To get specifics for your particular computer you have to say the model name & number (eg Inspiron 9400) and also the name of the operating system (XP, Vista etc).
1. Connect the line-out cables or the headphone jack of the cassette deck (or player) to the line-in input jack of the computer, using audio cables.
2. Configure the computer to record from line-in, in other words set line-in as the recording source. On many models this will be the default setting.
3. Open your recording program on the computer. If you don't have one then download and install Audacity. It is free and widely used.
4. Play a song from a tape in the player while you record it in the computer program.
5. "Save" the song as a .wav file.
6. When you have finished recording all of the songs from the tape and saved each one as a separate file, open your CD program and choose to make a music CD (not data or mp3 CD) using the wav files. That's it.
You will probably have many more questions as you get into this. Like anything else it is simple after you know how, but the devil is in the details.
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To get specifics for your particular computer you have to say the model name & number (eg Inspiron 9400) and also the name of the operating system (XP, Vista etc).
1. Connect the line-out cables or the headphone jack of the cassette deck (or player) to the line-in input jack of the computer, using audio cables.
2. Configure the computer to record from line-in, in other words set line-in as the recording source. On many models this will be the default setting.
3. Open your recording program on the computer. If you don't have one then download and install Audacity. It is free and widely used.
4. Play a song from a tape in the player while you record it in the computer program.
5. "Save" the song as a .wav file.
6. When you have finished recording all of the songs from the tape and saved each one as a separate file, open your CD program and choose to make a music CD (not data or mp3 CD) using the wav files. That's it.
You will probably have many more questions as you get into this. Like anything else it is simple after you know how, but the devil is in the details.