DIGITNOW USB 2.0 Audio Capture Card,Cassette Converter,Cassette to Digital,Cassette to MP3 Converter,Support Mac & Windows 10/8.1/8 / 7 / Vista/XP

Received yesterday as listed. In the box is the Audio to USB converter, audio accessories (3.5mm female to female audio connector and 3.5mm female to 2 RCA male audio connector), software on small CD (3") and printed instruction manual with contact information (Email and phone numbers). The audio end cable is about 5" long and has the standard red and white RCA audio and a 3.5mm male audio jack. The PC end cable is about 30" long with a USB A port (1.0 or 1.1). The converter itself is about 3" long, 1" wide and 1/2" thick. It is true PNP on Windows 11 Pro. I plugged the USB end into a front USB 2.0 port on my desktop, and it immediately shows up as "USB microphone" in device manager (It has a built in LED power light). I put the small 3" CD in my DVD R/RW drive and just follow the instructions (Make sure to pick Windows or MAC OS in Audacity folder). If you do not have an optical drive, you can go to "Audacityteam.org" for a free download. The included manual, though not necessarily in the best English, is very helpful and fairly straightforward. I had no need for the included audio accessories, but nice to have depending on someone else's particular set up (Will need separate 3.5mm audio cable). I put it to the test with an old turntable and vinyl LP record and the 3 songs I picked worked fine and played as MP3 on my computer. I am planning to transfer some songs from old 33 vinyl records (Eventually burn them to CD's) before I get rid of all my vinyl albums and turntable to declutter my space. I was planning to do the same with old cassettes, but my ancient full size Studio Fisher tape deck kicked the bucket, and I threw it in the trash with all my 40 years+ old cassette collections (Not sure if they still work and didn't feel like buying a cheap small battery-operated handheld cassette player). So yes, this little gadget actually works and no issue on initial use. Good first impression and recommend. Thank you.

Great addition easy to use between source and laptop

I'm fairly impressed with this unit. I really don't know why it's necessary and why PC's don't just come with a stereo line-in port (they have a mono microphone port to support headsets). My singular complaint is that there is constant noise at the lowest levels, but I'm not looking for such an inexpensive device to produce perfect digital sound. One bit of advice: I was getting monaural sound in Windows 11 until I went into the system device settings and turned off "enable audio enhancements" and I suddenly got full stereo. In the image, ignore the arrow. Get to this window for this device, and uncheck "Enable audio enhancements".

It took time to figure it out after trial and error

Once you know how this little device works, there's really no need to install the included software, unless you don't already have something on your computer that will work fine with it. I'm very accustomed to AUDACITY software on my Linux box, which is where I'm using this device. I see that Audacity is also available for other OS's... or, can be installed from that included in the box. At core, the software supports this cable being used as a direct audio feed OUTBOUND from a tape device (or other audio source, if desired)... into which you plug in this CABLE, and then plug the other end into the PC, where its INBOUND digital signal is captured by the software package. The main thing that can cause some headaches with this process of digital conversion, is if your cable's US B connection doesn't show up in the software. That's usually a result of opening the software before the cable is in place. Or sometimes, there are multiple SOURCE devices, and you've got the wrong one selected as INPUT. BTW, one thing I personally find useful when using this digitizer with 3.5mm audio plug is an audio splitter with dual outputs and volume controls such as: [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06VXZSBZ2] With this, I can plug in an earplug to monitor what the digitizer is hearing, esp in cases where my software has a different OUTPUT channel. It also allows me to more finely tune the input level from the digitizer, with a separate volume controller than the one I have on the earpiece. This little splitter/vol control is of course totally optional, and extra and isn't required to do the recording. All in all, I find this device a SUPER useful tool in my audio toolbelt! Very handy!

Its ok for basic recording. Functions well EXCEPT it has a -27dB noise floor on the left channel with no input or shorted input. Its not hum or a tone, just broadband white noise. Right channel is fine noise is just about -80dB. So if your converting cassettes or LPs then its fine as their noise is just about the same.

This product worked as expected and exceeded my expectations. While you can use it to record off of record players (or anything with a 3.5mm or RCA jack), I used it to listen to my Nintendo Switch's Game Audio (Super Smash Brothers Ultimate!) while having a Discord call open on my computer. It works without having to use the drivers on the CD and comes with useful accessories, such as the female to female 3.5 mm adapter and the coaxial to RCA Left/Right audio adapter The audio may initially sound distorted or bass-boosted when you first plug it in, but all you have to do is go into the Sound Control Panel>Recording>Right-click on the device> Properties>Levels, and adjust the volume there until the distortion goes away (somewhere between 50-75). After setting that, the audio will be clean and clear with no humming or buzzing introduced by the adapter. To listen to the device while its playing audio, go into the Sound Control Panel>Recording>Right-click on the device> Properties>Listen and click Listen to this Device. This is significantly better than Nintendo's offering, with the drawback that it won't work with phones, but if you use your computer to chat anyways this a worthy investment. It's also really useful if you find a record or cassette tape that has songs you would like to make digital. Note: The software bundled with the drivers (Audacity) is a free program. If you are recording audio, I would recommend downloading the latest version off of the Audacity website (google it!). If this is the default recording device (denoted by a green check mark in the Sound Control Panel >Recording) then it could be possible to use the built-in voice recorder in windows 10, however it wouldn't offer as many settings as Audacity.

I sold my vintage cassette tape deck and while prepping it for delivery, I found some old family recordings I wanted to digitize. I was able to delay delivery a couple of days and got this device via next day delivery - problem solved! I spent 5+ hours trying to get the device to talk to my standard Windows 10 computer. I followed the install directions for the HW and loaded the ancient version of Audacity. Audacity appeared to find the device (USB microphone) without any problem and showed that the output would be sent to a file on the computer, just like it was supposed to. I verified that signal was present on the tape deck output and amplitude was good. Audacity displayed no incoming audio stream and produced errors when I tried to record - basically it said there was no source. I did the usual Windows routine - check the drivers, delete the drivers and then reinstall - still no audio stream. I tried switching USB ports, etc. without any improvement. I downloaded the latest version of Audacity and installed it. Still, all I got were error messages when attempting to record. Checked the Audacity "Help" and didn't find any hints other than to confirm that the errors indicated no input. Time was up, so I made the recordings by playing the tapes through a speaker and using a cell phone microphone and app. I hated giving this device a one star rating, but it does appear to be defective. I noted that few other reviewers reported such problems. Unfortunately, I can't comment on the recording quality. I have no other use for the device, so am returning it.