How Do You Copy Cassette Tapes To A Computer In Audacity?
Audacity software allows you to record sound from an external source or edit sound files already stored your computer. Recording old cassette tapes to Audacity and saving them (once set up) is a relatively straightforward process. The first step is to connect your cassette player to your computer. Small, personal cassette players can be connected by plugging one end of your 3.5 mm stereo lead into the cassette player’s headphone socket and the other end into your computer’s line-in port. Refer to your computer’s instruction manual if you have trouble locating your line-in port. Open Audacity and make sure your cassette tape is rewound to the beginning (or the point you want to record from). In Audacity’s preferences menu, make sure that in the “Audio I/O” tab under “Recording,” “Line-in,” channel “2 (stereo)” and “Software playthrough” are selected before clicking “OK.” In Audacity’s main screen, press the large, red “Record” button at the top before immediately hitting “Play” on your
