Recording from tape to CD

[flicrat]

Hi All you knowledgeable people! Please help! Where would I go to get an old 1967 tape cut onto a CD ? I don't even know what to look under in the Yellow Pages.Thank you.

[Buenchico]

Given that Walkman's didn't go on sale until1979, I assume that you're referring to a reel-to-reel recording.

Commercial services can be expensive. For example, see these:
http://www.vinyltodig...el-to-reel-to-cd.html
http://www.preciousvoices.co.uk/faq86.htm
http://www.audioreunited.co.uk/r2r.htm

If you can get hold of a reel-to-reel tape recorder (eBay? charity shops? local auction rooms?), together with with a lead to connect its output to the 'Line In' socket on the back of your PC (Maplin?) it's simple to do it yourself. Use the Sound Recorder program built into Windows (under Accessories>Entertainment) to record the output from the tape recorder as a WAV file. Then use the CD burning software on your PC to create an audio CD.

Chris

[tamborine]

Or...find me on FB & I can do it.

Chris - that cable we discussed, needed again? Surely it can be purchased somewhere or, here's an opportunity for cable-manufacturers?

[kia cat]

Tambo - which one are you on FB?

[rojash]

It may be that the Walkman didn't go on sale until 1979, but the Compact Cassette was invented by Philips and first went on sale in Europe in 1963.

[tamborine]

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[flicrat]

Thank you all. I guess I shall have to show this to my son or daughters,as they will understand it better.I have a recorder I can play it on. Just have to hand it back soon and thought a CD would be better.The tape was originally done in1967,but has,presumably,ben put on a modern tape at some stage.It is a normal tape not a cumbersome one. I may have given the wrong impression.

[Buenchico]

Thanks for your reply. If it's a cassette recording, rather than a reel-to-reel one, my post above still applies but (ideally) you'll need a cassette deck with phono outputs (and, of course a suitable lead) to do the transfer. However, if you keep the volume control set fairly low you can just an ordinary cassette player (e.g. a Walkman) instead, plugging the connecting lead into the headphone socket.

Chris

[flicrat]

Cheers buenchico. You are very helpful.