Transfer Cassette to CD with Plusdeck |
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Plus Deck makes it so easy to transfer your Cassettes |
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If you have a lot of Cassette Tapes to transfer or are someone who would still like to play Cassette Tape, then maybe this is for you? Now I have to say I don't have first hand experience of this product but I have done some research and it appears to be pretty good. Plusdeck is a PC cassette deck which fits neatly into a spare 5.25" bay in your PC. It comes with software to enable you to convert the cassette audio to MP3 (I think it will convert to WAV format as well) The spec for this unit shown below is quite impressive, although a little vague in places. |
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Two features missing from the spec of Plusdeck is - 1.The ability to change it's EQ settings for 'Normal', or High Bias/Chrome cassettes (at least I can't see it mentioned in the spec or review), and ... 2. Dolby noise reduction. I wonder if Dolby was omitted to save the manufacturer licensing costs as Dolby noise reduction is owned by Dolby Labs. It would have been nice to have this feature but it's not a huge loss. The result of playing back a Dolby encoded tape on a non Dolby player is that the high frequencies ie; treble, tends to be enhanced which will also unfortunately have the effect of increasing tape hiss. This of course can be compensated for by using EQ compensation or audio restoration software in your audio editor. In fact when I was repairing cassette decks, some customers used to prefer the sound with the Dolby switched off as it produced a brighter sound. An excellent review of Plusdeck has been carried out by devhardware.com and can been seen here. It covers operation and installation in detail so if you're interested in this product then pop on over and take a look. |
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