Recently a family friend asked me if it was possible to convert a tape of their grandfather singing into an audio CD. Of course, I couldn't say no.

I knew what equipment (my original dual cassette with an analog to digital converter) and software (Audacity and Toast 19) I would use to create these CDs.

While I know enough about Audacity to get by, there were a few things I wanted to learn to help speed up the process.

So, I decided to make this video for anyone else needing the basic step on how to accomplish this task.

Table of Contents:

00:00 - Introduction
00:23 - Opening Titles
00:33 - Back story and Audacity
01:53 - Simple cassette to CD setup
03:28 - Complex cassette to CD setup
04:48 - Connecting the audio source
05:35 - Configuring Audacity
06:32 - Recording the audio
07:05 - Working in Audacity
09:51 - Toast 19 and creating the CD
11:32 - Playing the CD and music samples
12:41 - Final thoughts and conclusion