Using iMic and Final Vinyl to transfer cassettes to CD
There are lots of programs and tools to capture sound from your computer and transfer it to another format. In this case, an iMic and Final Vinyl software made it quick and easy. Inserting tracks and burning the final result to a CD went quickly and smoothly.
The costs were right too. An iMic runs about $40, the software was free (Final Vinyl for Macs and Audacity for Windows or Mac), and a connecting cable was all that was needed. That and a lot of time.
Setting up the equipment for transfer doesn’t take long. After the initial setup is done, you need to do is adjust the sound levels and push record.
Once the tape is transferred, the next step is to add track markers. You can let the software do the work or put them in yourself. If you want track names, then those have to be typed in when you save the finished capture.
The final step is to drag the sound files into iTunes, putting them in a playlist, and burning them to CD.
A little time consuming but well worth it for those precious, fragile cassette tapes and LPs.
