[Hidden-tech] audio cassette to mp3 or flac

[Will Loving]

Tom ­ I also use a Griffin iMike with great success in terms of connecting
my old Sony dubbing deck (paid $700 for, now purchasable on eBay for $25) to
my computer via USB. It has both line level and microphone inputs and
includes a headphone monitoring jack. I think I paid about $35 for it.

If you are using a Mac, there is a fabulous audio editing utility called
³Fission² which allows for quick splitting, labeling and minor edits to
audio files. Unlike Audacity, Garageband and others, it does NOT convert the
file to a proprietary format and, it allows you to quickly save back in the
original format. It doesn¹t do filters and any other real editing except for
splits, joins, normalizing, fade in/out and level adjustments on selected
sections, but for initial edits it¹s great. And, because it¹s not converting
to  a proprietary format, it can open a 1GB file in a few seconds ­ try
doing that in any other program and you¹ll need to take a break and come
back.

Will

Will Loving, President
Dedication Technologies, Inc.


on 9/10/10 4:45 PM, Tom Adams ~ Reelife Productions & Folktography at
tomadams at gmail.com wrote:

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> 
> 
> 
> darn it. $8/cassette x 600 cassettes (collecting dust on my shelves) = $4800. 
> (until someone can get a robot to do it...i think the dust is going to pile a
> lot higher)
> 
> 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Adams
> 
> 413.575.9707
> 
> Williamsburg, MA
> 
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> 
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> 
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Kiernan G-S <greenearthcomputer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>    ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>>    ** If you did, we all thank you.
>> 
>> 
>> Matt,
>> 
>> I send all my business of this sort to some great local folks in
>> Florence  (your neighbors I guess).
>> 
>> Check out Memory Magic.
>> Fellow to talk to over there that I know is Bob Hannum.
>> 
>> Contact info:
>> Memory Magic
>> 15-17 North Maple Street
>> Florence, MA 01062
>> 413.582.5627
>> http://PreserveYourMemories.org
>> bobowill at comcast.net
>> 
>> Memory Magic guarantees lowest price, and they give some pretty
>> fantastic discounts for quantity.
>> 
>> I believe Bob is out of town for the weekend, but I am sure they can
>> help you out regardless.
>> 
>> Good luck!
>> ~Kiernan
>> 
>> Head Technician - Green Earth Computers
>> www.greenearthcomputers.us <http://www.greenearthcomputers.us>
>> greenearthcomputer at gmail.com
>> 413-282-TECH
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Matt Lampiasi <mattl at florenceit.net> wrote:
>>> >   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>>> >   ** If you did, we all thank you.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Anyone out there doing this reasonably priced? Ive done a few myself but
>>> its seriously time consuming. I want to get rid of all these cassettes after
>>> ripping the best ones to 320kbps mp3.
>>> >
>>> > I would likely have a few dozen ripped if priced right. maybe up to 50 or
>>> 100 tapes. many are live, so autosplit software might not work so great -
>>> the ones ive tried couldnt handle it.
>>> >
>>> > also once im done ill have a couple hundred grateful dead shows, and a
>>> similar number of varied artists (60's, 70's,80's and 90's rock and jazz,
>>> mostly rock) on cassette available for free if anyone's interested.
>>> >
>>> > this does not need to be audiophile or professional grade. line out to
>>> line in with a good quality clean cassette deck and sheilded cables is
>>> completely good enough as long as i can get separate mp3's for each song and
>>> basic mp3 folder naming of artist/album.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Thank you,
>>> >
>>> > Matt Lampiasi
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