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Post by 32Green on Mar 23, 2018 9:27:38 GMT -5
As has been well documented, I am technology challenged, so a question for the more knowledgeable miscreants.
I have an old cassette tape that I need to preserve the contents of and share (family type stuff). I know I can record it using the voice memo function on my phone, but the file might be too big to share?
Any suggestions? (gfy, how close will I be sitting, bag o dicks, etc.)
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Post by Trades on Mar 23, 2018 9:32:45 GMT -5
If you have a tape player with a head phone or Aux out jack you can go from the tape player into the Mic jack on a laptop or desktop and use a program like Audacity (https://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/) to capture the audio. You can then split the file into separate MP3s with Audacity as well.
If you try to capture with the mic on your phone the quality will be terrible.
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Post by adpz on Mar 23, 2018 9:37:58 GMT -5
If you have a tape player with a head phone or Aux out jack you can go from the tape player into the Mic jack on a laptop or desktop and use a program like Audacity (https://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/) to capture the audio. You can then split the file into separate MP3s with Audacity as well. If you try to capture with the mic on your phone the quality will be terrible. 100% - an Edison wax cylinder will sound better than what you'll end up with. Trades has it right - here's a jaunty tutorial about it: |
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Post by Gunnails on Mar 23, 2018 9:48:28 GMT -5
Costco or Walmart will digitize it for you.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2018 12:14:22 GMT -5
What are you going to do with your old kinescopes?
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Post by 32Green on Mar 23, 2018 12:18:08 GMT -5
If you have a tape player with a head phone or Aux out jack you can go from the tape player into the Mic jack on a laptop or desktop and use a program like Audacity (https://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/) to capture the audio. You can then split the file into separate MP3s with Audacity as well. If you try to capture with the mic on your phone the quality will be terrible. If you have a tape player with a head phone or Aux out jack you can go from the tape player into the Mic jack on a laptop or desktop and use a program like Audacity (https://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/) to capture the audio. You can then split the file into separate MP3s with Audacity as well. If you try to capture with the mic on your phone the quality will be terrible. 100% - an Edison wax cylinder will sound better than what you'll end up with. Trades has it right - here's a jaunty tutorial about it: Perfect, thanks! |
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Post by 32Green on Mar 23, 2018 12:24:44 GMT -5
Costco or Walmart will digitize it for you. ReallY? Have to check that out. What are you going to do with your old kinescopes? lolz...its actually a tape containing the voice of Dad and two of his sisters, all long gone. It was made in Ireland in '73 as a message to my Grandmother in the states who was in a Nursing home in Rockaway. One of my cousins was lamenting that she couldnt remember her moms voice anymore and I remembered I had this. Actually had to rewind it with a drill gun with a pencil attached, it was so "sticky", lol. My old "Realistic" cassette player, which I by some miracle still had, couldnt summon the strength to rewind it on its own, but it plays just fine. I'm actually listening to some great old music on some of the other cassette tapes, lol. Flashback city. Thanks for the |
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Post by tkasper01 on Mar 23, 2018 13:06:03 GMT -5
As has been well documented, I am technology challenged, so a question for the more knowledgeable miscreants. I have an old cassette tape that I need to preserve the contents of and share (family type stuff). I know I can record it using the voice memo function on my phone, but the file might be too big to share? Any suggestions? (gfy, how close will I be sitting, bag o dicks, etc.) How close to the cassette will you be standing. Could not help myself.  |
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Post by Gunnails on Mar 23, 2018 14:36:54 GMT -5
I did the Google search for you and there are several online places you could send them also. I had Costco put on CD some old film and VHS. It wasn’t free but They had pros with good equipment and I got the grainy movies hassle free
These old tapes are priceless and need to be done right before they snap.
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Post by 32Green on Mar 23, 2018 16:02:30 GMT -5
These old tapes are priceless and need to be done right before they snap. Lol...funny you mention that...I downloaded the Audacity software as suggested here and the fuckin tape broke. I had to disassemble the cassette (Old TDK held together with screws) and splice it with scotch tape. Anyway it worked and I was able to convert it to MP3 files. Thanks all for the help. Not all of you are babbling jerkoffs fingering your own dirty bung-holes. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2018 9:18:16 GMT -5
Costco or Walmart will digitize it for you. ReallY? Have to check that out. What are you going to do with your old kinescopes? lolz...its actually a tape containing the voice of Dad and two of his sisters, all long gone. It was made in Ireland in '73 as a message to my Grandmother in the states who was in a Nursing home in Rockaway. One of my cousins was lamenting that she couldnt remember her moms voice anymore and I remembered I had this. Actually had to rewind it with a drill gun with a pencil attached, it was so "sticky", lol. My old "Realistic" cassette player, which I by some miracle still had, couldnt summon the strength to rewind it on its own, but it plays just fine. I'm actually listening to some great old music on some of the other cassette tapes, lol. Flashback city. Thanks for the Wow, that tape really does sound like a family treasure. Hope you do get it transferred over to digital. I'm attempting to finally bite the bullet and transfer (scan) all the old family photos, some of which are starting to break down. I miss those cassette days until I remember that you had to kinda guess where the next song started. My first cassette was Machine Head by Deep Purple, which I bought at Korvettes. They had the best prices on albums. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2018 12:22:34 GMT -5
now open iTuens/File/Add file and point that to your mp3's. Should be saved to Voice Memos
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Post by 32Green on Mar 24, 2018 12:28:18 GMT -5
now open iTuens/File/Add file and point that to your mp3's. Should be saved to Voice Memos So you're saying I can store my MP3's in Itunes? That sounds awesome. I started converting some of my other old tapes that have some awesome old traditional stuff you really cant get anymore. If I could store them in Itunes, that would be awesome. |
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Post by Hotman on Mar 24, 2018 12:59:52 GMT -5
These old tapes are priceless and need to be done right before they snap. Lol...funny you mention that...I downloaded the Audacity software as suggested here and the fuckin tape broke. I had to disassemble the cassette (Old TDK held together with screws) and splice it with scotch tape. Anyway it worked and I was able to convert it to MP3 files. Thanks all for the help. Not all of you are babbling jerkoffs fingering your own dirty bung-holes. Bro I wanna hear that shit! Post it up |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2018 2:04:55 GMT -5
Lol...funny you mention that...I downloaded the Audacity software as suggested here and the fuckin tape broke. I had to disassemble the cassette (Old TDK held together with screws) and splice it with scotch tape. Anyway it worked and I was able to convert it to MP3 files. Thanks all for the help. Not all of you are babbling jerkoffs fingering your own dirty bung-holes. Bro I wanna hear that shit! Post it up I think we should install a native VLC player in the *NEW* 32Green Tech Forum/ElectricHampur |
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