Alpha Geek: How to digitize cassette tapes - Lifehacker. Turning old music into digital. With all the talk of MP3 and digital formats, it is easy to forget that music started off as analogue, on records.
Chris Long shows how you can drag those magic vinyl masterpieces into the digital age. It was not that long ago that the only music storage format of any worth was the record. Until the early 1990s we bought LPs and singles in their millions and it looked for all the world like there would never be a change. But ultimately the domination of digital technology relegated our vinyl recordings to the "stuff we used to have in the good old days" section of the great history book in the sky.
Of course the assumption today is - despite The Beatles and Led Zeppelin still not being available on the likes of Napster and iTunes - that everything you might want is available digitally. Could there possibly be vinyl albums out there that are not available on CD or download? Interfacing "Your record deck outputs a very weak signal, which is at turntable level," he says. Crackle and pop. WMA to MP3: Convert Copy Protected WMA files. Convert copy protected WMA to MP3, WAV, or Vorbis files with this tutorial.
Copy protected WMA files contain encrypted data and can only be played if you have permission or a license to do so. This tutorial will not show you how to crack, break, unprotect, or remove the encryption on these CopyProtected files if you do not already have a valid license for the file. You must have a valid license to burn the copy protected WMA files to AudioCD to apply this tutorial. This tutorial is intended to allow you " fair use " of these files on portable players which only support MP3 files like an In-dash Car MP3 player or a iPod / iPhone or to make a backup copy of the audio file. This MP3 file is not copy protected . Please be sure to check out our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) at the bottom of this tutorial.
While this tutorial is specific to copy protected WMA files; it can be used to convert standard, non-copy protected WMA files as well. To apply this tutorial you will need the following: Playlist: Digitize your LPs and tapes. Let’s be honest, nobody listens to cassette tapes anymore. To most of us, they are about as useful as a van full of 8-track cartridges. And although records are still a staple for DJs everywhere, kicking back on the couch and listening to a needle bouncing around on vinyl isn’t most people’s idea of getting down.
But that’s not to say the music on these outdated formats isn’t worth listening to. Chances are you’ve got some old records and tapes sitting around the house—mixed tapes, bootleg concerts, even audio recordings of important events—and they aren’t getting any younger. In fact, they’re deteriorating as you read this. If you want to listen to some of your treasures on the computer, in the car, or on an MP3 player (or just keep them from vanishing forever), it’s time to think about digitizing them. The Equipment.