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else would do it for me! If you have cassettes you were thinking were obsolete, think again and buy this. It does a great job (and the quality is pretty darn good, considering how bad tapes can sometimes be.)

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is the size of a pack of cigarettes and it comes with easy to use software.

It only requires that you have a Walkman cassette player or a boom box. Because you are transferring digital files the output will be the same.

There are two options to convert. In the "Easy Wizard Mode", you press play on the cassette player and the record button on the PC screen and let it run. (You can set the length to record but that's not necessary.) Then just come back in 30 or 45 minutes, depending on length of tape. You can check the box to have the software automatically separate songs into tracks but that is based on sound and, in my tests, it didn't get the right tracks about 40% of the time. But not to worry.

The second option is "Advanced Mode" and you'll use this more. No, it's not technical. You basically do the same thing on first pass, but let it record as one long file. After it's done you can ask the unit to separate tracks (similar to Easy Wizard Mode) or use the visual graph to see where the sound drops and manually mark it. This is like Audacity, but I found the Honestech graphics much cleaner and no technology needed.

After you separate the tracks you can name them and save to your PC. OR you can click "burn" and insert a Blank CD and it will burn as a Music CD, MP3 CD or save as a .wav file. (Just remember that a CD will hold 80 minutes of audio and many cassettes are 90 minutes.) And remember you are recording in real time so it will take 90 minutes for each 90 minute cassette.

Another nice feature is that if you've recorded Internet podcasts or concerts via steaming audio recorders like Total Recorder you can open these using the Audio Recorder software and cut them into separate songs or tracks. A nice bonus!

I haven't tried their phone tech support yet (non toll free) but I didn't need it.

Assuming you have a turntable and amplifier with RCA jacks near your PC, you can record Lps. Or if you take a laptop to where your stereo is you can do that as well. I just didn't try that.

So for the money, I'm pretty happy with the Honestech unit and can highly recommend it.

Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"

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Audio Recorder 2.0 Deluxe

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is the size of a pack of cigarettes and it comes with easy to use software.



It only requires that you have a Walkman cassette player or a boom box. Because you are transferring digital files the output will be the same.



There are two options to convert. In the "Easy Wizard Mode", you press play on the cassette player and the record button on the PC screen and let it run. (You can set the length to record but that's not necessary.) Then just come back in 30 or 45 minutes, depending on length of tape. You can check the box to have the software automatically separate songs into tracks but that is based on sound and, in my tests, it didn't get the right tracks about 40% of the time. But not to worry.



The second option is "Advanced Mode" and you'll use this more. No, it's not technical. You basically do the same thing on first pass, but let it record as one long file. After it's done you can ask the unit to separate tracks (similar to Easy Wizard Mode) or use the visual graph to see where the sound drops and manually mark it. This is like Audacity, but I found the Honestech graphics much cleaner and no technology needed.



After you separate the tracks you can name them and save to your PC. OR you can click "burn" and insert a Blank CD and it will burn as a Music CD, MP3 CD or save as a .wav file. (Just remember that a CD will hold 80 minutes of audio and many cassettes are 90 minutes.) And remember you are recording in real time so it will take 90 minutes for each 90 minute cassette.



Another nice feature is that if you've recorded Internet podcasts or concerts via steaming audio recorders like Total Recorder you can open these using the Audio Recorder software and cut them into separate songs or tracks. A nice bonus!



I haven't tried their phone tech support yet (non toll free) but I didn't need it.



Assuming you have a turntable and amplifier with RCA jacks near your PC, you can record Lps. Or if you take a laptop to where your stereo is you can do that as well. I just didn't try that.



So for the money, I'm pretty happy with the Honestech unit and can highly recommend it.



Steve Ramm

"Anything Phonographic"