you hit me with the "let's jump into it" just 7 seconds in and told me everything i need before even the 30 second mark. thank you for not blabbering on for years or otherwise wasting time or dragging out the video like 99% of tutorials on youtube these days.
for real, I was almost shocked when he just explaining haha i was wondering where the self promotion and 15 sponsors were. great video, mate really helped
Thanks for the tutorial! I just turned 13 and my parents gave me a sony walkman and some recordable cassettes, and I plan to record my favorite songs onto them so when im grounded I can still listen to music. Thanks again, this was super helpful!
As an 18 year old who got his first Walkman a few years ago, I’ve since tried recording audio from Spotify through a double end audio Jack into my Sony TCM-939. I would definitely agree with recording through a proper deck, I tried recording a whole album of The Who onto a cassette and there was that really loud pffffffffffffff noise all through it. Although small recorders are great for voice audio especially if yours has a condenser mic
Im going forwards, but backwards, i started out with vinyls, but i tried some of my dads old cassettes and im now obsessed with the little click it makes when you put it into the deck, and im now recording all my vinyls on cassettes.
Thanks for the guide! I've been thinking of being old school and recording an original song I'm going to make for a girl I like and put in on cassette for her.
my favorite horror podcast has a cassette theme to it, and i've been wanting to record a few episodes onto some tapes. Thank you for the simple yet precise explanation on how to do that.
I’m from Hong Kong and there were no videos or guides online in Chinese are as professional as this one. Subscribed immediately and thank you for this great tutorial!
Thank you for the video! 👍🏾 One of the best things for me growing up as a kid in the 80’s was receiving my first cassette recorder. I would record anything from me pretending to act like a radio DJ and songs on the radio, to recording my favorite TV shows and acting silly. Anyhow, I just purchased a a regular cassette player and some blank cassettes today that records mono for when I practice playing the Ocarina and sampling. Thank you again 😃
this is one of the best tutorials I've ever seen, it immediately gave me all the information I needed in a very soothing and warm voice. I look forward to recording some mixtapes of some of my favourite songs that don't have cassettes so I can listen to them without my phone dying by the end of the day, thanks :)
I have been wanting to make quality mixtapes for my neice so she can listen how I used to, but I wanted to figure out best way to get rare or newer songs onto the tapes. This was so helpful and cut right to the chase. Thank you!!!
I keep coming back to this video not only too remind myself of how to record on cassettes but this video is very calming and nostalgic to me, Great Video mate.
I have to say that I am grateful for your info, knew almost nothing about cable and what sockets to insert, luckily I had a large stereo at home so I did not have to buy a recorder, only needed RCA to 3 5 mm, the best to use cassette tape for music and podcasts so you can listening where you do not have to surf deep in the woods or the surf not working. Thank you so much for your easy info Sound Elegy :D
Awesome as usual. This shows me how to use a walkman recorder with a mic in 3.5mm jack to go from a receiver or computer to the tape. I know that may not be optimal but feasible. Danke schoen fur Ihre Zeit!
This was great. I had such a hard time finding stuff online for how to do this (most people just saying there was no way to make it sound clearer than just putting it by a speaker and recording), but I knew there had to be another way, and this video's got me super excited to actually start recording better quality tapes. Thanks so much!!
I love taking a master stream from Tidal with one of the newer dream pop bands who dont put out any vinyl or cassettes and record it to cassette. It just has that distortion and analog sound to it you can't get with the digital files, especially when played back on a boombox, which is what I mostly do with the cassettes. Also like doing it with 80s rock and metal too
@@soundelegy5987 Silly question but if I record from a Tidal master track on to a cassette tape via AUX, does that recording become analog when played back on cassette or is it still considered digital since its from a digital source?
Just bought an old Ford Capri, 1986 and it only has a radio and a cassette player. Thanks for the simple tutorial so I don't have to ride in silence - making mixtapes for the road is loads of fun!
Thanks for the info! I appreciate that you ran through a whole bunch of options with different devices. Loved the retro cassette footage that you edited in.
