![]() Make sure that you do NOT pick Microsoft SoundMapper if you’re on a Windows machine. You should see a section heading called Recording and under that a drop down menu called Device. This is where you can select the Input Source that you want to record sound from. If it’s not already there, click on Audio I/O in the left hand menu. Now that you have your cassette tape deck connected to the computer, we can use the open-source audio recording and editing software Audacity to capture the audio.įirstly, open Audacity and click on Edit and then Preferences way at the bottom. Step 2: Record audio from cassette tape using Audacity Basically, it’s the blue colored jack that is your Line In. If you’re using a desktop PC, it should be color coded, which makes it much easier to figure out where to connect it to. However, if you’re going to be buying this, you may as well buy a cable with the mini-jack already on the other end! Using an adapter may cause a loss of audio quality. ![]() ![]() However, if you have an RCA cable that has red and white RCA connectors on both ends, you’ll need to buy a mini-male to 2 RCA female adapter as shown below. If you’re using the RCA cable with mini-jack connector on the other end, then simply plug it into the female Line-In jack on the back of your computer (the blue one out of the three). Now it’s time to connect the other end of the cable to your computer. Make sure that the RCA jacks on the tape deck say “ Line Out” or “ Audio Out“. Go ahead and connect the male RCA side of the cable (red and white) into the female RCA connectors on the tape deck. You’re going to need the Stereo RCA cable with mini-jack or the mini-male to mini-male cable for this step. The first thing you’ll need to do in order to record the audio from a cassette tape is to connect the tape deck or tap player to the computer itself. Sound card with line-in jack (usually in blue) Stereo RCA cable with mini-jack connector or mini-male to stereo mini-male cableĤ. Cassette Tape Deck with RCA output jacks or tape player with 3.5mm mini-plug (hopefully you already have this if you own a lot of cassettes)ģ. Audacity – Free recording and editing softwareĢ.
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