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aldi portable cassette converter

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  • 12-08-2015 8:27pm
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    NEW2DIY
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    Aldi have two portable cassette converters. one is to mp3. i could not see if the other is mp3as they are in glass case

    Are all cassette converters convert to mp3 only or is there another choice of file. is mp3 good


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    mordeith
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    NEW2DIY wrote: »
    Aldi have two portable cassette converters. one is to mp3. i could not see if the other is mp3as they are in glass case

    Are all cassette converters convert to mp3 only or is there another choice of file. is mp3 good

    Could be straight to .wav Either way you can convert afterwards with free tools (Audacity for example). Mp3 is standard audio format but you need to use a high bitrate (320 kps) for optimum quality. Tape conversions usually sound pretty crap though.


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    NEW2DIY
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    mordeith wrote: »
    Could be straight to .wav Either way you can convert afterwards with free tools (Audacity for example). Mp3 is standard audio format but you need to use a high bitrate (320 kps) for optimum quality. Tape conversions usually sound pretty crap though.
    but if converting .mp3 to wav mp3 is lossy? is .wav lossy/

    Do you need one of the aldi units. audacity could convert could you connect the cassette player to the pc and record

    headphone to line in on pc?


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    mordeith
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    NEW2DIY wrote: »
    but if converting .mp3 to wav mp3 is lossy? is .wav lossy/

    Do you need one of the aldi units. audacity could convert could you connect the cassette player to the pc and record

    Yes Wav is lossless but obviously larger filesize. Of course you can connect to PC to stereo and record, thats what I do.


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    NEW2DIY
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    mordeith wrote: »
    Yes Wav is lossless but obviously larger filesize. Of course you can connect to PC to stereo and record, thats what I do.
    thanks i do not need the aldi converter so, only a few tapes


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    NEW2DIY wrote: »
    thanks i do not need the aldi converter so, only a few tapes

    You'll need a tape player (obviously) :D, a copy of Audacity and a double ended 3.5mm jack lead. You may have to download a lame encoder for Audacity to allow conversion to mp3.


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