Copying a tape to cdr

[dabluesman]

A friend has some tapes he wants to have copied to cdr. I could probably run a tape deck through my stereo to my Delta66 sound card and record the tape to my harddrive as a wav then burn it to cdr. But I dont want to sit through each song while it's copying. Is there a recorder out there that has a tape drive and a cdr drive made to do this type of thing? I'm hoping to find something for this guy pretty cheap (under a couple hundred..) Or does anyone know a place where he could ship the tapes off to have them copied and prices? Thanks!

 

[Buck62]

Any stand-alone CD recorder would be able to do the job.

Just go from the tape deck to the "analog-in" on the stand-alone CDR unit.
The only problem is that all that tape "hiss" comes along with it.
But once you have it on CD, you can load it into your computer and play around with it until you get it to sound better.
EQ will help out, and some programs even have the ability to remove some (not all) of that unwanted noise.

 

[jgourd]

Buck is a big fan of stand-alone CD Recorders

I do it with my computer. I just tell Sound Forge to record for a specific length of time and go eat my supper while the dupe is taking place. When I get back I mark the tracks and them burn the disc.

 

[Wil Davis]

Are the tapes cassette, or reel-to-reel? If they're more than 10 years old, and haven't been kept in ideal conditions, and especially if they're cheapo brand, then they will most probably shed oxide like you wouldn't believe. For fixes for this particular problem, check out the "Analog Forum", in particular, search for "tape baking". Cassettes tend to be a bit more forgiving in terms of shedding, as they tend to be less exposed to the elements in the same way as reel-to-reel tapes.

this link might be useful

this link might also help you

Good Luck!

- Wil

PS: just found this link...

https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=18342&highlight=baking