Audio cassette tape to MP3 (digital)

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I have some old cassette tapes that I'd like to scan to use on my MP3 device. What would be the easiest way to do this please?
 
This is a bit more complicated, but if you have a tape deck and a decent sound card or USB audio adapter (ideally one with line level input), you can get a high quality recording by connecting the deck's 'line out' into the card. Typically this needs a double RCA audio plug to single 3.5 mm jack plug cable: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cable-Mountain-Plated-3-5mm-Phono/dp/B001KEVSX8 You can then use something like Audacity to record to an audio file and split it into separate files for each track as required. Audacity: http://www.audacityteam.org/ Audacity mp3 support: https://www.simplehelp.net/2016/01/12/how-to-save-as-mp3-in-audacity/ If it's a readily available commercial recording, of course, it's a lot less hassle just to get a secondhand CD on Amazon or ebay and rip it (which is usually cheaper than buying a legitimate download of an older release).
 
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This is a bit more complicated, but if you have a tape deck and a decent sound card or USB audio adapter (ideally one with line level input), you can get a high quality recording by connecting the deck's 'line out' into the card. Typically this needs a double RCA audio plug to single 3.5 mm jack plug cable: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cable-Mountain-Plated-3-5mm-Phono/dp/B001KEVSX8 You can then use something like Audacity to record to an audio file and split it into separate files for each track as required. Audacity: http://www.audacityteam.org/ Audacity mp3 support: https://www.simplehelp.net/2016/01/12/how-to-save-as-mp3-in-audacity/ If it's a readily available commercial recording, of course, it's a lot less hassle just to get a secondhand CD on Amazon or ebay and rip it (which is usually cheaper than buying a legitimate download of an older release).
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My desktop computer has a line in for audio (3.5mm). Would that likely work with a double RCA to 3.5mm adapter?
 
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