
All online resources for this app are searchable as well, so you can find what you're looking for fast.

There is a Quick Help Guide, a full Manual, a Wiki, and user Forums where you can ask questions and get feedback from other users. Fortunately, the app comes with links to a large collection of different types of resources to help you learn how to use all of its features. Pros Excellent resources: Despite the clarity of the interface, it can take some time to learn your way around this program. Users of all experience levels will benefit from this app's intuitive interface and nice list of features. The good news is the Cassette Mate only costs $30 and runs off of 2 AA batteries, so even for a couple of tape recordings it’s not going to break the bank.Īudacity provides you with a full set of tools that you can use to edit audio files and add effects through a clear and accessible interface. While most of your old tapes might not be worth saving, I bet there’s a few that are. It even detects the pause between songs and splits them up into tracks if desired. An included piece of software then gives you a range of options for recording the audio as the tape plays and stores it on your hard drive as an MP3 file.

It is called the Cassette Mate and connects to a PC through a USB port. Japanese gadget maker Thanko has created a cassette tape to MP3 converter that takes the form of an old portable tape player like the old Walkmans. Mine have been in a box gathering dust ever since CDs arrived, but now there is a very cheap and simple way to save the audio they hold. You may even have some with memorable recordings on made by yourself that you just couldn’t get on CD.

But in making the transition I was also left with a lot of old tapes, both commercial music tapes and blanks I had used to record the radio.
