Brilliant Tutorial! The world needs more people like you! Wife was cleaning up our office and came across a cassette tape of my sons on a visit to their grandmother in 1984 when they were 3 and 5 yrs old. Following your tutorial I was able to convert it successfully!
Being a novice at this process I was more than impressed with your slower talking instructions and your self confident directions. I have been trying this process on recorded voice histories and found this so very helpful. THANK YOU!!! Dixie T
You don't plug into the headphone jack on the computer UNLESS it's a headphone/microphone combo jack. You actually need to use the microphone jack as you're sending audio INTO the computer. Also, you should only install the Realtek drivers IF you've got a Realtek sound card/chip. Otherwise you're just installing unnecessary software that may also corrupt your actual proper audio drivers. There's also an option within Audacity itself that allows you to listen to the tape whilst recording WITHOUT altering any Windows sound properties. There was also nothing said about altering microphone input gain before recording that could potentially reduce clicks, pops, buzzing, etc. that the user is almost guaranteed to experience that are STILL present even after supposed noise reduction post-processing.
I have not tried it yet, but your instructions, voice and explaining encourages me greatly. Thank you. After all I have 250 tapes to go through (I have thrown away 200 last year) and this is a project I thought I would do in the spring.
Thank you very much, I have many old cassette tape recordings that I want in better quality digitally. In the past I used the aux method but the quality is tinny and hissy so I'm going to get myself a usb thanks to your video. ☺️ Gave you a subscribe too.
Big Thumbs Up!!!! Thank you so much! my wife gave a unique birthday present, a big collection of my favorite Rock band of the late 60's through 1980 from England. Drummers nick name was Bonzo. 40 cassettes of concerts, concert rehearsals, studio rehearsals. I have some fun work to do. I want to make cd's for my truck. This will do the trick! Thank you so much!!!
Thank you! I just bought the "super usb cassette capture" and I really needed this - have lots of old cassette tapes laying around and had no idea how to get them into my computer :D
Just got one for use as a simple audio source for radio experimenting. It's actually not a bad Walkman and over the years I've had 100s of them. Useful having usb out for best audio quality. 👍❤️😎
Why did you install the Realtek drivers when you were actually using the super usb cassette capture recorder/player??? Also, do you have a link to buy the recorder/player in the U.S.?
@TeflDude, I just watched your video about how to copy cassette to mp3 on computer. You said you have files in your g-drive, for which there is a link. I clicked on it a few minutes ago, but a message came up that it is no longer available. Which is fine, I guess. My only question, then, is about the 2 jacks. Where do I get these jacks, or what do they look like in their entirety - do you have a picture showing how the computer and the cassette player are connected with the two jacks?
Sir , at the time of recording in Audiocity , recording sound not coming from long time , just now get solution from your video .. thanks a lot - love from India
@@TeflDude Dear TeflDude, I really liked your video on transferring cassette tapes to Audacity. Could you possibly tell me the make and model of the cassette player you used. I’m having great trouble finding a cassette player that you can transfer straight from a usb port to the USB Port on my laptop. Many thanks for any information you can give me. Regards WES.
Audacity is lovely software for conversion of analog to digital. I wonder whether there is an *ANDROID VERSION of Audacity* so that i can have similar experience on the Android mobile / Tab which is ubiquitous these days.
I do have this unit, but once I put the cassette in it, start recording, the sound vowels, changes the speed, pitch in between playback sometimes . Why ??? Is something wring with the player or I received A bad price??
type "super usb cassette capture" www.amazon.com/Reshow-Cassette-Player-Compatible-Computers/dp/B018WBUJBS/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1TUG94UQ2RE43&keywords=super%2Busb%2Bcassette%2Bcapture&qid=1700946306&sprefix=super%2Busb%2Bcassette%2Bcapture%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-4&th=1
Thanks so much for this video. A bit confused because it keeps saying I need to sign up and pay for "Driver One Support." Is there a free way to do this?
