Fix a Broken Audio Cassette

I know how frustrating it is to rewind an old favorite audio cassette only to have it keep sinning and spinning when it reaches the front. Here's an easy fix using common household items.

UPDATE: One mistake in the video... the tape should go around the rollers AND the plastic standoffs, not between them.

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• audio
• cassette
• magnetic
• tape
• fix
• repair
• howto
• tutorial
• broken

[DJScottBeam]

UPDATE: One mistake in the video... the tape should go around the rollers AND the plastic standoffs, not between them.

[momchil84]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for taking the time to record this howto!

[boom3rang]

@oOoKhaledoOo It sounds like the tape may be wound up too tightly, or there may be an issue with your tape deck itself. That's usually the issue with playback speed issues. As far as low sound level goes, my suggestion would be to record using an app like Audacity (free), and use the 'Normalize' function. This will make the recording as loud as possible without going over the max threshold. Then a noise reduction algorithm can be applied to get rid of the hiss.

[boom3rang]

@TetraBBM That's great, glad I could help.

[oOoKhaledoOo]

I have old cassettes like back to 8 or 9 years, that we recorded on them , but unfortunately now i found them , and tryin to listen to them , but now some are either have no sound no more ( and I wanna know what is the reason of this ? ) and some others have very very very low sound and speaking too fast u know like worms , if you know this problem i'd be glad if you help

[TetraBBM]

Thanks to you i was able to fix a 30 year old tape

[cmedley]

Thanks for the instructions... worked like a charm!