Transferring tape to CD

[Michellef]

I have a precious audio tape that I would love to have transferred onto a CD. Firstly is this possible? If yes, where can I have this done? Croydon area if poss. Thanks.

[PhilBy]

The following music studios just may be able to help you out, worth a phone call anyway. Good luck.

Rockbottom
68-70, London Rd, Croydon, Surrey CR0 2TB
Tel: [phone]

Soundrules Studio
Croydon House, 1, Peall Rd, Croydon, Surrey CR0 3EX
Tel: [phone]

Scream Studios:

20c, South End, Croydon, Surrey CR0 1DN
Tel: [phone]

[tomd]

You could connect a tape player to your computer and record it, then burn it to CD.

[matt_london]

<PRE>With a 'griffin imic' you can plug in any 3.5mm jack into a USB connection, and then use the software provded with it to record it on your pc. Then use itunes or similar to burn it.</PRE>

[snook]

I had a load of tapes I wanted transferring (and I�m not very techie-minded), but I did it and I�m sure you can too. I got a lead with jack plugs both ends, put one in the stereo/tape deck (phones socket I think), the other in the computer. Started the tape and started recording using Audacity (free software, http://audacity.sourceforge.net) and watched for activity on screen � it shows as a wave pattern readout, like you�d see in a recording studio.

Had to tweak it a bit, trying different sockets on the computer (told you I wasn�t a techie!) and different inputs onscreen (Audacity has line-in, aux, stereo-mix, etc). Just find what works best. Do a test recording and then see if it can be improved � Audacity lets you remove noise, fade-in/out, change pitch, etc. And you can delete bits you don�t want.

Once you�re happy with it, make your recording and save it by selecting �Export as mp3/WAV�, whichever you choose. You can burn either one onto a disc, but while mp3s take up less space but they probably won�t play on your stereo (although either will play on your DVD player).

One of the tapes I wanted to save was of my son chatting away when he was about 4 years old, and I was able to save it as separate tracks, which made a nice CD � priceless! Audacity lets you select and save parts as separate tracks, while leaving the original intact.

Download Audacity and play around with it for a bit. It�s really good, but I suppose a techie will comment that �it�s okay for amateurs, but blah blah blah�, but then who�s listening??

[Michellef]

Thanks! Will be giving it a go myself!!!! Here goes nothing!