If you use an amp or reciver they usally have a taoe port where u can just plug to phono leads in one into line out to in on the amp and one from line out to line in on the tape deck
Something to consider, when recording using a shoebox tape recorder, you are recording in mono. In order to record in stereo you need an rca cable "out" with two connectors "in", for left and right sound, and of course a compatible recorder, or else you might find some missing sounds when listening to music in mono that use different channels to create sound effects.
I plan on releasing an album on cassette hopefully I can get the supplies to do so. Thanks for the video! Do I just need an AUX cord or do I need an AUX cord along with some sort of connector?
Nice! So then you're gonna have to wait and see what kind of outputs and inputs your unit will have. But yeah, it's just gonna be one cable. Either 3.5mm to 3.5mm or RCA to Jack.
I can't seem to get my recording level up. It's in between -30db to -15db. Moving the record volume doesn't seem to get it up. Very helpful video. Got the deck up just trying to figure it out.
thanks a lot, my dad has some casettes and the reason i want to record my music in is that my bmw e46 does only have an casette port and radio. i hate it so much lmao :D thank you for saving me
Allow me to introduce a new unit of measurement for sound volume, which I call vovol* (abbreviated: volume voltage). THIS IS HOW IT WORKS: You use two pre-stages, one with positive volume values, and the other negative. For example, so has the pre-step with positive values a measurement from +0 decibels up to +20, while the one with negative values, has from -0 decibels down to -20 decibels. The highest voltage occurs when the value is +20 and -20 decibels (or: 20 vovol), while there is low voltage, when the value is on +0 and -0 decibels (or: 0 vovol). You can possibly also combine two different values with each other, by adjusting the value to +10 -20 vovol, which gives a crisper effect. Have experimented with this myself at work and at home. The adjustment can of course be set to taste. More information about Vovol: When the sound has high volume voltage, the speaker membrane is stretched like a guitar string, so that the sound becomes more sharper, realistic and noise-free. This can be achieved by using an equalizer with a preamp. First, all frequencies are lowered, to, for example, -12 decibels. Then you raise it up to +12 decibels, with a preamp. This is how I usually experiment, with vovol, because currently there are no tools, or apps, to do this. If you, or other who reading this, have an equalizer with a preamp, I think you should try it too. And thank you all for reading! :-) Great video!
i’m super excited to try this, i’ve got some cassettes but after picking up a mixtape from an estate sale i was thinking “wouldn’t it be cool to record one of my spotify playlists onto these things”
@@soundelegy5987 Coming back to this a year later because I forgot how to do it but my first go was very successful and I'm finally gonna use my second one, thank you for the great tutorial!
This video is absoultey brilliant, do i need to purchase an amp if i am only connecting to my phone or laptop? Another question, what does an amp do? Thank you, you're a legend!
Thank you! Do you have a cassette recorder already? An amp turns a signal with low voltage and powers it up high enough to drive a pair of speakers, basically. You don't strictly need an amp to record music onto a cassette.
@@soundelegy5987 Ok thank you! I don't yet, I am scouting ebay for one, and wondering if I need a reciver? Thank you again for this very informative video!
If you go for a cassette deck you have two options: 1. Integrated amp and a pair of passive speakers 2. pair of active speakers. In case you're gonna listen to cassettes just on a Walkman, you can just buy a small cassette recorder. Hope this helps! Good luck
you hit me with the "let's jump into it" just 7 seconds in and told me everything i need before even the 30 second mark. thank you for not blabbering on for years or otherwise wasting time or dragging out the video like 99% of tutorials on youtube these days.
Thank you for the kind words :) Glad it helped out
Same here. I am very glad for the brevity and clarity. I can't wait to start!
For real, this guy's awesome!👏👏
Amen to that
for real, I was almost shocked when he just explaining haha i was wondering where the self promotion and 15 sponsors were. great video, mate really helped
All the other tutorials I was watching were showing how to record from cassette to cassette. Finally, the one I was looking for!
