Music and Audio

Want a portable digital archive of your favorite classic tracks? Convert your audio cassette tapes, vintage vinyl, and reel-to-reel audio into digital audio files.

Each “Music & Audio” station comes equipped with Audacity – a free, easy-to-use software for audio recording and editing. It supports and can export to MP3, WAV, AIFF, and other formats.

# Cassettes, Mini Cassettes and Vinyl:

Audio-Technica AT-LP120XUSB-BK Direct Drive

  • Lenovo Thinkstation P350 on Windows 10
  • TASCAM 202MKVII Dual Cassette Deck
  • Audio-Technica AT-LP120XUSB-BK Direct Drive

Available upon request:

  • Sony Pressman Microcassette Recorder VOR M-647V

# Reel-to-Reel:

  • Otari MX5050BII2 Reel-to-Reel Deck (available by appointment only)*. 

Schedule an appointment or call us at (904) 255-BOOK for more information or to schedule by phone.

*Note: The Reel-to-Reel Station is for transferring personal home and commercial recordings (stereo and mono). It is not equipped for transferring unmixed, multi-track recordings.


# Plan ahead:

  • Plan to do any editing or playback? You may want to bring your own headphones.
  • Bring a flash drive to save files.
  • Need a walkthrough of the Audacity software? Before you visit, check out the on-demand video tutorials on LinkedIn Learning (free with your library card).

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Reel to reel machine for digitizing media

Do you have boxes of old photographs in storage? Home movies on VHS or film? Mixed tapes on cassette or favorite records? Have you ever wanted to convert them to an easily stored and sharable digital format?

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