Cassette Tapes have been widely substituted by the CDs and for lots of people, MP3 files are perfect format as Mp3 Files provide great sound quality and admits lesser space on your hard disk or CD. I really don’t need to say anything about the popularity of Mp3 files. This format is exceedingly popular and supported by almost all portable devices same iPod, iRiver, Creative Zen, Mobile phones etc..

It is a great idea to convert your Tapes to Mp3 files or CD. These technique you will be able to preserve your records as well as carry your favorite music anywhere with you.

Converting Tapes To Mp3 implies, you want to record your tapes into your computer. It`s very easily and now let me tell you how to convert audio cassettes tapes to Mp3 data format without any hassles. Delight do this things bit by bit and there is no method you will face any problems :-

1. Firstly, you want a recording software to record from your cassette player. You coulded use Windows Sound Recorder but unfortunately, it doesn’t support recordings larger than 1 minute. So, practically Windows Sound Record is of no use If you prefer to use it for recording audio cassettes into Mp3 data format. There are other software available for these purpose and i will talk about this later in the article.

2. You need to link Headphone out (or Line Out) jack of your tape player to Line In jack of your computer’s sound card with a Stereo to Stereo cable having 1/8″ plugs on each end. Invite these cable at Radio Shack or nearby hardware stores. You should get this cable very easy and cheap. This cable will act as a medium of transferring audio data from your tape player to your computer’s sound card.

3. Run the recording software and choose “Line In” recording source and start recording the output of cassette player. You can also monitor the recording.

4. When the recording is done, break the files so that You can get a separate file for an individual song. If you save the whole file, all the tracks will be in one file and you’ll face problem when you’ll want to hear a particular song. You won’t be able to walk between different songs so be sure to break up the recorded file while converting cassette tapes to mp3.

5. After breaking the file into individual songs, You can either burn an Audio CD or an MP3 CD. You can also just save MP3 on your hard disk and transfer them to a player of your choice.

Please note that MP3 format is a compressed format and make sure that you use higher bit rates to save the recorded file. Higher bit rates will save the resultant mp3 file in excellent quality.