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Your biggest problem here could be the tape quality. You didn't say what type of machine it is playing back on. Double cassette, JVC, Sony etc. I'll assume that you have a red/white lineout jacks. I've done this before with a "y" line out cable ending in a mini 1/8 plug. Insert into your sound card line in and record to hard drive through your chosen software. Use cleanup plugins later for tape hiss.

First step though: clean your tape heads of old tape oxide with a q-tip and head cleaner or as some do, rubbing alcohol. Run a few songs and check the heads...

Cheers



Thanks Ian for your tips!
I recorded the show from CBC radio onto a cheap cassette deck. If I used Dolby, I always found that playing back without Dolby gave the best results.
I'm using a different machine to play back the cassette now, it's a Marantz PMD 221 (3-heads).
It only has single (mono) line in and out jacks, but that's not an issue at all.

I guess the key will be for me to clean the tape heads and demagnetize if possible.
I bought a demagnetizer decades ago but never remember the direction to use it in.
I believe you are supposed to go in a circular motion around the heads, but I don't know if it is clockwise facing the heads or counterclockwise.
(I'd need to locate the contraption first of course)

It's a cheap early 80's Medifacts tape from Ottawa, designed for medical voice recordings.

BIABguy