Putting MP3's to audio cassette?

Spunog UIE

Lo,

Just wonderin how you can copy music files on your computer onto normal audio cassette for a walkman or that.
What type of hardware/software ya need?

Just incase your curious why? I just want a cheap way of puttin my music on tape for a walkman and also in the car.

Cheers,
Alo.

Kali

find a tape recorder with either line-in or any sort of microphone input..

then a 3.5mm to 2phono or 3.5mm -> 3.5mm cable should do the trick (depending on the tape machines connections)... stick it in your lineout, press record and play your mp3s.

sceptre

And queue your mp3s in Winamp or whatever you use. Saves you pausing your tape deck

(makes making a compilation from mp3 to tape more convenient than making one from a few CDs to tape)

Gordon

I actually saw an mp3 player that was audio cassette shaped. It was in one of those Innovations catalogues. You load up yer mp3's into this cassette and it has a d/a converter that touches the tape head when play is pressed. You can play it on any tape player.

Or maybe I was dreaming, I will try and find a link later.

http://www.digisette.com/

Gerry

That looks absolutely sweet. Probably costs a fortune though.

GoneShootin

$229.99 for the 64 Mb Version

https://www.digisette.com/Buy/international.html

Scruff

Originally posted by Kali
find a tape recorder with either line-in or any sort of microphone input..

then a 3.5mm to 2phono or 3.5mm -> 3.5mm cable should do the trick (depending on the tape machines connections)... stick it in your lineout, press record and play your mp3s.

The same cheapy method i use to put MP3's on to my minidisc

optical o/p converter costs €80+
anyone know where to get a cheap one?

sceptre

Haven't heard of those USB-optical connectors for less than about 50 nicker. Want one too but not at that price.

Spunog UIE

freaky but definaly cool... i likes.

oh was lookin around and spotted this mp3 player, 10gb or storage sounds too good... Link

po0k

am, personnally I'd rather buy a decent MP3-CD walkman and burn mp3 compilations onto CD for 70c a pop. Better battery life then those heavy, and delicate, hard drive solutions. Plus i allready have a burner, an essential bit of kit nowadays.

Spunog UIE

a 3.5mm to 2phono or 3.5mm -> 3.5mm cable should do the trick

where be the best place to get this?

DeadBankClerk

peats

mike65

Peats if you live in Dublin that is

Some of us live further afield...any decent elctronic parts sockist will
have the lead your after or failing that the parts to make one yourself.

Mike.

phobos

I briefly heard about those USB -> FO connections, that enable you to record your MP3s to MD. I recently got a mental MD recorder for myself, and resorted to using my PS2 to record digitally using the FO out, on the back of the unit.

But I want to eliminate the need to burn the MP3s to CD-Audio, and then record them off the CD to the MD using the PS2.

Soooooo, where can I get one of those USB -> FO connections, and how much (in Galway preferably).

Cheers,

;-phobos-)

BattlingCheese

Have a look here. http://www.xitel.com/index2.htm
Still a bit pricey though

Static

Originally posted by Gordon
I actually saw an mp3 player that was audio cassette shaped. It was in one of those Innovations catalogues. You load up yer mp3's into this cassette and it has a d/a converter that touches the tape head when play is pressed. You can play it on any tape player.

Yeah, I saw those. If you've a discman, you could burn normal audio cd's, and there's a converter that's similar, just a tape with a lead connecting to the discman... costs about 12 quid, though I can't remember where I saw them last.

ayatollah

hey i'm actually looking to do the opposite.

convert from audio cassette to say mp3 for example.

anyone any ideas?

Bob Z

ayatollah wrote: »

hey i'm actually looking to do the opposite.

convert from audio cassette to say mp3 for example.

anyone any ideas?

i havent done this but did you try using an mp3 player thas has a line in and can record? (most dont but i think a couple do)

Or using audacity?

Spunog UIE

Hey I don't remember posting a thread in here...oh wai...it's from 7 years ago

Yeah just get a 3.5mm male to male audio cable and stick it into the audio in on your pc/laptop (which it must have) and record with whatever software you want . Not sure what the sound quality is going to be like off a cassette...it's been so long.

Wow seven years.

JæKæ

sceptre wrote: »

Haven't heard of those USB-optical connectors for less than about 50 nicker. Want one too but not at that price.

I got my Sony USB-optical convertor back in about 2000 for about 80 punts. It was very expensive but I get a huge amount of usage out of it every day.
Great for playing laptop music thorugh your stereo/sound system
The sound is top class from it-best 80 I ever spent