I am sure anyone over 30 has some music on cassette or LP and probably a lot on singles, some at least, they may not be ashamed of, so you need a way to transfer it to MP3 or CD.
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In fact this product from ADS Tech can save music to MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC and others. The package contains a neat white plastic box 13.5x8x3cm that has two LEDs on the front red for power on and green for signal while the rear has a pair of stereo inputs and a pair or stereo outputs as well as SP/DIF in and SP/DIF out lastly there is a USB socket that takes the signal to the PC.
Also within the packaging are a 6foot USB lead, a 6foot LR RCA (with ground) cable and a short adapter cable. Finally a Quick Guide in both English and French and a CD with a range of burning, capturing and writing software from Nero.
Firstly my moan, why oh why, to manufacturers increasingly supply items in unopenable tough plastic. You need a strong pair of scissors and then unless you totally destroy the packaging a strong pair of gloves to remove items without damaging yourself, surely a standard box would be no more expensive to produce and you also have somewhere to keep the CD and leads etc.
Okay rant over firstly you need to let Windows find the box so plug in the USB lead to the box and then your PC. Next insert the CD to install the software a reboot later you should be ready to sample some music. I say sample as you will need to check levels and should you be capturing from LPs you may even need to plug a pre-amp into the equation.
Having checked that what you tested sounds right then you are ready to capture a LP or cassette or thirty. It is most likely that you will then turn it into MP3 or WAV with the latter you can produce CDs that can be played in any audio system. Some new systems are also capable of reading CDs of MP3 files. The difference is that 80 minutes of music will fit on a CD and something like 17 hours of MP3 files will fit on the same CD burned at 128mbps with MP3. I have never been a fan of WMA but it is claimed that double the capacity is possible to that of an MP3 CD so do the maths.
If you have not found a way of transferring your treasured LPs and cassettes to a more modern media then this little box should enable you to do so. The one proviso is do you have the right output on your music system if so then just plug in the leads and off you go. The software even allows you some editing capabilities and with care you should even be able to remove some clicks and hiss from your old vinyl so it could even sound better than it did when it was new, now if only those old clothes were salvageable.
The price is £29.99 from Dabs, the link is below.
http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Product+Details.htm?quicklinx=3m40&searchphrase=instant%20music
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