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How Do You Convert Cassettes?

I have a variety of old cassettes that include family interviews, live shows and long out of print music.  I would like to convert these over to a digital format.  How do you do that?

I used to have a PC that had RCA Audio jacks in the back, but that computer died. I’m looking at new PCs these days, and the stock computers do not come with RCA inputs, unless you get a special order one.

What methods have you all used?

Thanks in Advance.

pgaulke60
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ghdprentice
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There are cassette player with digital outputs and analog to digital converters. I would start by posing the question to an AI. It will give you a host of solutions to start with. Then see if you get a better solution from someone here.

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audphile1
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You need analog to digital converter that accepts rca inputs and converts that analog signal to digital with us output. And a software on computer that you can use to monitor the conversion. 
 

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mapman
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A/D converter to computer usb. I use Audacity software on the pc to do the mastering and save to .wav file, then do tagging using Picard software to auto tag, dbpoweramp for manual tagging, then to my music library for access via Roon. 

pgaulke60 OP
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Thanks folks. Can you recommend a certain A/D conversion kit?

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jsd52756
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When we were packing up to move after 40 yeasr in one home I told my wife that I'm tossing the cassettes,  She said, "Why don't you make a playlist on Tidal using them?"  Sheer genius.  Her, not me.  All but a few were on Tidal.  And we play them a lot more often & usually on shuffle.  

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