Thomas Jay Hancock's blog/life: Making cheap cassettes for recording

So....you go to cvs and you look for blank media...what you are looking for is some cheap cassettes you can record onto and sell on band camp for 5 bucks...sadly you only find a stack of 7 for 10$....and you are like "10 DOLLARS?!WHAT A RIP OFF!" Well you are right for thinking that because you see them at half price books for like 25 cents each...so...how can you duplicate these materials without paying a price that is outrageous? Luckily I have an answer for you that's been a secret for quite some time...it's called over recording audiobooks...it's a simple process and you only have to pay a dollar for 4-5 of these cassettes...so let me explain the process

1.find the audiobooks-

Simply go to a goodwill and find a chunky cardboard box that looks like it's for games or a box that looks like it's for A VHS but the clamshell box is slightly smaller than average and check for cassettes...make sure to count- I never get ones with less than 3 because it's just a waste...in this example I will use rich dad's classics...which cost me a dollar for 5

2.scratch or wipe off label-for most labels they have imprinted labels but that doesn't matter because if you are going to make your own label you're probably gonna put an Avery paper label over the thing...so simply scratch the original label off with a flathead or something sharper ...the time it takes to do that will depend on how old the cassette is

3.tape-so here's a thing about audiobook cassettes- most are write protected...well that's not hard to fix because all a write protected cassette is is a piece on the top of the cassettes that is either open or closed...there are either two ways to go about this.

1-tape over cassettes just put tape over the top and fold and crease the sides to fit the side

2-hold up the sensor- I do this because it wastes less tape...simply look for the copy sensor on the top of your deck and tape it down like this:

(Where it senses is on the top left simply put tape over it)

4. Record and duplicate- this is the easiest of them all. Note if you don't have a machine to duplicate, they are less than 10 bucks...simply look for the machines with a top turntable with a broken needle or a broken CD player... So the dual cassette deck is thought to be obselete and the product is only sold cheaply because of the cd/vinyl part. Mine for example is:

(And only cost me 8$!)

So simply slide the cassette in one way, make sure nothing else is playing on the machine, and hit record... Then wait for it to be done and flip it over to over blank the other side.