Does anyone have the technology to put some songs from an audio tape onto a cd for me?

I'm after putting them on a cd and on me ipod!

Cheers in advance
Ste

Whats on the tape? The poor quality of tape will mean a sub-par digital playback. Obviously this is unavoidable if the content you are looking for isn't online in digital format but most music albums will be online.

And in answer to your question all you need is a tape player with a headphone jack (Most will have this) and a double ended wire to plug into the input on your sound card on your PC. Most PCs will have this as standard.

it's not the best quality but at the same time i dont want to enhance it just transfer it.

You make it sound simple with this double ended wire. Do you know what its called so i can investigate?

All you need is a cable that goes from the output on the tape player (Most will be a standard 3.5mm headphone jack) to the sound input on your PC sound card. This will definitely be a 3.5mm headphone jack. Somewhere like Maplins will stock all combinations of outputs from the tape player to input on the PC. The way to tell is to see what size headphone lead fits into the output on the tape player. As I said most will be 3.5mm.

Something like this would most likely do it.

[url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/3-5mm-Stereo-Plug-Mtrs-Gold/dp/B0007OC94E/ref=pd_cp_ce_3Something like this would do[/url

Forgot to add that you would then need some software to record it onto the PC as a file. I've never actually done this but there are loads about, ask in the tech thread on the sin bin if in doubt.

Hi Ste, Here you go mate. www.nsftools.com/misc/TapeToCD.htm Just down the Audacity. Hope it helps, i'm also transferring some music from tape to CD. Jeff

Hi Ste, Here you go mate. www.nsftools.com/misc/TapeToCD.htm Just down the Audacity. Hope it helps, i'm also transferring some music from tape to CD. Jeff

Cheers guys. I'll have a look into that lot now!

on a related topic, anyone know of any free software I could use to cut out a section of an MP3 file to use as my ringtone - I only want the chorus!

audacity.sourceforge.net/ I believe this is the only decently [ifree[/i sound recorder/editor there is.

audacity.sourceforge.net/ I believe this is the only decently [ifree[/i sound recorder/editor there is.

What's on the tape? If it's just music, download it.

I use Audacity for that.