Yes, a deck cassette converter exists! Also there’s a USB turntable. So, retro lovers, you still can use your old tape and LP collections and live in the 80s forever.
Link – via Ursi’s Blog
Miss Cellania
Do you have anything I could use for those reels and 8-tracks?
yayo
There are a lot of convertion services from vinil and reel to reel tapes to cd and digital audio ^^
Also HP and Compac still sell DAT tapes. In a job I had two years ago we had a DAT drive for backup but after there came a double sided DVD recorder our backups became safer and faster.
DJ
Unfortunately, a gadget like this requires that one has a computer.
I have a friend who is such a flaming luddite that he wants his cassette collection converted to CD, but doesn’t want to have a computer in his home.
So, you end up searching for expensive solutions like this, http://www.ioproducts.com/tacc.html or rack-style cd recorders and tape decks.
And yes, he works in an IT department. Old time punch card operator.
Urza9814
Dude….this thing has been available on thinkgeek.com for YEARS. Not even kidding. I know for a fact it’s been there at least a year.
yayo
I own and use the 4€ cable ^^
There are online services to convert from tape and LP to digital tracks, just google a bit!! ^^
Jesse Willis
I have one of these things, solid hardware, bad software.
Here’s the review:
http://www.sffaudio.com/2007/01/hardware-review-of-plus-deck-2-from.ht ml
bud
Yes, it is NOT a converter. It is merely a tape deck one can mount in the PC tower, and perhaps control from same. A patch cable is a lot cheaper, if you already have ANY cassette deck.
They need to build one with a DSP chip that will convert to MP3s on the fly, but you would still have to babysit pretty dilligently to edit properly.
Right now, you still have to
Record the cassette tape to you hard disk.
Split that audio file in to song sized chunks.
THEN, rip those AIFF files to MP3 or whatever.
This deck doesn’t really speed the process any. You still need to be there every 3 minutes or so and edit things manually at some point.
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