convert audia tapes to CD's

So simple!!! Of course, you need a tape player for your tapes. Then you need an audio cable of sufficient length and having appropriate connectors to connect the playback output of the tape player to the Line input of your sound card. That's all there is to the hardware side. You also need software to record the audio on the computer, making an audio file on the hard drive. There are several good (and free) programs on the internet that will do that for you, Audacity being one of the best known.

Probably the most widely used formats for audio recordings is MP3 and WAV. MP3 is compressed audio, typically being 1/10 the size of a WAV audio file, which is uncompressed and lossless. The higher compression rates on an MP3 file, the more audio detail is lost due to the compression.

If you're also interested in recording from vinyl, I recommend Wave Corrector.

Not free, but it's the best and easiest to use of all the audio editing software packages that I've tried.

Cheers!!!!

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Use a computer and Nero S/W.

Thank you for your help!!!

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If you have the FULL Nero (not the cheapo version) it has an editor and click remover for vinyl (Nero Wave Editor). It will also try to split the recording into individual tracks.

==================================== Preparation There are many ways of reproducing the sound of records on a computer; the following example only describes the basic procedure for doing this. The signal received from the record player's magnetic sampling system cannot be directly fed into the soundcard's line-in input, as the signal is frequency-distorted for technical reasons. A so-called 'frequency corrector preamplifier' between the sampling system and the soundcard is needed in order to correct the frequency response. This is most easily performed using the amplifier's phono input.

In order to rerecord, you will need: a record player an amplifier a computer with a soundcard around 700 MB free memory cables to connect the individual components Sometimes leakage pickups (humming) can arise when the soundcard is linked to the amplifier. The humming is caused when two devices that have already been grounded (earthed) are connected with one audio cable. A by-pass power filter or transformer can solve the problem. Sometimes it is simply enough if the devices are connected to different power sources.

Connect the record player to the amplifier. Connect the amplifier to the soundcard. Clean the record.