Tape recorder fan, and have been working with shoebox recorders since 1977. Might I suggest that anyone using a shoebox cassette recorder get two stereo-to-mono adapters. For recording, if you don't use this type of adapter, you may only get one sound channel from the original source (you'll be missing all of the sound from the right stereo channel.) The adapter wil enable you to make sure that both stereo channels make it into your recording. Also, if you plug stereo headphones, into a mono shoebox cassette recorder, you'll only get sound in one side (usually the left.) A stereo-to-mono adapter will make sure sound gets to both sides of your headphones. To find an adapter online, Google "3.5 stereo to mono adapter." Hope this helps, and thank you for posting this video! Happy Taping!!!

Nice! Definitely saving this for later. Thank you for the video 🙏🏽

I do this for years now and can tell you that Spotify recordings on cassette tape sound better (warmer) to me than listening directly to Spotify. However I use a way better deck. Downsides are limited recording time (most albums don't fit on one cassette), dropouts on previously recorded cassettes and tape hiss on quite parts

thank you finally someone explains it !!

Cassettes are fantastic, Fun &Creative

Hey brother, great video on getting started with tapes! I'm a total tapehead as of only a couple years ago, I own multiple decks (working and not) and record most everything I listen to, to tape. Here is my advice on your tape deck search. 1) Learn the good brands. Sony, Denon, Acai, Nakamichi, etc; all made excellent decks, once you know the style and function of the major brands you can identify quality lesser brands easier too. 2) Condition is everything! You want one that works out of the box, cause repairs on these can be tough, you will want to learn how to replace belts and the difficulty of this can range from very easy, to near impossible, depending on the deck. 3) Don't be too picky, if you find a nice deck at a second hand shop, go for it! (just don't spend too much, cause you will need to test it. 4) Try to find one without unnessisary features. Things like auto-reverse, high-speed dubbing, or soft-touch controls are another thing that can (and will eventually) break, then you will need to fix it. The simpler the design the better, but do get one that has at least Dolby B (you won't regret that one). I hope this helps in your search! 🙌

sick, the fallout tape soundtrack was a pleasant suprise

will this work with vintage recorders as long as they have a mic imput?

gorgeous cassettes, especially the latest ones, which are shiny and very expensive, but also all high-quality cassettes that we can see with your help, I would also like to see something exclusive and rare, metal cassettes or something that is not available whom, see you on the channel, I have a huge collection of cassettes and there are many rare and high-quality beautiful things

People, stop using a shoebox recorder like this one! you are recording in mono! in order to record in stereo you need a rca audio cable to connect to your phone or whatever device and that cable must have two separate "in" cables in the other end for left and right audio, and you need to connect that into a compatible device or else you'll record in mono and plenty music use left and right channels to create different effects, in mono you hear only one channel!

This type of thing will never work and how come this unit isn't in STEREO? It's only in MONOPHONIC and this sucks big time which it does.

Nice.I did this with my ION boom box that has bluetooth, worked fine

I loved it, i think sansui has good professional cassette deck with dolby nr

can you do this with a vintage cassette recorder as long as it has a mic import?

does i have to use a phone that has a headphone jack? or can i get a headphone jack converter ?

Hey thanks for the tutorial! I wanted to make a mixtape for my girlfriend...but my tape has a lot of crackling sounds. Any idea how to reduce it while recording? I had my phone on max volume.

The leader tape is about six to ten seconds. What i would do to start recording is use a pencil and turn the wheel till you see the recording tape and then keep turning till you see the reording tape cover the wheel through the window and then stop.

Me in the 80s: "A record will usually fit on one side. There will be room for one or 2 songs after that." One tape = 2 Albums.

can you do this with a portable cassette player that can record?

How should I adjust the volume on my phone when recording?

Is it a three ring headphone jack or can a 2ring work

Good video bro, a lot of elitist mfs in the comments don't get that sometime you gotta work with what you got and might not be able to drop a few hundred dollars on a tape deck.

I don't know what the younger generation is on about with this tape trend, but everyone should start watching the cassette comeback before doing this. we do not need to start at the beginning again. Here is a short list of what to do and not to do period. WHY? is something you should spend time googeling. Dont buy new players without stereo heads and bad wow and flutter. Don't buy new recordable tapes unless you can find some remaning maxells. New ones are like sandpaper compared to the old. Dont record without a proper deck with calibration features unless you are using tapes with the TDK standards!!!! type 2 and 4 tapes are better yes, but they also need a different speed, so your deck must be compatible with type 2 and 3. just do the research first!!!

Bro starting from the absolute bottom. Please know people, tapes are modular. They can sound like absolute poop in a microwave, or like a golden record being played for the first time every time depending on equipment. This will be poop in a microwave. Do not do this, please god, do not do this.

Is this even illegal especially using Spotify for this?

Get a proper decent deck not this please

if you're recording lossy streaming spotify mp3s to cassette tape on a *MONO* tape recorder you should NOT be making a guide on how to make mix tapes!

Can you guys please shut up about whether or not it should be in stereo? No one cares.

omg, that was so horrible. At least you had a good quality tape, despite putting in compressed crap sound onto a mono recording head which in return now has made the music compressed and in mono, and lastly with a lot of wow and flutter. Pleas, just ripp the music to the phone rather than going back to what they did in the seventies with a portable voice recorder. that is what that is, not a stereo cassette deck.

What a complete waste of time and money. The audio quality of that toy mono dictation capture device is just terrible. It was never really made for music. Just play the Spotify you already have.

does this method work on other cassette recording systems other than the jenson? and this one?