Digitallife PC Audio Digitizer - USB 2.0 Audio Capture Converter for Windows 10 / 8 / 7

Works! I'm not at all tech savvy but even I figured this one out w/o reading the manual. I have it plugged into an older stereo receiver to record some reel to reel tapes and also some records. Took just a couple attempts trying to find the correct set of RCA jacks behind my reciever. I started w/ the headphone jack but then there's no speaker sound while you record so thankfully I was able to plug into the rear and listen while I record. Works quite well and very impressive - all at such a low cost. FYI, since I wanted my music in MP3, I had to follow a link that was provided but it was very quick and easy. Btw, I'm using Windows 8

Okay, follow up review here. I almost returned this, as I work on a MAC OS X, but then a friend suggested I borrow his PC. SInce his PC could handle the tiny disc given, I was able to transport some very old cassette tapes taken from my stereo system with this USB Audio Capture Converter and it captured the sound quite amazingly, so though I believe the company's ad should not say it works with MAC (unless there are old ones that have that eject tray for various sizes of CD's) mine did not and so minimally they should add the note about needing an eject tray. It does not work for computers with slots. All said, it is worth borrowing a PC if you do not have one. Excellent and surprising. In fact I am sad I threw out some of my old cassettes now. Would have been great to transport them all. PS The company would have refunded my money, but I cancelled the return form once my friend suggested I try PC first.

I have done a lot of converting from cassettes and albums in the past. I used to have a desktop computer with an upgraded sound card that would accept line-in input from my source devices (cassette deck, turntable, etc.). Now I'm using a laptop and this device is just what I needed to keep converting my music to a digital format! The instructions for installation were easy to follow. The recording software (Audacity) is definitely more advanced than most people will ever need, but once you've got the basics down, things are a breeze. The software also allows for editing sound files (things like being able to adjust the volume of the file or add fade in/out).

I used this to capture audio from an old reel to reel tape deck to a PC. Needed a 3.5 mini jack to 1/4 stero jack converter to plug into the tape deck. Used the 3.5. Mini jack on the tape side and USB connection to PC. You need Audacity software on the PC to capture the audio. It is easier to download Audacity from their website than use the mini CD they provide. You need to use Audacity Help function to see how to use the recording software. This is an easy and economical way to copy old recordings to a PC. I used this to convert analog audio to digital audio.

Did not work for me with Mac OS El Capitan... after a few hours I found out that the LAME plug-in (necessary) so far is not supported by APPLE on recent Mac OS versions. Somewhere in the LAME downloads, I think it says partially supported by Sierra, which I have and will try on my iMac. But I think it says in the product description, works on Mac. Maybe, if you have an older OS... I don't know. I was able to digitize a limited signal (not enough gain though, and the little pre-amp I have over modulated, so wasted my time and money. At least one other reviewer has spoken to this issue.

Works ok

Works very well. Sound quality is pretty good. It's simple to use although the documentation is quite minimal. It took awhile to figure out how to get it to show up in Audacity on my Mac. Just need to learn how to use Audacity to edit.

My 15-year-old boombox style cassette player still works but has only a jack for headphones that's accessible. Using this device and my laptop, I've converted about 40 tapes (some 45 years old) into digital format in about one month. Making MP3s, I can fit them all onto a flash drive and play in my newer car with a USB outlet. The Audacity software requires a bit of experimenting to learn, which I did for maybe 1/2 hour or so a day for a week. Then I felt like I had enough skills to try copying a tape that I wanted to keep. After making a few, I had the pattern of tasks perfected and could easily switch to some other task during the silent replay of each side of the tape. Hardest part is at the end, trying to find the pause between tracks so I can insert the name of each song. That causes my car stereo to read the name and display it as well as permit fast-forward to the next tune. It's so great to listen to all my old music again!