I could only find cassette to mp3
Thanks for the tutorial! I just turned 13 and my parents gave me a sony walkman and some recordable cassettes, and I plan to record my favorite songs onto them so when im grounded I can still listen to music. Thanks again, this was super helpful!
That's very nice of them! Hope you enjoy it :)
That’s hilarious and wholesome
@@lukas_jennith lmao
Glad to see the YOUNGSTERS (I am 26 lol) still enjoying tapes. Honestly some of my best childhood memories.
As an 18 year old who got his first Walkman a few years ago, I’ve since tried recording audio from Spotify through a double end audio Jack into my Sony TCM-939. I would definitely agree with recording through a proper deck, I tried recording a whole album of The Who onto a cassette and there was that really loud pffffffffffffff noise all through it. Although small recorders are great for voice audio especially if yours has a condenser mic
I’m making my room all retro little by little and I’m starting with cassettes. Thanks for this video!
Great place to start 🛫
You should follow with vhs
I have it on my bucket list 📃 Thanks for the feedback 🙏🏻
Don't forget the crt (:
Im going forwards, but backwards, i started out with vinyls, but i tried some of my dads old cassettes and im now obsessed with the little click it makes when you put it into the deck, and im now recording all my vinyls on cassettes.
straight to the point, no sponsors, no interruptions. THANK YOU!!
Thanks for the guide! I've been thinking of being old school and recording an original song I'm going to make for a girl I like and put in on cassette for her.
Welcome! That's amazing! I'm sure she will appreciate your effort.
Hey man how you doing now? did the girl like your song?
Update?
my favorite horror podcast has a cassette theme to it, and i've been wanting to record a few episodes onto some tapes. Thank you for the simple yet precise explanation on how to do that.
That's really cool man, glad it helped you out!
Is that a TMA fan I see? 👁👁
@@GRCNexe you've caught me red handed
Haha that's exactly why I'm watching this too!
Yo s a m e. You love to see it
I’m from Hong Kong and there were no videos or guides online in Chinese are as professional as this one. Subscribed immediately and thank you for this great tutorial!
That's very nice of you 🙏🏻 Glad it helped you out!
Thank you for the video! 👍🏾 One of the best things for me growing up as a kid in the 80’s was receiving my first cassette recorder. I would record anything from me pretending to act like a radio DJ and songs on the radio, to recording my favorite TV shows and acting silly. Anyhow, I just purchased a a regular cassette player and some blank cassettes today that records mono for when I practice playing the Ocarina and sampling.
Thank you again 😃
Oh the memories :) Thank you for sharing ✌🏼
Ocarina!😄
The best vid i saw about cassette recording. Thx !
thank you for getting straight to the point ! very helpful
This was so pro and so believably 90s
this is one of the best tutorials I've ever seen, it immediately gave me all the information I needed in a very soothing and warm voice. I look forward to recording some mixtapes of some of my favourite songs that don't have cassettes so I can listen to them without my phone dying by the end of the day, thanks :)
Thank you for the kind words! Glad it helped you out :)
Thank you dude so much!! I'm a little old school spirited and wanted to record some tunes from my spotify to my empty casettes. :)
That's awesome dude! Glad to help out 🤙🏻
I have been wanting to make quality mixtapes for my neice so she can listen how I used to, but I wanted to figure out best way to get rare or newer songs onto the tapes. This was so helpful and cut right to the chase. Thank you!!!
That's awesome. Glad it helped out 🤘🏻
yo this is the greatest youtube tutorial of all time
I keep coming back to this video not only too remind myself of how to record on cassettes but this video is very calming and nostalgic to me, Great Video mate.
Thank you for the kind words! Glad to hear you feel the vibe the same way as I intended when doing it. That's awesome
Don't mention it keep up the great work!
Best tutorial video I have seen yet. Very clear, good quality, beautifully edited and a pleasure to watch. Thank you very much!
