Convert old tapes into MP3s — now just $149
Presuming you still have shoebox of cassette tapes labeled something like “Mike & Stacy 4 Ever” or “Mötley Crüe Driving Mix,” there is a way to forever immortalize these musical memories and play them on an iPod or CD player.
Have you been holding off on digitizing your junior high ‘mixed tapes’? Presuming you still have shoebox of cassette tapes labeled something like "Mike & Stacy 4 Ever" or "Mötley Crüe Driving Mix," there is a way to forever immortalize these musical memories and play them on an iPod or CD player. And now it’s $50 cheaper than it was a month ago.
From the same folks who introduced the USB turntable comes the Ion Audio Tape2PC machine, a dual-dubbing silver cassette deck that connects to your PC via a USB cable.
The company announced it has dropped its price from $199 to $149, but hey, you can find this product for as low as $77, plus shipping, on eBay.ca.
Digitize your entire Metal and CrO2 tape collection with the bundled Windows or Mac software, while also removing hisses in the process. Once it’s on your computer you can copy to recordable media, sync it with your favourite MP3 player or upload it to Facebook for an "old skool" throwback.
Do you have any "mix tapes" you still have for sentimental reasons? Do tell!
how else can you pay besides credit card?I'd like to get something like this, but won"t use credit card, is there apay as you go card or something else out there, there are so many things made nowadays, can anyone help,this way its used up before the stealers [for lack of a better term] are able to get to it. thank you,
You can pick this item up at The Source by Circuit City too. But their price is $169
http://www.thesource.ca/estore/Product.aspx?language=en-CA&catalog=Online&category=Tape+Decks&product=4213003
Yes, there are many ways to pay for items without an actual credit card.
One i use is a debit mastercard, provided by Money Mart…although there is a nominal fee for obtaining the card, it allows you to use it in exactly the same way as a credit card. You can load the card through a money mart location with any amount you wish(read the fees schedule though) and then use the amount to make a one -time purchase ,if you wish, or make multiple purchases, just as long as you take into account the posting fees for each transaction/ purchase that you make.
This card also allows you to use it as a debit card at retail stores, and at atm withdrawal machines when you need cash in a pinch.
Hope this helps.
Tgreenhornt
Oh, and I almost forgot, you can track its use, and balance online(a purchase usually takes 24 hours to physically post). In the money mart store they'll have pamphlets with all the info…
It's a titanium debit/mastercard.
Take Care,
Tgreenhornt
To me it seems like it would be a great thing to rent but not keep. Once I have converted my shoe box (and it really is a shoe box) I don't see the need to keep it anymore.
Just go to Dollar Store and buy a RCA to 1/8' jack.Hook up any tape player to your line in jack on back of computer and record all you want.Have to play whole tape in real time but save the difference and buy a bunch of cd's and share with friends.Save your money and use common sense when you see these gimicks,any tape player,turntable,8-track or reel to reel and be digitized for less than$10.
Hi Wayne,
Yes, good point! I've written that in a previous blog post, but it assumes you still have your old cassette deck and stereo (connecting the cassette deck directly to the PC usually doesn't work as you need an amplifier).
Marc
As long as it goes to line in,use musicmatch,widows media player etc will work and I don't use a amp and setup works great.Your computer is actually the amp with this setup.
I am with Wayne. I have allready transfered everything that I needed to by using a ten dollar patch cord. I then used Cooledit to remove the hiss and pops etc. Remember though when recording off a casset that it will record first as a wave file which can be huge. Easy eonough to cnvet to an mp3 but you need to make sure you have the space.