[Techtalk] Audio tape to mp3 conversion

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playback on audio tape player -> line in of computer sound card ->
recording with audacity software -> using LAME software to encode to mp3

should do the trick

i have work at a radio station and therefor have access to the facilities
to facilitate the above, so, i could help out, but this doesn't seem to
require much specialized equip

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On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Ricky Buchanan wrote:

> Does anybody have the facilities/knowledge to convert a bunch (~10)
> of audio-tapes to mp3 files?
>
> I don't mind if it's just one huge mp3 file for each side of the tape, I
> can cut them up myself and clean them.  I just don't have the energy and
> know-how to figure out all the converting bits.
>
> The tapes are the recordings of my school concerts and have basically
> the only record of my singing apart from one which is already on the
> "Best Of George Dreyfus" CD.  I sorta want them for posterity before the
> tapes which were made 1990-1992 fall apart completely.  I realized today
> I probably don't have a single audio record of my 7 years of flute
> playing, and while there's still some of my singing around I'd like to
> save it.
>
> Thanks folks,
>
>
> Regards,
> Ricky
>
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