Anybody converted "music tape to MP3"

[kt.]

Has anybody used one of these?  I have loads of music cassettes in the attic and saw came across this advert in a newspaper:

http://www.aspect-two.com/mp3Convertor/

[cambourne7]

Not tried it but heard this was good

http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/digital-conversion/7a8d/u

[carrot-cruncher]

Me thinks it'd be a nice handy little gift to request from Santa.

I could also do with something that does the same for old VHS video tapes.

CC

[djbrenton]

Has anybody used one of these?  I have loads of music cassettes in the attic and saw came across this advert in a newspaper:

http://www.aspect-two.com/mp3Convertor/

I can convert any tapes you have to MP3, or alternatively just send you MP3 copies of any tapes you have (legal as you already own the tapes). PM me a list if you want.

[djbrenton]

Me thinks it'd be a nice handy little gift to request from Santa.

I could also do with something that does the same for old VHS video tapes.

CC

I've been thinking of buying the kit for this, it's only about £40. Maybe we could organise a trip round the country for the kit ( hand to hand) with a small donation to A4A by each user.

[Bugloss2009]

Has anybody used one of these?  I have loads of music cassettes in the attic and saw came across this advert in a newspaper:

http://www.aspect-two.com/mp3Convertor/

I can convert any tapes you have to MP3, or alternatively just send you MP3 copies of any tapes you have (legal as you already own the tapes). PM me a list if you want.

amazingly, it is still technically illegal in the uk to convert tapes/cds to mp3, even for your own use. If it was me, i'd just find the albums on the net, and download them, which is definitely not a good thing

[nilly71]

If you have a cassette player wth audio out and a pc with audio in then link the two together with a cheap stereo jack lead (from £ shop) or http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=11422. Most  windows pc's have a audio recording programme on them, so you just press play on the recorder and record on the software. It records in real time so might take a while to convert them all. Then use a free mp3 converter to convert your audio into mp3.

It will cost less than £5 but will take a long time, but the good thing is you can pause the recording while you fast forward through any songs you don't like.

or you could use one of these £29.99 http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=280934

Neil