I have some audio tapes that I want to somehow convert in a audio file(MP3). I have a Laptop and a PC, is there a way to make this happened? I heard I can get a walkman, put the audio tape, connect it from the earphone jack on walkman to the earphone jack on the pc/laptop and some how record....can that happened? Is there any other way I can make this happened?
I have used Audacity to load and convert 25 year old audio tapes. Audacity saves it's output as .wav files - but there is an mp3 plugin that you can install for mp3 file output. http://www.afterdawn.com/software/audio_software/audio_tools/audacity.cfm http://www.nsftools.com/misc/TapeToCD.htm http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&i=lame-mp3
As attar said, Audacity is a good choice, but if you want .mp3's, make sure go download the LAME library. And sorry if this seems obvious, but you'll need a audio to audio jack. You can buy them at radio shack.
Old beta guide on low-tech recording to PC. Recording to your Hard-Drive from any External Device using Jet Audio 5.x Basic or higher http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/125931 I often use Audacity to capture and edit my recordings, it is a great tool.