Thanks Max! That's very kind of you 🙏🏻
@@soundelegy5987 =]
i really wanted to record my favorite spotify album to cassette and i have found the perfict tutorial thank you :)
Glad to hear that ✌🏼
This guys gets it.
Cassette's for life for me! : )
I was very happy with the quality of compilations played through itunes with graphic equalizers (bass/treble) boosted then recorded onto cassettes.
super nice video, can't wait to play my depressive black metal mixtape on the train as I gaze at the sadness around me!
best tutorial ive seen in a long time
Thank you! ✌🏼
I have to say that I am grateful for your info, knew almost nothing about cable and what sockets to insert, luckily I had a large stereo at home so I did not have to buy a recorder, only needed RCA to 3 5 mm, the best to use cassette tape for music and podcasts so you can listening where you do not have to surf deep in the woods or the surf not working.
Thank you so much for your easy info Sound Elegy :D
I'm glad to hear it helped out! You're very welcome ✌🏼
No one can explain it better than Master Manu! Really great! Applause!
Thank you Steve!
Thank you for this video. I love cassettes. too. It;s also Fun to record onto them. I love old school.😎
Glad you liked it ! Go Triforce!
Thank you, ive been wanted to "bootleg" some of my vinyls for a while, but never knew how, thanks!
Awesome as usual. This shows me how to use a walkman recorder with a mic in 3.5mm jack to go from a receiver or computer to the tape. I know that may not be optimal but feasible. Danke schoen fur Ihre Zeit!
The Walmart close by my house still sell blank cassette tapes in packs of two
Be warned that those won’t have very high fidelity
Thank you. This one was almost impossible to find. Everyone is trying to do the other way around.
🙏
Glad you found it :)
Why 573 subs only. Your quality deserved much more !!
This was great. I had such a hard time finding stuff online for how to do this (most people just saying there was no way to make it sound clearer than just putting it by a speaker and recording), but I knew there had to be another way, and this video's got me super excited to actually start recording better quality tapes. Thanks so much!!
Glad it helped out ✌🏻
I managed to get two Maxell XLII for like a buck at a Goodwill, now I wanna try to record some of my asethetic music onto them. Thanks for the help!
I love taking a master stream from Tidal with one of the newer dream pop bands who dont put out any vinyl or cassettes and record it to cassette. It just has that distortion and analog sound to it you can't get with the digital files, especially when played back on a boombox, which is what I mostly do with the cassettes. Also like doing it with 80s rock and metal too
That unique warm analogue sound 👌🏼 Thanks for sharing!
@@soundelegy5987 Silly question but if I record from a Tidal master track on to a cassette tape via AUX, does that recording become analog when played back on cassette or is it still considered digital since its from a digital source?
Yup, as soon as you transfer the song from 0s and 1s to the tape and play it back, it's analogue.
Really appreciate you making such a dense video. Got just what I needed and wasted no time doing it.
My girl said, useful, simple and well explained, thank you for your service Sir
🫡 Welcome guys 😉
Thank you so much incredible tutorial and explained very simply and easy to understand, you are a legend
Thank you :)
Just bought an old Ford Capri, 1986 and it only has a radio and a cassette player. Thanks for the simple tutorial so I don't have to ride in silence - making mixtapes for the road is loads of fun!
That's a nice car! I remember it came in orange, yellow or black. Beautiful! Glad the tutorial helped out! Enjoy those rides 🤘🏼
great way i can walk down the school hall and not get in trouble for listening to my music through my phone thanks man
i might be getting a basically unused sony walkman in a couple months so this was very useful, thank you
Nice!
Thanks for the info! I appreciate that you ran through a whole bunch of options with different devices. Loved the retro cassette footage that you edited in.
Thanks bud. Glad it helped out 🙏🏻
Ultra helpful and concise - thanks a ton!
Thanks for the tutorial, im 13 but i like casettes very much. i like to make my own playlists to casettes, i like it because its retro thing i think.
You're welcome! Glad to hear there are such young newcomers to this fun hobby. Happy listening 🎶
@@soundelegy5987 Thank you!
