Cassette to CD and MP3 Kit

I have tried a couple of other types of cassette to CD software and boy were they complicated. I wanted something that I didn't need a degree in IT to be able to use it, I wanted to play the cassette and then find it on my computer so I read the reviews on this product and thought well let's give it a go. Firstly I was impressed with the speed of delivery, I ordered it and it came the very next day that was one plus to start with.Putting the software in my computer was easy peasey..... And then I had a go at converting my first cassette and was still sceptical at this point, however when it came to putting the cassette from my computer onto a CD and this is where I was really impressed. The CD player I have in my vehicle doesn't play MP3 tracks so I just needed a bog standard CD and yet again I was impressed I got just what I asked for.I would definitely recommend this product if the buyer wants something easy to use and does what it says on the packet. If there is any negative points about this product is that there isn't a tape player in with the package but you can buy one of these really cheaply. But maybe it needs pointing out in the description of the product. But all in all I am more than pleased with the product.Cassette to CD and MP3

I have wanted to transfer my records and tapes to ipod for some time but the limited market was putting me off unless you go to the lengths of buying a purpose made digital stereo. I considered Digitope to be priced right, even if it ended up not work properly as some of the Amazon reviews I had read seemed to be suggesting. Also, I did not want anything too complicated - just some software that did what it said on the box.I received version 5 and after a bit of practice and some initial teething problems it now seems to be working well. The online help is very useful in supplementing the written guidance - it explains how to connect it up properly - different from the explanation in the written guide. Generally, the whole recording process is a bit fiddly and takes time - like watching paint dry, made worse on my computer as it is not geared up to play back sound whilst recording. Initially, I did find that it kept terminating midway through a recording session with the result that you have to begin over again as it did not always allow you to recover the recording - some other Amazon reviews pick up on this problem. Thankfully, I am happy to report that this now seems to have settled down on my version. A tip is that I find it quicker and get better results from recording everything in manual mode as it allows you to readjust the track settings and eliminate all the lumps and bumps, etc - this is important if you want to achieve a good digital recording. I think the resulting sound quality through my ipod is good.Overall, yes I admit it is quicker to download all your tracks from itunes but this would be a lot more expensive and there is a sort of perverse pleasure in being able to digitally re-record all your own music. I am well pleased and glad I bought it - go for it!

It does the job of converting cassette tapes to MP3 in a rather basic way with virtually no editing capability. Difficult to separate tracks -from home recordings-and this is a big disadvantage. Also despite what it said it was not possible to hear the music I was downloading at the time it was re-recording from cassette onto MP3. Frustrating and misleading info. For the price good value-sound quality acceptable. More importantly I managed to get my old CDs (which I can not play now on MP3 player) into MP3/CD format. Now I can clear out these old cassettes that have been sitting around in boxes for years! So from tha tpoint of view a good deal. I decided against paying a lot for a higher quality one so for the money it is OK. The noise reduction facility seemed to wipe the whole track out-unless I was not understanding what to do- so each time I could not have this facility on. Pity

Apologies to all who have bought this product and found it 'self-explanatory'. I'm not, in fact, a complete newcomer to audio (or video) editing software, but as far as I'm concerned, this product is guaranteed to bring out your inner technophobe. I spent many frustrating hours of trial and error trying to get to grips with it on the strength of all the positive reviews I'd read. It remained completely elusive. The selection function has a will of its own; for no apparent reason it gets the hump with certain tapes and tells you there's nothing there when others record ok; you can't check for volume level - you just have to guess what's appropriate - and as many have commented, nor can you check what's going on until you've recorded (or think you have) in real time and then play back. Apart from wanting to split tracks where it had made the wrong choice (impossible to fathom), I wanted to know if I could edit out the silence at the end of side 1 before I'd realised the tape had finished and manually turned over to side 2. There's no way round this, it seems, unless you know the actual recording running time (which can be quite a lot less than the length of the tape). Yes, I'm sure there's a simple answer to all of the above - but if Digirope want to please all their customers, including the IT dinosaurs, they'd better stop making assumptions about what's obvious to geeks, technoheads, and all under-35-year-olds and get their act together with some Plain English, comprehensive instructions! Managed to contain myself enough to send it back and get a refund - would far rather have lobbed it through a window. A huge disappointment over which I wasted a great deal of time.