How Do You Change A Record & Cassette To A CD?
How can you move a collection of LPs and cassettes onto modern media and toss the old stuff? You have a few options: use a transfer service, buy an all-in-one device that converts old media to CDs, or use a USB turntable or your old audio equipment connected to your computer. Hooking up your old turntable, cassette player or boom box to your computer can create audio files that you can burn onto CDs or put on an MP3 player. Determine what additional hardware you need. If you have a stand-alone turntable, you need a phono preamp to boost the sound between the turntable and your computer. Cassette players, boom boxes or turntables integrated with a stereo receiver already have a built-in preamp. If your computer can’t burn CDs, you need an external CD burner. If your computer does not have an audio line-in port, you need an external sound card. Choose your audio editing software. Most phono preamps come with audio editing software. If you don’t need a preamp but do need software, search