Easy to follow and clear instructions. Now I'm sure I'll actually be able to make a tape of my own! Thanks for the video!!
Glad it helped you out ☺️
RUclips algorithm brought me here, and for a second I was like "Did this guy stole all my hardware and podcast choices?!" x'D
Hehe blame it on the algorithm :)
Bro this mans voice in angelic
Thank you! This is exactly what I was trying to figure out.
Now I know what time it is!
Cool 😍
thank you for this! i had no idea it would be so easy. i'm buying a tape recorder asap
If you use an amp or reciver they usally have a taoe port where u can just plug to phono leads in one into line out to in on the amp and one from line out to line in on the tape deck
Thanks king. I got an R2D2 shaped walkman for my birthday and by god I'm gonna use it
Welcome 🤙🏻 That's a cool looking Walkman
okay this is much easier than I thought it would be
Something to consider, when recording using a shoebox tape recorder, you are recording in mono. In order to record in stereo you need an rca cable "out" with two connectors "in", for left and right sound, and of course a compatible recorder, or else you might find some missing sounds when listening to music in mono that use different channels to create sound effects.
That's right 👌🏻
Thanks for the advice, it worked out perfectly.
Glad to hear that!
Love this video this was so helpful plus loved the music
Helped so much. Thanks for breaking this down into something I can actually understand!
Glad it helped!
Great video buddy,been a great help to me thanks
Thanks mate, glad to hear that 🤙🏻
That small bit where Yuki Saito was holding the cassette of her album Axia up to her lips 😂
Absolute gold indeed :)
You deserve a lot of subscribers
This was a great video man,
Short and precise to the point explanation!! 👌
thanks for the video! im making cassettes with my fav music for my old car, get that 90s feeling back
Amazing! You're welcome!
Tried what ya reccomended and it sounded all scratchy and would periodically blast
I plan on releasing an album on cassette hopefully I can get the supplies to do so. Thanks for the video! Do I just need an AUX cord or do I need an AUX cord along with some sort of connector?
Depends on your recorder. What model are you going to use?
@@soundelegy5987 thanks for the fast reply. I don’t have my hands on one yet but I do plan on going to Goodwill or Best Buy to find one.
Nice! So then you're gonna have to wait and see what kind of outputs and inputs your unit will have. But yeah, it's just gonna be one cable. Either 3.5mm to 3.5mm or RCA to Jack.
@@soundelegy5987 yea which I know I’ll probably be looking for a recorder before spending any bucks on an AUX or RCA
I can't seem to get my recording level up. It's in between -30db to -15db. Moving the record volume doesn't seem to get it up. Very helpful video. Got the deck up just trying to figure it out.
Thanks! Is the volume from the source at max lvl?
Flex FM and Kool FM Sets here i come! thanks!
thanks a lot, my dad has some casettes and the reason i want to record my music in is that my bmw e46 does only have an casette port and radio. i hate it so much lmao :D thank you for saving me
You're welcome! There's many posts with people recording to play in their old cars. Really cool!
Finally !!!! Very thanks ! Danke.
you sir have great musical taste
I wish I had recorded more of my vinyl onto cassette tape in the 80s the ones that I did record sound great on the cassette tape even after 40 years
Some audiophiles record their first and second plays of a new vinyl onto a cassette and then just use the tape.
Still looking for the deeper meaning behind the Accubias knob on my dad's Onkyo deck, but at least that was a nice introduction.
Haha that's way further down this rabbit hole my friend 😅 Best of luck on the research ✌🏻
Thanks! Been wanting to convert all my favorite Vaporwave/Futurefunk/Outrun/Witchouse tracks onto cassette.
Great job man you have earned a sub
Thank you, it was very helpful
Thanks for the video dude! I'm interested in experimenting with cassettes and this is helpful. Until next time!
Good sharing
Allow me to introduce a new unit of measurement for sound volume,
which I call vovol* (abbreviated: volume voltage).
THIS IS HOW IT WORKS: You use two pre-stages, one with positive volume values, and the other negative.
