#Cassette Recording to CD
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What is the best way to record cassette tapes to a recordable cdrom drive? Can
you some how attach you audio tape deck to
your sound card for play? I don't have a clue.
Please will someone advise… ASP
Matthew Long Jr. 102124, 1434
Matthew,
<<What is the best way to record cassette tapes to a recordable cdrom drive? >>
There isn't one.
Actually you're going to have to resample your cassette tapes to digital form,
clean up the tracks, then re-record using either audio or some premastering
software. It's not an easy or cheap process and requires some pretty expensive
sound cards and editing software.
We don't handle this sort of disc ourselves because we don't want to get into
the editing headaches.
Jerry Warner
CD Solutions, Inc.
" It's not an easy or cheap process and requires some pretty expensive sound
cards and editing software."
Jerry,
Just did a polka and waltz CD for my Dad, with my 10 year old cassette tape
deck, TB Multisound, Wave Light and my CDD 521. Not so hard, wish I could have
cleaned them up though.
Mike
Mike,
It's the clean up that I'm talking about. It's not so hard to make a CD from
some tape but if you want anything even remotely close to CD quality then you
need the items I mentioned and it's not cheap. I had a tape which I needed to
have converted as mentioned and it cost me over $600 just to have it "cleaned
up". That didn't include any CDs.
Jerry Warner
CD Solutions, Inc.
Matthew,
I'd add to Jerry's reply that not only would you have to digitize and edit your
cassette-recorded music, but you would probably not be happy with the results.
If you want to do CD audio, your best solution is to get a DAT recorder.
Kathy
The One-Off CD Shops
>Matthew,
>I'd add to Jerry's reply that not only would you have to digitize and edit
your cassette-recorded >music, but you would probably not be happy with the
results. If you want to do CD audio, your >best solution is
why would he not be happy with the results? Is there a loss in fidelity? I am
perusing the same idea.
It's not so much a loss of fidelity, as the fact that on cassette tape there
isn't the fidelity one expects from CD audio in the first place. In addition,
you have the tape hiss, and any other extraneous artifacts to detract from the
quality. CD audio makes these much more obvious.
Kathy
Understood. Actually, I'm going to be transferring both LPs and old reel to
reel tapes. I don't expect an increase in fidelity from these sources, I just
want the conveince of having everything on CD.
PMJI,
>> Actually, I'm going to be transferring both LPs and old reel to reel
tapes<<
A suggestion–transfer the LPs (and cassettes, if you're using them) to DAT
before you go to CD. This will standardize the playback, which from turntable
to turntable (and even more so from different cass decks) is relatively
inconsistent. The other nice thing is that you can take that opportunity to
clean up the program (go to black between cuts, EQ, limiting, etc.) if you so
desire.
The reel to reel tapes should be o.k. as long they have calibration tones.
If they don't, you may want to transfer those to DAT for the same reasons.
Steve Cunnion
Disc Makers 1-800-468-9353
DAT, eh? thats a good suggestion that we had not thought of. . .is there a way
to make direct digital trasnfers of DAT to CD?
>> . .is there a way to make direct digital trasnfers of DAT to CD?<<
Absolutely. There's quite a bit of hardware out there that does just that. We
also offer that service–you send us a DAT, we make CDs in any quantity you
want (even one). Give us a call if you're interested.
BTW, I should have mentioned that you should record those DATs at a 44.1
sampling rate to insure a direct digital transfer to the CD.
Steve Cunnion
Disc Makers 1-800-468-9353
Hey, good deal. I may be calling you.
I am perusing the same goal. E mail me and I'll share my info with you.
Hi, Scott
I'd appreciated if you could see me some info on your findings……
Thanks….
Recording cassettes to CD-R isn't a big deal if you've got a A/D converter.
The biggest concern is that a cassette is not that great a source for audio.
Your CD copy can not be any better than the original unless you make some very
hefty investment in digital clean-up stuff ($XX,XXX).
Understood.