Anybody know how to record a tape to cd on computer?

[Kali]

I should say a relatively fast and easy way. Want to make a CD copy of a regular casette tape. Have a portable tape player and one that goes with an old fashioned stereo (now called entertainment system) reciever. Also have a variety of plugs and adapters. AND I just bought a cheap digital voice recorder that has a receptical for a mic. Kind of want to avoid recording with that placed in front of the speakers.

Can I rig somehting from tape output to mic? Even a tape copy of tape would be ok but don't have a double tape deck.

Cross posting in computer help.

[billyskank]

1. You've got it; simply use a 2.5mm jack lead to connect

the headphone output of your preferred tape player to the line/microphone input on your computer.

Then use some recording software to actually make the recording, Audacity is quite good if you don't have any (and it's free): http://audacity.sourceforge.net

Once you have recorded your tape, export the whole thing as a WAV file (maybe two WAV files, one for each side of the tape) and then burn the WAV files onto your CD using Nero or a similar program.

[Kali]

2. Thanks! Wow this is kind of fun -

wish I wasn't so pressed for time right now, oh well up the learning curve we race!