For example, so has the pre-step with positive values
a measurement from +0 decibels up to +20, while the one with negative values, has from -0 decibels down to -20 decibels.
The highest voltage occurs when the value is
+20 and -20 decibels (or: 20 vovol),
while there is low voltage, when the value is on
+0 and -0 decibels (or: 0 vovol).
You can possibly also combine two different values with each other, by adjusting the value to +10 -20 vovol, which gives a crisper effect. Have experimented with this myself at work and at home.
The adjustment can of course be set to taste.
More information about Vovol:
When the sound has high volume voltage, the speaker membrane is stretched like a guitar string, so that the sound becomes more sharper, realistic and noise-free.
This can be achieved by using an equalizer with a preamp. First, all frequencies are lowered, to, for example, -12 decibels.
Then you raise it up to +12 decibels, with a preamp.
This is how I usually experiment, with vovol, because currently there are no tools, or apps, to do this.
If you, or other who reading this, have an equalizer with a preamp, I think you should try it too.
And thank you all for reading!
:-)
Great video!
i’m super excited to try this, i’ve got some cassettes but after picking up a mixtape from an estate sale i was thinking “wouldn’t it be cool to record one of my spotify playlists onto these things”
Back in the days you would make a mix tape with some hand picked songs for a girl or boy you liked in school. Oh the memories :p
@@soundelegy5987 Coming back to this a year later because I forgot how to do it but my first go was very successful and I'm finally gonna use my second one, thank you for the great tutorial!
Good job friend.
Thank you Joshua!
solid stuff, casettes in the making very soon
Heck yeah 🤙🏻
This was useful.
Excellent video, very to the point and easy to understand.
Glad it helped out!
Thanks so much!! Ive been wanting to record some of my favorite songs onto some cassette tapes I have and this helped a lot. :)
Glad it helped out :) Now rock on 🤘🏻
This was very helpful and to the point, many thanks!
Great to hear!
Finally a normal good tutorial 😎
Hehe thank you!
@@soundelegy5987 No problem 😌
I think the unrecognized effect of 2020 is a nostalgia pandemic. Retro is back for good.
This 100%!
Thanks, this was super helpful!
Absolutely awesome! So helpful! Thanks man!!
Glad it helped!
Great video and informative
I believe the Dolby NR function on most consumer grade recorders is for playback, not recording. It has no effect on the recording aspect.
It does have.
walkman-archive.com/articles/guide-excellent-recordings_04.html
Got my first car and it has cassete and a 6 cd changer however it's very inconvenient because it's behind the seat so I'm gonna make some cassettes
This is super helpful, thank you for this gem of a RUclips channel, just subscribed
When you were recording with the tape recorder, will it pick up any background noise
Cassette Recorders usually induce noise when recording. It all depends on the quality of the recorder and the tape you're using.
Great Video!
This video is absoultey brilliant, do i need to purchase an amp if i am only connecting to my phone or laptop? Another question, what does an amp do? Thank you, you're a legend!
Thank you! Do you have a cassette recorder already? An amp turns a signal with low voltage and powers it up high enough to drive a pair of speakers, basically. You don't strictly need an amp to record music onto a cassette.
@@soundelegy5987 Ok thank you! I don't yet, I am scouting ebay for one, and wondering if I need a reciver? Thank you again for this very informative video!
If you go for a cassette deck you have two options: 1. Integrated amp and a pair of passive speakers 2. pair of active speakers. In case you're gonna listen to cassettes just on a Walkman, you can just buy a small cassette recorder. Hope this helps! Good luck
@@soundelegy5987 Brilliant thank you! I have the active speakers so I think all I need is the deck and the cables, you've been a godsend, thank you!
Well I am subscribed. Thank you! I very good tutorial.
Thank you 🙏🏻 Glad it helped out.
great job maniu
Thanks bro
Thank you 🙏
I try this but it comes out incredibly loud and distorted, any idea what to do?
Turn down the volume from the source? What kind of device is it?