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Convert a cassette tape recording to digital format

Has anyone been successful with transferring audio cassette tape recordings to a digital format? I would like to preserve old cassette tape recordings of my grandparents to some digital format: MP3, ...
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How can I make an actual compact cassette "tape" mix-tape from iTunes?

I want to make an actual compact cassette mix-tape as a gift for someone. I use iTunes to manage all of my music. So a few questions: If I gather a bunch of songs on a playlist for sides A/B of ...
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Converting hundreds of tapes to MP3

I know that devices exist which can convert cassette tapes into MP3s via USB. I have hundreds of tapes which I'd like to convert. Are there any devices which can do this in a batch style - i.e. put ...
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Digitizing audio cassettes [closed]

I am looking for a freeware equivalent to Adobe Audition software i.e. a software for digitizing audio cassettes. Please suggest some.
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Can I save a file into a cassette tape? How? [closed]

Suppose I have a rather small file, containing.. a photograph of a... llama. And I am very paranoid of people copying my llama photo, so I decide to store it in something inconspicuous like a cassette ...
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Trying to record from cassette player to Audacity on laptop, using headset jack, with dual band cable, but no sound reaches Audacity

I am trying to get a digital copy of some cassettes using an HP laptop. I have tried pressing play on the cassette player, to record on Audacity, but Audacity does not show any sound. Initially I used ...
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Android media playback - mp3 (and ogg) sound is distorted from phone speakers

I have lately been converting audio cassettes to digital sound, using Audacity. I am successful with many of them, but I encounter a peculiar problem during some of these conversions, that no web ...
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Making a cassette tape using itunes or mp3 [closed]

I have watched videos about how to do this, read about it as well. I have headphone input cable which ends with two RCA cables. I insert this on the computer headphone and lineout (EXT) outlets on the ...
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Can the data on my hard drive be affected by being stored next to tape cassettes?

I stored my portable external hard drives next to some tape cassettes. I believe hard drives are meant to last an average of five years but some of my files which were perfectly fine before became ...
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