Converting tapes and records to cd

[Jared Norris]

On 18 August 2011 19:27, Peter Goggin <petergoggin at bigpond.com> wrote:
> I have a usb record/tape player. Is there any software available for ubuntu
> which will enable me to convert tapes and record to .wav files prior to
> creating audio cd's?
>
> Regards
>
>
> Peter Goggin
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As long as you have an audio line in on your computer I'd probably
recommend reading up on Audacity [0]. It's done every type of
recording I've ever asked it to and the documentation for it all is
great. Most of the cheaper record to USB players you can buy in stores
actually come with a CD of Audacity on it to use as the conversion
tool. You may need to invest a couple of dollars (seriously, it will
only be a 2-3 dollars if you don't already have one or more) in a
connecting cable from the line out of the tape player to the line in
on the computer. The rest of the process is fairly well documented
[1]. It will record, convert and easily split up into tracks for both
tapes and records.

[0] http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/
[1] http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2008/09/05/how-to-convert-your-old-casette-tapes-into-mp3s/
- just one of many "how to" for audacity online, there are many more.

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