These devices contain a built-in phono pre-amp and connect to your computer through a USB port. They can also be used to connect line level devices such as a cassette deck.

[Decurus] has made a simple tape based synth using a cassette deck. It uses a loop of cassette tape, and varies the pitch by changing the speed of the cassette motor. There’s an RP2040 and a ...

A Western cassette deck mechanism would have been a much more sketchy affair than the substantial Soviet one, and its motor would have been a DC part with a simple analogue speed controller rather ...

I always wanted one as a teenager and, as an adult, bought one for Too Much Money, and am currently writing modern tools for using it in a modern PC. This project contains a Python library for ...