Your laptop jack is just for speakes or hadphones, OUT, not IN. Is not possible to plug IN. How can you do? I can't. In my Realtek HD drive I can't click right on analog point
I think you mean that you only have a headphone jack, right? Are you sure it's not a headphone/microphone combo jack? You could try an external USB sound adapter that will convert a free USB port to separate microphone IN and headphone OUT jacks. By the way, you should only install the Realtek drivers if you actually have Realtek hardware!
you might not need the realtek - it was just a way to differentiate between outgoing audio or in going audio on laptops that have only one hole for both audio feaatures.
@@TeflDude I ordered the usb cassette player. I could not get the computer to recognize the input from my cassette player as a microphone. I could try on an older computer, but it is too much aggravation. I wasted more time than it is worth.
Really enjoyed your video and trying to copy cassette tapes but having a problem that it is still recording through my computer speaker rather than directly though the cable connection into Audacity. All settings seem to be good. Any help?
if unable to install and use realtek driver then just buy the audio adapter that has pink and green femail end similar to old pc cards on desktop computers. that will fix it
Appreciated, but. Even with Realtek installed, it does not seem to be an app with various functions that I can open and access settings, etc. And when I connect my cassette player via headphone port on my laptop, there is no pop up window as you show and my laptop immediately assumes that I want to port audio from my laptop to my cassette player instead of the other way round. Any thoughts on how to get past this state of play?
Thank you for your tutorial :) Very helpful. I use digitizer connected to laptop via USB cable (like in your video) and I can hear horrible buzzing in the background, even if there is no cassette inside. Is that a device/connection/driver problem?
That was great tutorial, Thanks Dude, Just bought one of these Walkman converters, Would you say it's possible to capture one audio at a time, Instead of an hour long recordings? Excellent Video. Subbed.
I have done 100 VHS tapes last spring, using elgato. A bit complex... so I had to do a work around using that device. once I "got it working" It took me a few weeks to do. Now they are digitised
Worked like a charm a couple weeks ago. Microsoft Windows installed updates (even though I have them turned off via metered connection settings), and deleted not only a bunch of my files (fortunately found some in my recycle bin) but also removed realtek for some reason. I get no option when I plug in now Can't even install it from the website. Microsoft Windows is like a virus -- breaks your computer. I'm on the verge of getting rid of microsoft altogether so I can continue to use my hardware, which I paid for, and should be able to use, whether they approve or not.
You should only install the Realtek drivers if you actually have Realtek hardware, so in that case Windows may have actually been doing you a favor if you didn't. This part of the video was very bad advice.
Hi, this is the best and most patient clip I have seen how to convert cassettes to mp3. My only problem I have, is that I can't get my computer to open up realtek after restart....weird. Any advice?
This is probably true - but then we are editing the recording with good software. You can always take it from an expensive tape recorder using the audio cable.
How do you set Audacity to detect the silence between tracks and create EACH SONG as it's own individual recording, so you don't have to spend hours manually splitting and saving the songs individually after the full album/cassette is recorded?
You would need to use 2 mics and an audio interface to get input as stereo. However, you can duplicate the mono speaker track and put one on left and one on right.
why are you asking folks to download the realtek audio driver for hardware they may not have? Looks like you are providing a hardware specific setup based on your equipment. Installing another driver may actually stop a computers audio from working.
Brilliant Tutorial! The world needs more people like you! Wife was cleaning up our office and came across a cassette tape of my sons on a visit to their grandmother in 1984 when they were 3 and 5 yrs old. Following your tutorial I was able to convert it successfully!
Wow, thanks!
Being a novice at this process I was more than impressed with your slower talking instructions and your self confident directions. I have been trying this process on recorded voice histories and found this so very helpful. THANK YOU!!! Dixie T
Glad it was helpful!
You don't plug into the headphone jack on the computer UNLESS it's a headphone/microphone combo jack. You actually need to use the microphone jack as you're sending audio INTO the computer. Also, you should only install the Realtek drivers IF you've got a Realtek sound card/chip. Otherwise you're just installing unnecessary software that may also corrupt your actual proper audio drivers. There's also an option within Audacity itself that allows you to listen to the tape whilst recording WITHOUT altering any Windows sound properties. There was also nothing said about altering microphone input gain before recording that could potentially reduce clicks, pops, buzzing, etc. that the user is almost guaranteed to experience that are STILL present even after supposed noise reduction post-processing.
