Here,
InshaAllah, you will find directions on how to transfer the
audio files to audio cassettes.
BEFORE YOU
BEGIN YOU WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING:
1.
A cassette recorder or stereo that has rca audio input jacks (the same as
the A/V jacks on the back of your VCR). They may say LINE/AUX/CD/PHONO/IN
or something else as long as it is input it will work. If you
don't have one you can purchase a new one for under $100 from
most electronics stores or a used one from most thrift shops
or from eBay.com (search for "cassette deck") for under $50
and even under $25 sometimes.
This is a picture of a cassette
decks back views showing the red and white RCA input and
output jacks.
2.
A computer with a sound card and the appropriate software to
play the audio files (Real Player for the .rm/.ra/.ram files or Winamp
or Windows Media Player for the .wma files). Almost every
computer has a sound card already so you shouldn't have to
worry about this.
Your sound card may look
different, but make sure you use the line out port of your
sound card when recording to cassette.
3.
A cable to connect your computer to your stereo.
"RCA to 3.5mm stereo
Y adapter cable" to connect your stereo to your computers sound
card (available at any Radio Shack, Wal-Mart, etc). Costs
$1-$3.
STEPS ON
TRANSFERRING TO AUDIO CASSETTE:
4.
Making sure your computer and stereo are on, connect them
using the Y-adapter cable. Connect the 3.5mm stereo
connecter into the Line-out port of your sound card and the
two RCA connectors to the stereos Line-In or input jacks.
5.
Place a blank cassette into your stereo (most audio files
here are 90 minutes in length unless specified otherwise, so
you a 90 minute cassette). Play the audio file on the
computer and start recording on your stereo. Test a small
amount first and see if it recorded properly.
You should be
all set up to make copies of the audio files onto cassettes.
For even better quality, you can purchase the MP3 quality
files on CD from us and record the cassettes at even better
quality than the Real Audio files. Any questions, just let
us know.
How to
transfer an audio cassette or any other audio source
to your computer as an audio file.
To transfer an audio cassette onto your computer as an audio
file, you switch the cable from output to input and input to
output. In other words, the cable connects from the cassette
deck (or any other audio source such as radio, VCR,
camcorder, etc) output to the computer sound card's input
(or mic if no input exists).
You would then need an audio recording/editing software
(Windows' wav recorder is not suitable). You can use
Audacity, a free audio editing program that is very basic
but gets the job done, and you can save the file as .wav or
.mp3.
To download Audacity, click
HERE or if that doesn't work click
HERE, or if even that doesn't work, go to
www.google.com and type
in "download audacity." It is pretty straightforward to
install and to use.
