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How do I Record Music From a Cassette Tape to a PC With Free Software?

The convenience of digital music has listeners converting all of their old-form media (tapes, vinyl records) to digital through various means. The process for transferring tapes to digital files is easy and can be done with free software downloaded from the Internet.

Things You'll Need

  • Cassette tape player with a headphone jack
  • 3.5mm (1/8 inch) male-to-male stereo audio cable
  • Audacity (free audio recording software)
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Instructions

    • 1

      Connect your cassette tape player's headphone jack to your computers line-in jack using the 3.5mm audio cable.

    • 2

      Launch the free audio recording software Audacity.

    • 3

      Set Audacity's input to "Line-in."

    • 4

      Click the red "Record" button in Audacity, and press the "Play" button on the tape player.

    • 5

      Click the "Stop" button in Audacity once the tape has finished playing.

    • 6

      Click "File > Export as WAV" to export an audio file that can be imported into your favorite audio management program (such as iTunes) and loaded onto an iPod or burned to a CD.

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