How to back up audio tapes?

Question

Hi,

I have many audio tapes that i would like to back up on a computer.

Is there a way to hook up the Tape player to my computer and somehow Record the audio tape onto the hard-drive?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can connect the output (line-out) of the tape player to the line-in of your computer's sound card, using Windows Sound Recorder, the file will be saved as a wave file, which takes lots of megabytes. You can transfer this wave files to CD, but for this you need additional software.  One of them is "Sound Editor". Do a search for it.

Answer 2

Paul F's answer begins to be correct, but don't use sound recorder.  This program only records 30 seconds max.  Get Audacity (a free sound recording software available from http://audacity.sourceforge.net).  You will be able to record the entire tape, and then edit it down to individual tracks, and save the tracks as MP3 files.