Portable Cassette Player Tape Convertor to MP3 via USB Compatible with Laptops and Personal Computers TechCode®

I can't write a full review at the moment since I have no CD-R to burn.However, after a test on some cassettes from the early 1990 era , I do have some MP3 footage stored in the hard drive.Next time I will turn up the volume on the device as it seems to affect the output.I will edit this review in due course once the discs arrive. At present tho, brilliant ☺☺☺UPDATE: After ripping a couple of discs I can report these findings.1) If you have the volume low on the tape device, the conversion will also be low. Turn up to max, then back off a gnats nagger. Use the input bars on the software to learn where the sweet spot is.2) Turn off all mobile phones in the vicinity of the device when ripping tracks. It will pick up any mast connections, switching, incoming texts/calls, 3,4,5G , basically just turn them off else you'll have a ruined track with mobile interference overlaid on the tracks...3) Battery alone usage - not advised. Reason. Old tapes need to be kept moving through the pick-ups at a decent rate. The draw of power from the device during the ripping process caused the loss of an old Wigan Pier tape of mine lol best to just use the USB and keep it powered up to max.4) Instructions - I'm a bloke, an we don't read these things. However, after a few fails I had to resort to actually finding out wth I was doing wrong ;) use it guys, it doesn't hurt!5) The actual software - Before you go totes bananas and burn a full deck of 25 CD-R's to find out you've fluffed it. Practice. get everything right so when you open a media player, it will just play like a remastered copy. Get all the levels right, click, cut, remove excess pauses/tape switch over points. These sound awful on a massive hifi unit.Anything else I might be able to help with, just ask a Q on the page , as every buyer will get it. Peace...

I purchased this item in order to digitise an irreplaceable Christmas music cassette tape that has been in the family for 20+ years. Unfortunately part of the tape is dead, but it would still play up to a certain point so we wanted to salvage it.First, I recommend throwing out the "installation CD" that comes with this item. Audacity is free software that is easily found online. Downloading the software from the official website also ensures that you have an up-to-date version that is compatible with your system.I already had Audacity installed on my Mac so I just plugged in the cassette player via the USB, opened Audacity and then went into Preferences > Devices > Recording and set this to "USB Microphone" (this equipment does not come up as anything specific so that is what you need to choose). I then hit "Record" in Audacity and "Play" on the cassette player and the tape recorded flawlessly into Audacity.You will probably have crackles and hisses in the recording but these can be removed or reduced using the "Noise Removal" effect menu in Audacity. This is not a perfect solution though and I recommend Googling to see how other people have solved the issue.Overall I am chuffed to bits that I can now play this Christmas music again! I'm not sure how this piece of kit will hold up long term as it's quite flimsy, but I only purchased it to convert this one cassette and it's done that so I'm happy.

I was a little worried about the stated requirement to run Windows, but I needn't have been. It works just fine on Debian Linux. (Currently, for the record, we're still on Wheezy.)Plug the cassette player into the computer, using the USB-to-micro-USB cable provided in the box. Start your favourite audio-recording program, such as Audacity. Tell it to use Pulse Audio. Hit the Record button. Use the Pulse Audio volume control to select the cassette player as the input. Press Play on the cassette player. And that's all there is to it. There are no extra packages to install, no config files to edit, no modules to install. It just works.When it's not being powered over USB, the cassette player takes batteries and has a headphone socket, and so you could, in theory, use it as a portable music player. In practice, it feels a bit flimsy for that, and that's the only reason I gave it four stars, rather than five. We'll use it, carefully, to transfer hundreds of old cassettes to digital format and then probably never pick it up again. But, for less than fifteen quid, if you take it for what it is, this is a bargain.

I am very pleased with the cassette to tape converter & happily give it a 5 star rating. It arrived on time & was well packaged & came with the necessary cables & a mini CD containing the software for handling the conversions. The instructions were brief but give ample details of how to carry out the process of conversion & there is plenty of help available from several sources on the Internet. The device runs on either a battery (which is not included) or deriving power via the USB connection used to transfer the tracks to your computer. There is also a 3v input socket if you have a suitable power supply available. It is a simple matter to connect the device via USB & start the process, you can use earplugs to either listen to the original recording or, by plugging them into the computer instead, to listen to the tracks being re-recorded. Then, using the software provided, you can arrange them how you want on your computer. Recommended.

Quite a poor product, and a disappointment because I wanted to digitise some interviews with a relative from the 1990s. The software did not enable any adjustment to background noise, and although I did copy some old music demo tapes, again the quality wasn't great. I think the device itself is pretty poor quality, and not a patch on the Sony Walkman type devices of the 80s. I could not recommend this as a serious option. Sorry.