11/08/2018
I want to share with you an article from the February 2018 issue of "TheBlindPerspective.com". Hopefully, it will give you a start on creating your own Audio Scrapbooks!
Spencer's Spotlight.
By Cheryl Spencer.
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This month's focus will be on your memories. Do you have a box or drawer or maybe even a trunk of cassettes stored away full of your music memories? Maybe like me you have family recordings of gatherings or special events you would like to preserve. Well, I have a boat load of cassettes in my closet just waiting for me to find a way of transferring the information into a modern format.
A few years ago, my husband had given me a cassette to SD card recorder. It works fine but is just a little complicated. So recently, a friend of mine had received one from her son. It is a small cassette to mp3 converter that runs off batteries, or can be powered via USB. That got me looking on my go to place for shopping. yes, you guessed it, Amazon. After all, if it is not on Amazon, it probably does not exist.
I must not be the only one wanting to convert my cassettes to mp3 format, because on Amazon there is a plethora of choices in the cassette to mp3 converters. The one I selected is the Feir Cassette converter. It is a portable mp3 stereo USB cassette digital tape music player to mp3 format with headphones, no pc required. The price at the time of this writing is 32 dollars and 99 cents, with free shipping for prime members. There are converters available that cost less, so you can select the one suited to your needs and your wallet.
This unit is pretty straightforward, place the cassette in, plug in a USB flash drive (capable to hold up to a 32gb flash drive), or you can even plug in a USB adapter to sd card and record on an sd card. Press the play and the recording begins. There are also controls located on the back of the unit to stop or pause the recording. Earbuds come with the unit but I prefer to use headphones for a better listening experience so, you can monitor the recording in real time. It is a pretty nice unit. I love the portability.
So, no more wondering if you are ever going to be able to listen to your old cassettes again, the solution is only a converter away. Enjoy your memories!
You can also use your iPhone, iPad or Victor-Stream to record your audio memories of today!