What do you suggest is the best method? Ty for your help!
Who’s to say that he’s not using an Apple laptop?
I have not tried it yet, but your instructions, voice and explaining encourages me greatly. Thank you. After all I have 250 tapes to go through (I have thrown away 200 last year) and this is a project I thought I would do in the spring.
Well done. Option 1 worked really well. Followed all your input. Thank you for taking the time.
Great to hear!
Excellent. the best and most thorough video I have seen on RUclips yet on this topic
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much, I have many old cassette tape recordings that I want in better quality digitally. In the past I used the aux method but the quality is tinny and hissy so I'm going to get myself a usb thanks to your video. ☺️
Gave you a subscribe too.
Glad it helped!
Big Thumbs Up!!!! Thank you so much! my wife gave a unique birthday present, a big collection of my favorite Rock band of the late 60's through 1980 from England. Drummers nick name was Bonzo. 40 cassettes of concerts, concert rehearsals, studio rehearsals. I have some fun work to do. I want to make cd's for my truck. This will do the trick! Thank you so much!!!
That is awesome! I love Zepp. You can get all their stuff here... avxlive.icu/music/Led-Zeppelin-Discography-u2.html
Thank you so much! I had the right cable for this but didn't know how to make Audacity identify the tape player as a Mic In. All good now!
Glad I could help!
Thank you! I just bought the "super usb cassette capture" and I really needed this - have lots of old cassette tapes laying around and had no idea how to get them into my computer :D
Glad I could help!
here is the booklet of instructions .. drive.google.com/file/d/1YP502OF5imaQDbuCNF4YjoI4swd8DXpj/view?usp=sharing
Just got one for use as a simple audio source for radio experimenting. It's actually not a bad Walkman and over the years I've had 100s of them. Useful having usb out for best audio quality. 👍❤️😎
Thanks for sharing
Sir , how to make the sound output crispy and good in Audiocity as in transfer from Casset sound quality is not improving
Hi there. Just one word. Excellent ! Thanks a lot for your time and effort.
So nice of you
Why did you install the Realtek drivers when you were actually using the super usb cassette capture recorder/player??? Also, do you have a link to buy the recorder/player in the U.S.?
@TeflDude, I just watched your video about how to copy cassette to mp3 on computer. You said you have files in your g-drive, for which there is a link. I clicked on it a few minutes ago, but a message came up that it is no longer available. Which is fine, I guess. My only question, then, is about the 2 jacks. Where do I get these jacks, or what do they look like in their entirety - do you have a picture showing how the computer and the cassette player are connected with the two jacks?
I will try to make a pdf file in a week or two.
Nice...best video I've seen so far and I learned a few things! Thanks dude!
Awesome, thank you!
Thanks for your clear and accurate explanation about copying cassette to computer. It worked👍
Glad it helped
Your tutorial is fine but I can only hear you on my left channel when I'm taping your tutorial here.
really appreciate your effort! Clear explanation and demonstration! hats off to you!
Thank you
Top Man - Very concise and understandable. Many thanks.
Glad it helped
Can I listen to it from the cassette without using a laptop?
@@TeflDude
Sir , at the time of recording in Audiocity , recording sound not coming from long time , just now get solution from your video .. thanks a lot - love from India
Very appropriately detailed. Excellent. Many thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
@@TeflDude Dear TeflDude, I really liked your video on transferring cassette tapes to Audacity. Could you possibly tell me the make and model of the cassette player you used. I’m having great trouble finding a cassette player that you can transfer straight from a usb port to the USB Port on my laptop. Many thanks for any information you can give me. Regards WES.
Thank you for this tutorial. Very clear and well explained.
Audacity is lovely software for conversion of analog to digital. I wonder whether there is an *ANDROID VERSION of Audacity* so that i can have similar experience on the Android mobile / Tab which is ubiquitous these days.
Thank you-the best instructions, with success, that I have found!
Glad it helped!
Thanks Sir. I had seen other videos in the topic. But your is best. Thank you once again Sir.
You are most welcome
i couldnt find how to export that title wasnt anywhere
Hi, I have an IMac (it doesn’t support Realteck ) what should I do ?
