Cassette to Computer to Cd...

[Spawn67]

So Im finally putting my tapes(yes cassette tapes) onto my computer where they will be preserved. I have old bands I was in when I was in high school and various jam sessions from years ago as well as old radio shows from the mid to late 80's. Im happy to save them before they go belly up!
I can also record old vinyl to.

[SeattleEd]

Make sure you get a high cassette player with clean heads and you can bias.
Also make sure you capture at a high bitrate to preserve. Make sure you have a good A/D converter. You don't want to go back and recapture if the tapes are shedding and sounds like crap.

[Spawn67]

Make sure you get a high cassette player with clean heads and you can bias.
Also make sure you capture at a high bitrate to preserve. Make sure you have a good A/D converter. You don't want to go back and recapture if the tapes are shedding and sounds like crap.

already did that! Everything sounds great..some even cd quality.

[johnmiic]

I saw devices that do the transfer in a Sharper Image catalog. Which are the best tape to computer transfer cassette players?

[Karen-bionic-fan]

Hey do it its a blast , iv recorded all my VHS video tapes to DVD big music lover so have hour and hours of clips from all over the world , iv even recorded fan recorded stuff to DVD old TV concerts that will never be issued on proper DVD remember and make copy's of the DVDs and CDS just to back up when I got my DVD RECORDER IN 2004 i spent months putting all my music clips concerts and specials onto DVD , IV even put cassette's onto CD Id hate to lose stuff

good luck

[SeattleEd]

I've used a Tascam 202MKIV with the balanced outs to balance in on my MOTU. Captured to 24/96kHz for my audio through a TC Electronics Finalizer 96k. Then cleaned up Wavelab and mastered 2-tracks on Sonar then burned a master to DVD-Audio.

I did this for demos from The Church and also for the lead singer Steve Kilbey solo demos that were utilized in his boxset. They were on cassette since that was the only existing source available and the multi-track masters and two-track masters reels have long since disappeared.

I saw devices that do the transfer in a Sharper Image catalog. Which are the best tape to computer transfer cassette players?