Convert Audio from Cassette to CD

Hi all,

Maybe most of you have heard about "real-recording". But when questioned about real-recording and what it is used for? Most of us could not answer it. But the answer is Real-Recording used to convert Audio/Video more technically rather than using special softwares. Just a simply Audio/Video recording software could do the magic of converting. The process of converting is very simply where as the Real-Recording will play the original Audio or Video in it's existing format while software is used to capture the audio and video in real time later save it to any perferred format as allowed by that software. Similar case apply to convert audio from Cassette to Audio CD.

If any of you wish to convert cassette audio to CD then here i write my experience which was one of my latest experiment of real-recording. All you need is a Cassette player and audio cables. Your Cassette player should support AUDIO-OUT (Output Audio). And the cable that you need is a special cable that could connect RCA to PC Sound Card. RCA is nothing else than just the normal RED, WHITE, and YELLOW connector available cable that used for TV and Hi-fi systems. But this special cable will have only audio RCA which is RED and WHITE. On the other end of cable, it would have normal Sound Card plug like you usually have for your headphone. All you need to do is connect that end into your computer's sound card at "LINE-IN" (Blue color). And the RCA side use it to plug to the Cassette player. Then open audio real-recording software, Adobe Audition is best software while i personally prefer and used Audacity (Free Open Source software). Adjust your Windows Mixer to record from LINE-IN and Mute other recording channels including Microphone. Only allow Line-In to record. Now use the software to start recording and PLAY the cassette in it's player. After few seconds, you should able to see the Audio Waves displaying the software which proves that real-recording is running. Leave i to run until the cassette stop playing. It will be around 25 minutes for one side of cassette to finish playing. Then stop recording. In the audio waves, cut out the silent parts by highlighting and deleting it. And you can save the track right away in that software. I suggest you to save it in MP3 rather than Wave because it compress the audio and saves your hard disk space.

Now repeat the step for the other side of the cassette, play the cassette and let the software to record in real-time. And save it too. The final step is just to burn that MP3 to Audio CD. Simple to do this, just use Nero Burning Rom and get it done by locating the MP3 files and burn it as Audio CD.

Hope you get it all right. But one important thing that you need to keep in remark; plug the cable to LINE-IN (Blue) of your sound card and NOT in the MICROPHONE (Red) plug. This is because it would waste the Audio Quality which i had experienced it.

Give it a try, experience teaches you better than your teachers DO !

Good luck buddy !