How to convert Vinyl or Cassette to CD - For Free! 2010 version

An updated and improved version of how to convert vinyl or cassette (or anything) to CD or mp3 FOR FREE! Also shows how to install the MP3 encoder for Audacity.

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i am from she was done cooling updated
version have had to transfer vinyl or
cassette to CD for free
why is it for free because you've
probably got everything you need already
house
don't need to go out buy expensive a USB
two tables or rubbish like that
so let's get started just to recap what
we're going to do to transfer by more
cassette to CD is we're going to use our
computer pretty much like a tape
recorder so we're going to get Sam
source
we're going to come out of that sound
source into the computer and then we're
going to hit record
we're going to keep it for one of the
better wood and i'm going to convert
that sound that we have it to an mp3 or
early onto a CD or stored on the hard
drive
whatever you want to do with it and so
let's get started first thing we need is
a sound source and that could be a
cassette recorder could be a record that
could be a stereo system today I'm just
going to use easy to use this little
portable radio and should point out that
it is illegal to record the video so on
this video you want to hear any of the
sound from this but it will be working
that works so anything so i'm going to
come up with that myself source into my
computer for that I need to lead now as
you can see the output from this video
is a little mini jack headphones sup it
so i'm going to use that
I'm to come from there and it's the
computer i'm going to use this lead many
Jack to any Jack lead here it is up
close you can tell exactly what that
looks like it's a stereo lead
you can tell up from the two black bands
around there
that's the way I'm going to use so come
out of my headphone socket and club in
to my microphone online it something on
the computer
next thing we need to do is make a
computer activity in the corner
to do that we're going to use a
brilliant free software called audacity
is where you get HTTP colon slash slash
or NASA t dot sourceforge.net on here
go to the download tab and then download
whichever version you need for whichever
operating system you are using
once you've got that program install it
and then right
see I've been practicing so it's there
so here we go the audacity program
before we start recording as a couple of
settings we want to change on here so we
go to edit preferences on this first tap
the old you're in out tab check that are
playback device is correct and most
importantly excuse me are recording
device
this is sector right before realtek high
definition
that's fine that's the one you want to
use here and then while you're in here
click this software playthrough now
enable you to hear what your recording
as you record then I'm not going to
click that because obviously I'm tip and
the video and that's illegal
don't do it and then I want to go to
this interferes tab and enable meter
toolbar
you can see that will bring up a little
in and out 2 meter at the top of the
program
so if I just click on this in meter
I can hear the signal coming in there
now it's only cause I don't know that
channel at the minute that means i'm
either going to leave not plugged in
correctly or i didn't pick up stereo tub
on here
no i didnt channels one model change it
up to two stereo okay
and there we go there's our full stereo
stereo signal coming in and that's a
little bit loud as you can see that's
hitting the zero so I'm just gonna turn
that input volume down here if you can't
turn it enough if you can't sit down
there
you want to go to your Start button
control panel sound recording click on
this made before because that's the
device properties levels a lot of clicks
that would turn down here and hopefully
we should see about making a change the
difference in our folder
there we go so we're ready to record a
good recording level or we did that hit
record
see all we have for coming now ideally
we want to get up towards the top of
these bars but never touching them so
I'm going to turn that up a little bit
yeah let's see how that goes perfect
it was perfect as can be remember
and with digital sound and it's always
better to be quiet than allowed you can
always turn it up
if it's distorted you can't fix it angel
so there we go record now a lot of
people ask is it better if you recording
an album to record each track separately
or record the whole thing and that split
off
well it really is up to you but whatever
you doing whenever you're happy with
your record and hit stop there we go
and so let's stop there and all i need
to do now is export the sound that we've
created to format we want now i can see
on this week for imagine that this was
just noise on the record and this is
where the Sun started
I can get reminded of this portion of
don't want by clicking highlighting
dragging and then just hidden truth gets
rid of the bit I don't want to hold on
to the NFC that looks like the end of
something you said or not it
click highlight drive there we go again
delete so this is the day I want if I
want to zoom in or out
can it control on the keyboard and the
school button on my maps for and see if
its export the audio now because this is
another thing that a lot of people ask
about going to explore this as an mp3 so
i go to highlighted the way of the whole
file
export as mp3 watch what happens
give it here whatever test
save as type mp3 files safe now
you'll get this little warning dialog
box come up the first time you try this
density does not export mp3 file
directly but instead uses the free
people leave the library
blah blah blah you will stop to this dll
file separately
blah blah blah blah blah would you like
to repeat that no one because i'm going
yet but that's going gay and then you
know how to do it yourself so just
minimize recipe go back to the internet
and this is where you get that leave
things to talk about
incidentally it's not calling because
it's rubbish
I don't know why it's called Lee is so
come to this website here
HTTP cool on / / lame . wise and look .
com . are here and then left click on
this with here see if i'll see that it's
also have to be to get downloads
what's that stabbed little did not txt
file a program i'm going to run that
program and there
install the year Liam driver that we
need so that's going to make downloads
is that the run going to ask me that's
okay
probably maybe
yeah Wow and next
except you very much next next install
look finish but i don't think they are
quite finished let's go back to audacity
still highlighted already file here for
file export as mp3 file in scoring tests
again see if I would you like to looking
yes we look
yes they're going to computer CD drive
program files leave for audacity
there it is open ok and aerials exponent
as an mp3