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re: Best Way to Transfer Digital Audio to Cassette Tapes
Posted on 1/1/24 at 10:09 pm to shutterspeed
Posted on 1/1/24 at 10:09 pm to shutterspeed
Why would you degrade the audio?
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Posted on 1/1/24 at 10:19 pm to shutterspeed
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Possibly a 3.5mm/stereo cable connected from your computer to a tape player with recording capability. Your biggest challenge will be obtaining said tape recorder and cassette tapes in short time.
Pawn shop for the cassette player/receiver, Best Buy (or an A/V shop) for the cables, local record store(?) for blank cassettes.
Posted on 1/1/24 at 10:21 pm to t00f
quote:b/c degradation gets me hot
Why would you degrade the audio?
Posted on 1/1/24 at 10:24 pm to Sheep
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Pawn shop for the cassette player/receiver, Best Buy (or an A/V shop) for the cables, local record store(?) for blank cassettes.
I'm assuming he already possesses some sort of cassette player and cassette due to his inquiry, but that's just an assumption. If not, OP might luck out browsing Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist (or putting out a general Facebook inquiry to Friends).
That 3.5mm cable can definitely be had at most any retailer like Walmart, Dollar General, Best Buy, etc.
ETA: Your local record store is a great idea.
ETA2: Just looked at BestBuy's website. Looks like they sell several variations of cassette players in store.
This post was edited on 1/2/24 at 12:05 am
Posted on 1/1/24 at 11:56 pm to RFK
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I have an urgent requirement to transfer several hours of digital audio (mp3) to cassette tapes for a deposition.
Is there a modern way to achieve this without having to hire a technician?
you are going to need an Asian for that
Posted on 1/2/24 at 2:16 am to RFK
Ignoring any potential legal issues from a purely technical POV the best option is to have a tape deck and run a stereo 3.5mm cable that breaks out into a R and L pair of RCA cables into the tape deck inputs. You will need a receiver and speakers to verify the recording. Using a cheap portable tape deck may cause issues in that it may only record in mono and so you would lose the R channel which may or may not be an issue depending on your source material.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 4:36 am to RFK
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I have an urgent requirement to transfer several hours of digital audio (mp3) to cassette tapes for a deposition.
The reversion starts in 2024
Posted on 1/2/24 at 4:49 am to RFK
I have one of these. Get one, get a headphones 3.5mm to RCA cable and run it from your laptop to the reorder.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 6:18 am to Joshjrn
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absolutely fascinated to find out why in the frick cassette tapes are required for a depo
Maybe a senior citizen or tech phobe.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 6:37 am to RFK
Couldn’t you just split the MP3 into 40 minute files and burn to a CD. Each side of a 90 minute cassette would hold 45 minutes of audio and most burnable CDs hold 80 minutes.
Then you find one of these bad boys.
It is a TR630 on Amazon. It is actually has a SD card slot so you can skip even the burning to CD step. Just maybe split the file into 45 minute sections to account for 90 minute tapes that have 45 minute sides. Don’t forget to order cassettes unless you have them in house.
The only thing is that it is real time. So if the depo was 4 hours, you have about 4.5 hours of billable time if you want to be that type of attorney that bills for everything.
Then you find one of these bad boys.
It is a TR630 on Amazon. It is actually has a SD card slot so you can skip even the burning to CD step. Just maybe split the file into 45 minute sections to account for 90 minute tapes that have 45 minute sides. Don’t forget to order cassettes unless you have them in house.
The only thing is that it is real time. So if the depo was 4 hours, you have about 4.5 hours of billable time if you want to be that type of attorney that bills for everything.
This post was edited on 1/2/24 at 7:20 am
Posted on 1/2/24 at 6:51 am to Tarps99
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if you want to be that type of attorney that bills for everything.
Are there other kinds?
Posted on 1/2/24 at 6:57 am to Cracker
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exus had cassette players until 2009!
They knew their demographic.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 6:59 am to Sheep
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Are there other kinds?
I don’t know if this attorney want to dub these at a discount or if they are the type that logs every call, the length, every meeting, and adds some extra time here and there to inflate the cost to the client or insurance companies like the movie, The Firm. Of course there maybe reasons, which like medical billing you shoot for the moon in costs then when the bill comes due you negotiate that down.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 7:40 am to RFK
Go to the judge and make a motion for more time to complete the task due to cassette tape being an antiquated technology...
Posted on 1/2/24 at 7:42 am to Lonnie Utah
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Go to the judge and make a motion for more time to complete the task due to cassette tape being an antiquated technology...
I just wanna know what kind of judge made a legal determination that requires outdated technology in the first place.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 7:58 am to SECMeanSmore
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I just wanna know what kind of judge made a legal determination that requires outdated technology in the first place.
It may not be the judge it may be a clerk of court or county court reporter requiring this because of their equipment.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 8:26 am to Tarps99
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It may not be the judge it may be a clerk of court or county court reporter requiring this because of their equipment.
They need new equipment...
Posted on 1/2/24 at 8:36 am to Lonnie Utah
He doesn't need stereo so just go out the headphone jack on your laptop or phone if it has one and get an adapter from 1/8 inch to whatever input the cassette deck has, probably RCA and make it mono going in to the cassette.
This post was edited on 1/2/24 at 8:37 am
Posted on 1/2/24 at 8:50 am to RFK
I am pretty sure I still have an old tape deck in my garage.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:39 am to RFK
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Is there a modern way to achieve this without having to hire a technician?
Putting aside the oddities of needing to do this in the first place, it’s a fairly simple task. Ironically, it’s probably way easier than the reverse (transcribing the cassettes to digital audio).
Find a tape deck. Hook it up to a computer or phone with a stereo 1/8”-RCA Y-cable. Load a cassette. Press record on the tape deck. Press play on the computer/phone.
The hardest part here is actually finding the tape deck and cassettes.
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