Comments on: Don’t Throw Those Cassingles Out Yet http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sun, 27 May 2012 01:59:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: boozyj http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839532 boozyj Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:45:15 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839532 <p><i>• tapes of my grandparents and parents talking to each other that they sent back and forth while my parents lived in Brazil </i></p> <p>Aw, our families did that too. Not Brazil, though - Alaska. Still, I want to preserve the cassettes and VHS tapes that my grandparents created - There's something so comforting about hearing their voices.</p> • tapes of my grandparents and parents talking to each other that they sent back and forth while my parents lived in Brazil

Aw, our families did that too. Not Brazil, though – Alaska. Still, I want to preserve the cassettes and VHS tapes that my grandparents created – There’s something so comforting about hearing their voices.

]]> By: pjohn http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839542 pjohn Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:28:31 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839542 <p>you can actually just use any tape deck anywhere, and get a 1/8 in jack to your computer and go straight into garageband with it. just recorded a bunch of family tapes from ages ago onto my computer this way and they came out sounding great.</p> you can actually just use any tape deck anywhere, and get a 1/8 in jack to your computer and go straight into garageband with it. just recorded a bunch of family tapes from ages ago onto my computer this way and they came out sounding great.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839552 Anonymous Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:21:22 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839552 <p>What about this idea - buy the $300 deck, rip all of your cassettes, and then just return the damn thing?</p> What about this idea – buy the $300 deck, rip all of your cassettes, and then just return the damn thing?

]]> By: brasstax http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839562 brasstax Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:10:38 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839562 <p>@<a href="#c10381359">Maura Johnston</a>: No, there's plenty of Trixter mp3s out there. I've seen them.</p> @Maura Johnston: No, there’s plenty of Trixter mp3s out there. I’ve seen them.

]]> By: Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839572 Maura Johnston Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:51:52 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839572 <p>@<a href="#c10380937">BARRBARR</a>: point taken, although i have a fair amount of cassette-only stuff that hasn't been digitized yet as far as i know...</p> @BARRBARR: point taken, although i have a fair amount of cassette-only stuff that hasn’t been digitized yet as far as i know…

]]> By: BARRBARR http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839582 BARRBARR Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:40:36 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839582 <p>I also say...just download. The idea that we have to continue to re-purchase the same garbage over and over and over is ridiculous.</p> I also say…just download. The idea that we have to continue to re-purchase the same garbage over and over and over is ridiculous.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839592 Anonymous Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:40:09 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839592 <p>Heck, I just bought a $120 Numark turntable, which allows you to plug your tape deck into the back, and dub cassettes straight to the computer using Audacity. Sure, I still invested over a hundred bucks, but I can digitize the 1000s of LPs and tapes I have packed in boxes...provided that I ever find the time to duplicate and edit the music....</p> Heck, I just bought a $120 Numark turntable, which allows you to plug your tape deck into the back, and dub cassettes straight to the computer using Audacity. Sure, I still invested over a hundred bucks, but I can digitize the 1000s of LPs and tapes I have packed in boxes…provided that I ever find the time to duplicate and edit the music….

]]> By: revmatty http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839602 revmatty Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:37:19 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839602 <p>also: my cassette collection at that point mostly consisted of prince/zappa/faith no more concerts and cassingles that had exclusive-to-that-format remixes/extra tracks as I'd already replaced all my tapes with CDs, total of about 1000 tapes.</p> also: my cassette collection at that point mostly consisted of prince/zappa/faith no more concerts and cassingles that had exclusive-to-that-format remixes/extra tracks as I’d already replaced all my tapes with CDs, total of about 1000 tapes.

]]> By: revmatty http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839612 revmatty Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:35:16 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839612 <p>I used a Griffin iMic (about $25 at the time), my boombox, and Audacity. This is an absurd price considering the point of the project is to get rid of the tapes (or at least eliminate all need to ever play them again) and so the $300 player would at that point become worthless.</p> I used a Griffin iMic (about $25 at the time), my boombox, and Audacity. This is an absurd price considering the point of the project is to get rid of the tapes (or at least eliminate all need to ever play them again) and so the $300 player would at that point become worthless.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839622 Anonymous Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:31:29 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839622 <p>@<a href="#c10380266">joshgibson</a>:</p> <p>Through the years, I've had the vinyl, cassette, and CD of some of my favorite albums. If it's a band like U2 who are filthy rich, I say download.</p> @joshgibson:

Through the years, I’ve had the vinyl, cassette, and CD of some of my favorite albums. If it’s a band like U2 who are filthy rich, I say download.

