best free software for audio cassette conversion (work, USB, digital)
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whats the best free software to convert audio cassette tapes to digital format? my father has really old cassette tapes (early 80s) that he would like to listen to again and again, and im worried of their fragility. so i want to convert those to digital files. he recently bought a stereosystem that has a cd/cassette player with USB feature, but since it's a slightly older model, i dont think it has a built-in software.
would really appreciate the techies' input on this.
i've read about compression issues with converting them to mp3 files. which software does the best way of converting those tapes without distorting the sound too much?
Not free, but as with everything else, you get what you pay for ...
Audacity is supposed to be free, but if it is good, I do not know.
You have to try it yourself.
All I know is that i-Sound, does its thing, straight out of the box.
No additional plug-ins or whatever needed.
The only thing you have to *learn*, is when to start the *record* button ...
What does converting audio tapes have to do with the internet?
because it's all about downloading software from the internet, so that's why i thought of putting it here, unless you have a better idea where this should be put. i'd be more than glad if you could ask the mods to have this moved elsewhere.
If the content is commercial music, why not just obtain the MP3 versions of these songs?
my dad is an amateur singer (but just because you're not a pro singer you suck at it), and has recorded tons of songs himself, both covers and originals. i wouldnt have asked this if the tapes were not his own recordings. my concern is the recordings were done amateurly too, not in a professional recording studio with all the equipment. he just had his own rigging in the basement (the quietest part of the house), and recorded at nighttime when everything else around was quiet. but they sound decent at least. it's just that if those recordings were compressed to digital form, they would be distorted especially because of with how they were recorded in the first place. that's why i asked which free software would do the least distortion. otherwise, i can try to cough up a bit of money (but not too much as i'm on a tight budget) to get the better software.
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