Save the project in the Audacity project format, export the final editions in WAV format, and convert your WAV files to FLAC. My final advice: convert your cassette tapes to a lossless audio format (like FLAC) and keep your archives in this format. They have a really good wiki entry explaining how you can achieve great quality. I've been using Audacity for these conversions. However, if you just want a good conversion, you may be fine with your setup. It can be loud or you can even notice, but it exists. I'm telling you this because when we record from our simple laptops that usually have onboard soundboards, because of soundboard proximity to other laptop components, you could introduce some "interference noise" in the conversion. They may have the best cables and best equipment, avoiding interference in your analog-digital conversion. If you really want to create the best quality in your rips, you should search for companies that do this specialized work. What are my options for getting these cassette recordings into a digital format? Whats the best format? What sort of wires would I need and will I want to utilize the USB or Firewire or can I simply use the audio inputs on the PC (or Mac) to receive the audio stream? I also have access to a new (2009) iMac with a mini-phono input jack for a powered mic or other audio source and GarageBand that has come with the computer. On the front panel there is a mini-phono mic input jack and there are several different types of in/out mini-phono jacks on the back. No sound editing software that I can see. I have a Windows Vista PC with no additional software other than what came with the machine from Costco. In the front it has a headphone phono jack, plus left and right mic input phono jacks. It has separate left and right IN and OUT RCA type jacks on the back.
I think I can handle the quality restoration but getting the audio from tape to digital is my question.īelow is a list of the hardware that I can work with:Ĭassette Deck: I have a Technics stereo cassette deck model RS-B12. Has anyone been successful with transferring audio cassette tape recordings to a digital format? I would like to preserve old cassette tape recordings of my grandparents to some digital format: MP3, WAV, etc.
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