I believe mac does not need it
I do everything like you indicate but not getting any stereo even if it is there. The input signal does appear the same on both left and right.
Most of these conversion methods don't allow for true stereo but kind of cheat and cut corners by using dual-mono, which your case sounds like.
Very interestung ive learnt a bit more now so thank you
Glad it was helpful!
@@TeflDude your welcome
Does this method also work if you have a pc tower?
even better for you as you have dedicated audio in (pink) and audio out jacks (green)
I'd like the hear the quality of the sound once it's digitized. The music is so quiet compared to the narration that it's impossible to judge really.
I do have this unit, but once I put the cassette in it, start recording, the sound vowels, changes the speed, pitch in between playback sometimes . Why ??? Is something wring with the player or I received A bad price??
Obviously bad recorder machine - I guess - it is not the software
Oh no .. Do I need to buy another one? Can you suggest any better advanced mp3 converter than this ?
I find any one which had a usb connector to be the best way to transfer music at the right speed
Thank you .. please suggest the model name , please 🙏 😊
type "super usb cassette capture" www.amazon.com/Reshow-Cassette-Player-Compatible-Computers/dp/B018WBUJBS/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1TUG94UQ2RE43&keywords=super%2Busb%2Bcassette%2Bcapture&qid=1700946306&sprefix=super%2Busb%2Bcassette%2Bcapture%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-4&th=1
Thanks so much for this video. A bit confused because it keeps saying I need to sign up and pay for "Driver One Support." Is there a free way to do this?
I do not know anything about paying for anything.
is there an alternative for Realtek Audio Drivers, for MAC OS? i've only found window's version
Do you need it on MAC? I do not have a MAC so |I cannot give advice on it.
Your laptop jack is just for speakes or hadphones, OUT, not IN. Is not possible to plug IN. How can you do? I can't. In my Realtek HD drive I can't click right on analog point
Sorry, you have to give more full details about your problem... laptop, which windows, etc...
I think you mean that you only have a headphone jack, right? Are you sure it's not a headphone/microphone combo jack? You could try an external USB sound adapter that will convert a free USB port to separate microphone IN and headphone OUT jacks. By the way, you should only install the Realtek drivers if you actually have Realtek hardware!
Can do with my record player 4 in one
Thanks for producing this tutorial. Unfortunately, as a previous commenter said, I can't find the PDF that you refer to.
Check now ... drive.google.com/file/d/1YP502OF5imaQDbuCNF4YjoI4swd8DXpj/view?usp=sharing
here is pdf instructions ... drive.google.com/file/d/1YP502OF5imaQDbuCNF4YjoI4swd8DXpj/view?usp=sharing
@@TeflDude Thanks Tefl-Dude. You've delivered. Not many do. Thumbs up to you, mate and cobber.
Danke sie haben mir geholfen
The Realtek audio manager does not appear to be compatible with my HP windows 10 laptop. Is there a way to make audacity work without it?
you might not need the realtek - it was just a way to differentiate between outgoing audio or in going audio on laptops that have only one hole for both audio feaatures.
@@TeflDude
I ordered the usb cassette player. I could not get the computer to recognize the input from my cassette player as a microphone. I could try on an older computer, but it is too much aggravation. I wasted more time than it is worth.
@@josephcillojr.7035 If you ordered a usb cassette, then you can record through that - you do not need to go the 3.5 jack route.
@@TeflDude
Yes, thanks…
Really enjoyed your video and trying to copy cassette tapes but having a problem that it is still recording through my computer speaker rather than directly though the cable connection into Audacity. All settings seem to be good. Any help?
if unable to install and use realtek driver then just buy the audio adapter that has pink and green femail end similar to old pc cards on desktop computers. that will fix it
@@TeflDude Thank You. I'm using a laptop and Realtek drivers are installed. So if I get a pink and green female adapter I would only use the pink?
Is the PDF available as you mention in your clip of all this, as I could not find it?
here is pdf instructions ... drive.google.com/file/d/1YP502OF5imaQDbuCNF4YjoI4swd8DXpj/view?usp=sharing
Very good tutorial!
Thank you! Cheers!