]]> By: bcapirigi http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839632 bcapirigi Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:29:29 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839632 <p>I was really disappointed about a year ago, because I wanted to make mp3s out of a bunch of old mixtapes I had collected in high school (yay, Sinister tape-trees!) But most of the tapes had worn out...</p> I was really disappointed about a year ago, because I wanted to make mp3s out of a bunch of old mixtapes I had collected in high school (yay, Sinister tape-trees!) But most of the tapes had worn out…

]]> By: joshgibson http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839642 joshgibson Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:19:22 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839642 <p>can somebody just start a service where I can ship off my old cassettes?</p> <p>or can I just illegally download the same albums guilt free if I own the cassette? is there a moral arbiter around here to tell me if I'm in the clear?</p> can somebody just start a service where I can ship off my old cassettes?

or can I just illegally download the same albums guilt free if I own the cassette? is there a moral arbiter around here to tell me if I’m in the clear?

]]> By: Captain Wrong http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839652 Captain Wrong Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:07:07 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839652 <p>This looks like a rebranded Ion deck, which means you're paying about twice what they charge, which is still twice what it's worth.</p> This looks like a rebranded Ion deck, which means you’re paying about twice what they charge, which is still twice what it’s worth.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839662 Anonymous Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:59:33 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839662 <p>@<a href="#c10378717">scheisskopf</a>: that happens to me every once and a while. I just neurotically refresh.</p> @scheisskopf: that happens to me every once and a while. I just neurotically refresh.

]]> By: Figgsrock http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839672 Figgsrock Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:43:02 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839672 <P>Yeah, 300 bucks for this type of deck is crazy. Last year I replaced my worn down cassette deck with one with a USB out and Audacity software to record and edit the files for 99 bucks at J&R. It's been essential in coverting a bunch of Neil Young bootlegs I collected in the 80s.</P> Yeah, 300 bucks for this type of deck is crazy. Last year I replaced my worn down cassette deck with one with a USB out and Audacity software to record and edit the files for 99 bucks at J&R. It’s been essential in coverting a bunch of Neil Young bootlegs I collected in the 80s.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839682 Anonymous Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:23:54 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839682 <p>@<a href="#c10378447">Maura Johnston</a>: The home page is all I can get in Firefox. Everything else just opens as a blank page. It's version 3.0.6, running on Leopard.</p> @Maura Johnston: The home page is all I can get in Firefox. Everything else just opens as a blank page. It’s version 3.0.6, running on Leopard.

]]> By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839692 Chris Molanphy Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:18:04 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839692 <p>I actually did this -- ripping cassettes to MP3 -- a couple of years ago for my wife, who was very attached to a couple of old classical cassettes of particular repertoire/symphonies that would be either impossible or too much trouble to try to find digitally.</p> <p>I used a Griffin USB adapter, Final Vinyl, and my old tape deck from the basement. Cost me about $50. Which makes this $300 deck laughable.</p> I actually did this — ripping cassettes to MP3 — a couple of years ago for my wife, who was very attached to a couple of old classical cassettes of particular repertoire/symphonies that would be either impossible or too much trouble to try to find digitally.

I used a Griffin USB adapter, Final Vinyl, and my old tape deck from the basement. Cost me about $50. Which makes this $300 deck laughable.

]]> By: brasstax http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839702 brasstax Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:17:45 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839702 <p>Before I really embraced mp3 technology, I threw away or sold off in lots about 2000 tapes. GAH!!!</p> Before I really embraced mp3 technology, I threw away or sold off in lots about 2000 tapes. GAH!!!

]]> By: Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839712 Maura Johnston Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:12:56 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839712 <p>@<a href="#c10378310">scheisskopf</a>: what kind of trouble? what version of firefox</p> @scheisskopf: what kind of trouble? what version of firefox

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5141802/dont-throw-those-cassingles-out-yet/comment-page-1#comment-839722 Anonymous Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:08:14 +0000 http://b502147ed1d68aff1c6e94dc36d2d601#comment-839722 <p>@<a href="#c10378137">dippinkind</a>: True dat.</p> <p>Am I the only one having trouble opening articles in Firefox?</p> @dippinkind: True dat.

Am I the only one having trouble opening articles in Firefox?

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