Re: Sound from cassete to mp3
Stephan Engelke writes:
> > What is the best way of transferring sound stored in cassete to mp3? Can
> > this be done without the microphone?
>
> you should be able to get an adaptor cable of the form "2-Chinch ->
> 3.5mm" (whatever this type of plug is called in English :-). These
> cables are often part of a soundcard package. If you do not own such
> a cable, visit you local Hifi store.
>
> Then connect your sound cards line in with the tapedecks output
> sockets, hit record on your computer and play on you tapedeck.
Also take a look a the package gramofile. It was originally written
to transfer those old "antique analog CDs" (otherwise known as
records) :) to digitized form. I've been using it very successfully
to transfer old Jean Shepherd radio shows on cassette to mp3.
gramofile has a nice graphic (ncurses) VU-meter so you can properly
set record levels. The resulting digitized file is not an mp3,
however. It is a .wav. So you will need to wav to mp3 encoder. I've
used both bladeenc and lame. On my 486/133, lame seems to do a better
job for me. (I'm not sure if lame is debianized.)
Make sure you have plenty of hard drive space available. A 45-minute
radio show ends up as an ~500 MB .wav. When converted to an mp3, it
ranges from ~10 to ~17 MB depending on the bitrate you choose to
encode it at.
> Typically the sound quality of a regular tape is fairly low compared
> to CD's, additionally there is always some background noise created by
> the tape machine's motors. You may be disappointed with the results
Agreed. Tape->mp3 will definitely not be of CD quality. However,
if you are willing to accept the lower sound quality or if there is no
CD available, this might do the trick.
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