ION Tape 2 PC USB Cassette Archiver
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ION Tape 2 PC USB Cassette Archiver
ION has created a revolutionary USB dual cassette deck allowing you to convert your cassette collection
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TAPE 2 PC USB Cassette-to-MP3 Converter, Mac/Windows Compatible, Dual Cassette Deck, USB 1.1 Connection, Converter Software Included
The TAPE 2 PC from Ion is a high-quality dual cassette deck that allows you to easily convert your favorite
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Ion Tape2PC Dual Cassette Deck
Key Features: Converts tape to mp3,Dual cassette decks,USB hook-up,For PC or Mac,USB cable,RCA stereo
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Its Horrible.
1) You have to have iTunes installed
2) Its commandeers the audio drivers in Vista
3)YOU have to click to tell the software where the track changes are
4) YOU have to enter the song information
To all those people giving this a 5 star review: If you just want to record a cassette to your PC hook up your walkman to the line-in port. Works just as well.
The software is worthless.
1) You have to have iTunes installed
2) Its commandeers the audio drivers in Vista
3)YOU have to click to tell the software where the track changes are
4) YOU have to enter the song information
To all those people giving this a 5 star review: If you just want to record a cassette to your PC hook up your walkman to the line-in port. Works just as well.
The software is worthless.
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It took me over 6 hours to get this product working with the software. The unit itself was not the problem, I could not get the EZ Tape Converter software to recognize the input from the tape deck. It was recording from the microphone, even after I changed the audio input. I installed the audacity software which worked perfectly although the audacity software is not as easy to use as the EZ Tape. I got no response from technical support on why the EZ Tape software was not working. I had to troubleshoot myself to get the correct configuration. Setup documentation is not that helpful. Also, they don't bother to tell you that you can't listen to the speakers and record to the PC at the same time. I guess that's intuitive for most audio experts but figured that one out the hard way.
Once I got over the setup difficulties, it really does a great job of converting the cassette songs to MP3s. I was able to import audacity created MP3's into iTunes even though it is not as slick as EZ Tape
Once I got over the setup difficulties, it really does a great job of converting the cassette songs to MP3s. I was able to import audacity created MP3's into iTunes even though it is not as slick as EZ Tape
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A good "tape to MP3" converter should do the following things:
1) convert the ENTIRE tape (both sides) to 192 kbit (or higher) sampling rate mp3 or to a lossless format (such as ogg, wave, flac or mp3pro etc.) without human intervention.
2) normalize input and remove distortions using appropriate software (such as free Audacity)without human intervention
3) recognize silence after each song, and create a new mp3 song. This feature is a must.
4) preferably do all of the above "stand-alone" without a PC by writing all tracks to a cd or a dvd.
ION fails miserably in the first three feature requirements.
As other readers point out, my "regular" JVC cassette deck and PC (with Audacity installed) are enough to do a better manual job of converting. It is just quite time consuming, and ION does not change that.
1) convert the ENTIRE tape (both sides) to 192 kbit (or higher) sampling rate mp3 or to a lossless format (such as ogg, wave, flac or mp3pro etc.) without human intervention.
2) normalize input and remove distortions using appropriate software (such as free Audacity)without human intervention
3) recognize silence after each song, and create a new mp3 song. This feature is a must.
4) preferably do all of the above "stand-alone" without a PC by writing all tracks to a cd or a dvd.
ION fails miserably in the first three feature requirements.
As other readers point out, my "regular" JVC cassette deck and PC (with Audacity installed) are enough to do a better manual job of converting. It is just quite time consuming, and ION does not change that.
