’s a [CTRL]-Z in step 6 that tells you to undo step 5 once your satisfied with it for just that reason.

]]> By: Cody J. http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2008/09/05/how-to-convert-your-old-casette-tapes-into-mp3s/#comment-71707 Cody J. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:01:16 +0000 http://www.dyers.org/blog/?p=1734#comment-71707 You may wish to modify step five in the noise removal section - if you remove noise from a section of the piece, then remove it from the whole track, that first section will have been noise-removed twice, and will likely sound very tinny. You may wish to modify step five in the noise removal section – if you remove noise from a section of the piece, then remove it from the whole track, that first section will have been noise-removed twice, and will likely sound very tinny.

]]> By: Jon http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2008/09/05/how-to-convert-your-old-casette-tapes-into-mp3s/#comment-68191 Jon Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:02:05 +0000 http://www.dyers.org/blog/?p=1734#comment-68191 @Tad: Glad to help. I might have a ton of Tascam 4 track tapes around here somewhere, but they are definitely not fit for human consumption. @Tad: Glad to help. I might have a ton of Tascam 4 track tapes around here somewhere, but they are definitely not fit for human consumption.

]]> By: Tad http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2008/09/05/how-to-convert-your-old-casette-tapes-into-mp3s/#comment-67434 Tad Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:36:08 +0000 http://www.dyers.org/blog/?p=1734#comment-67434 I want to thank you for posting this. My friend has a Tascam 4-track, and I was able to use your instructions to transfer some of my old college cassettes from when I was trying to be a musician. (<a href="http://www.last.fm/music/No%20One%20Called%20Larry/Old%20School%20EP" rel="nofollow">you can hear the results here</a>, but I'll warn you... they ain't metal. ;) Just wanted you to know you helped! I want to thank you for posting this. My friend has a Tascam 4-track, and I was able to use your instructions to transfer some of my old college cassettes from when I was trying to be a musician. (you can hear the results here, but I’ll warn you… they ain’t metal. ;)

Just wanted you to know you helped!

]]> By: Jon http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2008/09/05/how-to-convert-your-old-casette-tapes-into-mp3s/#comment-62260 Jon Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:12:42 +0000 http://www.dyers.org/blog/?p=1734#comment-62260 I made it up to production director at our station, and we used to call in and chant "Deeeeeeaaaad Aaaaaaaiiiir, Deeeeeaaaaad Aaaaaiiiir" whenever someone goofed. I forgot about the wonder of carts. Getting ones that weren't properly queued, or having to insert so many PSA's per hour. Goood times. I made it up to production director at our station, and we used to call in and chant “Deeeeeeaaaad Aaaaaaaiiiir, Deeeeeaaaaad Aaaaaiiiir” whenever someone goofed. I forgot about the wonder of carts. Getting ones that weren’t properly queued, or having to insert so many PSA’s per hour. Goood times.

]]> By: BonzoGal http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2008/09/05/how-to-convert-your-old-casette-tapes-into-mp3s/#comment-62052 BonzoGal Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:59:48 +0000 http://www.dyers.org/blog/?p=1734#comment-62052 It's been many many MANY years, but I still have "dead air" nightmares, and they scare the crap out of me. Oh my god, I ran out of records and pulled out all the carts and forgot how to use the board and poured a Coke into the turntable and EVERYONE'S LISTENING!!! Whew. It’s been many many MANY years, but I still have “dead air” nightmares, and they scare the crap out of me. Oh my god, I ran out of records and pulled out all the carts and forgot how to use the board and poured a Coke into the turntable and EVERYONE’S LISTENING!!!

Whew.

]]> By: Jon http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2008/09/05/how-to-convert-your-old-casette-tapes-into-mp3s/#comment-62024 Jon Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:22:09 +0000 http://www.dyers.org/blog/?p=1734#comment-62024 Ah the quiet solitude of deadened sound rooms where the only connection to the outside is a glass window and a boom mic. Those were the days, eh? In my radio days, I ended up making a "no bongos" rule for bands. Play a snare or clap your hands, but no one is playing bongos. Ah the quiet solitude of deadened sound rooms where the only connection to the outside is a glass window and a boom mic. Those were the days, eh? In my radio days, I ended up making a “no bongos” rule for bands. Play a snare or clap your hands, but no one is playing bongos.

]]> By: BonzoGal http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2008/09/05/how-to-convert-your-old-casette-tapes-into-mp3s/#comment-61957 BonzoGal Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:09:43 +0000 http://www.dyers.org/blog/?p=1734#comment-61957 Thank you! I have a lot of tapes of live shows from my old college radio station, and they're bands who never put out a recording. The sound quality is lousy, but I'd love to be able to transfer them to a less fragile format. Plus I can't buy a car stereo that plays tapes anymore... my old stereo got stolen and the only way I can listen to tapes now is on my ancient Walkman... Thank you! I have a lot of tapes of live shows from my old college radio station, and they’re bands who never put out a recording. The sound quality is lousy, but I’d love to be able to transfer them to a less fragile format. Plus I can’t buy a car stereo that plays tapes anymore… my old stereo got stolen and the only way I can listen to tapes now is on my ancient Walkman…

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