Cassette to CD and MP3

I had a bunch of old audio cassette tapes from my childhood - not music - just goofy stuff of my sister and I interviewing each other, irreplaceable memories of my grandfather singing... my childhood friends and I making up soap operas in my bedroom as kids... precious memories that I wanted to share with my family and friends. I knew it was only a matter of time before they would be lost (i.e. literally fall apart) or the technology would surpass so far beyond and audio cassettes would be so obsolete that I would have to pay hundreds of dollars to find a player to play them (as it is I had to borrow an old one from my father to play the ones I had, else pay upwards of $200 to get one!!).I tried other devices to transfer cassette to mp3 (the ones that look like a small walkman) - the device was very cheaply made and the sound quality was terrible. The Digiotape system is DEFINITELY the way to go!! I was able to use my dad's cassette player and the cables that came in the Digiotape package - super easy. The software that accompanies is is very user friendly - everything goes right into iTunes. It allows you to edit your recordings into tracks and edit the length of each track (which was particularly helpful for my project - since I wasn't working with typical music tracks). I had to play with the volume input a little bit to get the best quality but that's the nature of the beast, considering the kind of audio I was trying to capture - mono voices (i.e. kids being goofy - whispering one minute, screaming the next). I couldn't be more pleased - it exceeded my expectations and I would highly recommend this product to someone trying to do a similar project.One tidbit I learned... I did have one cassette that I think was just worn... perhaps old and just stretched out... every time I played it, about 2-3 seconds in, the volume dropped and the quality was just lost. As a last ditch effort, I took it to my dad's (he has a dual cassette player at his house). I found that playing it regular speed, I had the same issue so I tried dubbing it at high speed onto a blank cassette... and it worked!! I was able to capture the 5 minutes I needed onto a blank cassette... no volume drop and the quality was great! I took it home and used the Digiotape system to get it into the computer - I was so happy!I made CD's for all of my family and friend for Christmas of our family memories - I can't wait to share them!!

I loaded the disk and installed it flawlessly i said it was excepted by my PC and I had no problem up to here but sadly I never could get even "past" plugging from the cassette player to the PC .Everywhere I plugged it in it said that is still disabled .the directions where not clear or (they simply suck) it was very vague on what to do the terms they used where to way to confusing to understand .I plugged into the headphone jack nothing .the speaker jack in the back still nothing the microphone jack the same same nothing none of them worked at all .they all said it was still disabled but the directions offered up no help here at all .I then called a pc geek I read the direction book to him right off the pages but he to was somewhat confused what they where asking and he was not to sure either so from thier I tried calling for tech help but (no number is given) to call at all "thanks guys for not caring" .I emailed the company they totally ignored me so it feels it has to be a scam or its a bogus product I have no choice so I'm sending it back today .again I hooked up every sound plug I could find on my pc with no responses from it .I read the directions again but they don't offer up any tangible to real meaningful common sense answers at all so I have no alternative but to send this useless waste of money back and get a refund so if you buy this all I can says good luck for I had no luck at all . Thanks

This software works really well. It is very easy to use and I like how it can be used with any tape player so long as the tape player has a headphone jack. There are some reviews complaining about the sound quality of the mp3s produced by this software. It may be that the sound quality issues are due to your computer settings and not the software itself. When I first tried to convert a cassette tape, the sound quality was absolutely terrible on my laptop (Lenovo G500s). The sound was incredibly distorted and choppy. Thinking that the microphone port was bad on my computer, I tried out the software on my fiance's laptop. The sound was a little distorted on his computer so I went to the properties for the microphone and turned down the microphone boost to 0 dB as per the troubleshooting guide in the manual that came with the software. After doing that, the sound was still a little off (but much better than on my laptop) so I went to the advanced settings for the microphone and turned off the 'noise reduction' function. When I did that, the sound was as clear as a bell. I figured I needed to do the same on my laptop. On my laptop, there was no 'noise reduction' option in the advanced settings for the microphone. However, I did uncheck "enable audio enhancements" and I also turned down the microphone boost to 0 dB. When I did that, the sound was great on my laptop! It took me a long time to figure these things but once I did, it was smooth sailing from there. I have converted several cassettes so far and the sound quality of the mp3s is very good (as good as the quality of the cassette I converted). So, after some fidgeting with the microphone settings on my laptop and a bit of patience, everything is all good!