Appreciated, but. Even with Realtek installed, it does not seem to be an app with various functions that I can open and access settings, etc. And when I connect my cassette player via headphone port on my laptop, there is no pop up window as you show and my laptop immediately assumes that I want to port audio from my laptop to my cassette player instead of the other way round. Any thoughts on how to get past this state of play?
try using Adapter Jack 3.5 mm - 2x Jack 3.5 mm DELOCK 1 is green for out and pink for mic in
Can I record digital audio to cassete?
I'm using a Panasonic rn 305 micro cassette but it just have the earphones input, no mic input
Yes, buy an old cd/casette player combi - they all record cds
@@TeflDude ty
Thank you for your tutorial :) Very helpful. I use digitizer connected to laptop via USB cable (like in your video) and I can hear horrible buzzing in the background, even if there is no cassette inside. Is that a device/connection/driver problem?
What is ...digitizer? try another cable.
That was great tutorial, Thanks Dude, Just bought one of these Walkman converters, Would you say it's possible to capture one audio at a time, Instead of an hour long recordings?
Excellent Video. Subbed.
not sure
Thank you for this video. Very clear instructions. I cannot wait to try. Will you be making a video on converting vhs tapes?
UNfortunately, no
I have done 100 VHS tapes last spring, using elgato. A bit complex... so I had to do a work around using that device. once I "got it working" It took me a few weeks to do. Now they are digitised
Worked like a charm a couple weeks ago. Microsoft Windows installed updates (even though I have them turned off via metered connection settings), and deleted not only a bunch of my files (fortunately found some in my recycle bin) but also removed realtek for some reason. I get no option when I plug in now Can't even install it from the website. Microsoft Windows is like a virus -- breaks your computer. I'm on the verge of getting rid of microsoft altogether so I can continue to use my hardware, which I paid for, and should be able to use, whether they approve or not.
You should only install the Realtek drivers if you actually have Realtek hardware, so in that case Windows may have actually been doing you a favor if you didn't. This part of the video was very bad advice.
Sir could you please explain how to convert digital files into cassette tape, if we can
Easy - buy an old cassette / cd player from second hand shop and write mp3 to CD file and play it in the machine. some players also play mp3 file cds
Hi, this is the best and most patient clip I have seen how to convert cassettes to mp3. My only problem I have, is that I can't get my computer to open up realtek after restart....weird. Any advice?
you may not need it. It is only to help your pc recognize 3.5 jack as input.
Great video Friend! Thank you for sharing it with us!💖👍😎JP
What cassette to mp3 player are you using?
Walkman USB Cassette Capture Player Portable USB
thank you for your help, sir.
How good is this device? I hear most new cassette players use a cheap mechanism through which your cassettes won't sound as good as they should!
This is probably true - but then we are editing the recording with good software. You can always take it from an expensive tape recorder using the audio cable.
Any answers to my posting?
How do you set Audacity to detect the silence between tracks and create EACH SONG as it's own individual recording, so you don't have to spend hours manually splitting and saving the songs individually after the full album/cassette is recorded?
many people have done this, you need to youtube search How to Split Tracks in Audacity
Audacity records in mono. Why?
You would need to use 2 mics and an audio interface to get input as stereo. However, you can duplicate the mono speaker track and put one on left and one on right.
@@TeflDude but when you record with the jack-jack method record in mono or in stereo?
@@lupusnigerprodanddistrodol9305 Mono
why are you asking folks to download the realtek audio driver for hardware they may not have? Looks like you are providing a hardware specific setup based on your equipment. Installing another driver may actually stop a computers audio from working.
I believe you are correct. Many computers may not need it. Unfortunately I found this out to late to put in the video
and your video is only having l side audio
Yeh, I guess it's too late to fix it now.
For some reason there is no sound for this video??????????????
the sound is stereo but only one speaker was recorded
@@TeflDude Okay, thank you !
This is the booklet of instructions ... drive.google.com/file/d/1YP502OF5imaQDbuCNF4YjoI4swd8DXpj/view?usp=sharing
no audio
LOL, ironic.
Do any of these methods pick up background noise or ambient noise while recording on audacity?
There is always some noisebut only from the tape itself not the room.