Cassette Tape Hack!

[@rufusderpington5140]

Let's just clear something up, this is not pointless, this is supposed to be educational, fun and it's the same reason that people put gameboy style cases on phones the nostalgia and the sweet retro feel to it. This channel is amazing and it always will be. It's probably difficult to come up with so many new ideas so you have to give kipkay credit.

[@TechnicalJimActual]

If this is what he can do with a tape player, I want to see what he can do to integrate an mp3 player into a Soundwave toy.

[@February54]

Now hack a CD.

[@AustinHarmon1994]

Not possible.

[@naxones]

GT SideSwipe thats the way ahaha

[@dschonsie]

Mcguyver could have done it

[@Ouchie]

***** YESTERDAY YOU SAID TOMORROW

[@TheDerpPotato]

Ouchie SO JUST DO IT

[@0x0100]

For all of your saying this is useless, it may be to you, but for others they can learn a lot from this. And it looks pretty nifty too and it's really cool to show people especially since you've built it yourself.

[@XxN3RD]

Did you know you can make an MP3 player with nothing more than a cassette tape and an MP3 player?

[@trapisland4286]

How ?

[@ardhi1269]

@@trapisland4286 🤦‍♂️🤣🤣

[@jesteda1792]

C'mon it's kinda cool

[@meltingpoint97]

This is actually pretty cool

[@tylerwebber10]

bears, beets, battlestar galactica

[@Enatbyte]

Thank you KipKay. These are the kinds of videos I subscribed for way back when. Great work!

[@031000ron1]

THIS is more of what we want. Absolutely awesome!

[@electronicsNmore]

I had that same cassette player/recorder back in 1984. I also had a cassette drive with my Commodore 64/128.

[@becton98]

he said thunk

[@MachielvanderWal]

It can be used in informal language

[@LarryTL]

"Don't drop that thu-thu-thunk"

[@the0mini0prutt]

becton98 I think he said " Funk " as a pun

[@LarryTL]

MuddyGaming It's obviously "thunk."

[@koimit4148]

I know hahaha

[@ipKonfig]

If HotGlue wasn't invented, KipKay wouldn't be making these videos ;)

[@imbored7779]

ipKonfig.com Wow i didnt know Hot Glue was one word!

[@ipKonfig]

Who really cares

[@ipKonfig]

Brad Harold Kind of like how your mom doesn't care about you. Oh, btw: /Blocked!

[@brandonbugbee5309]

lulz over reaction to nothing :3 and i don't think anybody would care if you blocked them. plus that was literally the worst insult ever, m8.

[@brandonbugbee5309]

XD it't not sawdering it's soldering. stupid white boy

[@tobortine]

Hang on - You took a perfectly functional MP3 player and put it in an old cassette case... Why ?

[@MattG2105]

tobortine For fun! KipKay videos are meant to be educational, too. If somebody tries this, they can learn the small basics of electrical wiring and soldering.

[@tobortine]

MattG2105 ok, I'll go with that. It's a positive learning experience.

[@ThatRoadCyclistUHate]

MattG2105 you know what would be good for people watching his vids if he could actually solder properly some of those solder joints looked dry

[@Abs0lutelyBella]

tobortine ...It still is perfectly functional...

[@Jcmastersd]

omry1243 i agree with you, he is getting behind, he used to do really cool stuff, i whish he stoped trying to make his projects "easy" so everyone can make them and start to make good electronics projects, i'm still subscribed just for the nostalgia, hoping someday he will start to make interesting videos again, but we also have Ben Heck and Great Scott so its not too bad

[@digitalblasphemy1100]

mp3 sounds about as bad as a cassette so I'll just stick with the cassettes. Cool hack. Am I the only one still listening to cassettes?

[@bluecollarcanuck]

Well, not really. :) I managed to obtain a few turntables as Craigslist freebies. I also found a Denon stereo-component tape deck for a ridiculously low price at a thrift store. I'll be hooking those up to my computer using an RCA-to-USB adapter. And, I still have a cassette adapter that plugs into a headphone jack from when the old Discman players hit the market.

[@digitalblasphemy1100]

***** heck yeah! cassettes are like 10 for a dollar at goodwill. they sometimes have some good stuff

[@bluecollarcanuck]

digitalblasphemy1100 Nice; our equivalent would be Value Village. I found some good old 80's vinyl there, not to mention the old "Life in Hell" comics.

[@digitalblasphemy1100]

***** I live in louisiana so all the vinyls that come in are old country albums. They are 2 for a dollar though so I can't complain. Every now and then we get some good ones in. I have never seen any comics though I do see a ton of books.

[@DaltonTk423]

digitalblasphemy1100 I still listen to tapes! Make them on my HI-FI Stereo system, listen to them on my walkman and play them in my truck!

[@xINVISIGOTHx]

how much did that brand of MP3 player cost?

[@Prozacslushy97]

Thats...... Thats not what I had in mind..

[@chucktaylor1908]

This is the most kickass thing I have ever seen before. You sir are a hero to many

[@ArezusUA]

Buttons are glued down messy, you could make a bit better effort...

[@Abs0lutelyBella]

Сергей Семенов he's just showing you how to do it. It doesn't need to be proper for a how to. Do this yourself, and make it look how you want.

[@eviedoeseverything1606]

hi I was wondering if you could make an arcade claw machine I really don't care if it is made out of cardboard or works with strings as long it can go up down along and open and close thx so much 👱🏼

[@SuperGoldYoshi]

Great job, Kipkay! I made this for my sister and it works just fine!

[@zainmohammed]

Didn't thought that he would've put a ad in this video but hats off he did

[@ClickingPixels]

Oh man this is one of the prettier videos you have done mate. Keep up the good work!

[@evanthieme8349]

#2 HIpster audio listening device, only slightly less hipster than an actual record player

[@Cthulhu013]

Evan Thieme What makes a record player hipster? I think it just makes you old.

[@SdudyoyO]

Evan Thieme Record Players aren't Hipster, I grew up with my Dad using one, and it's nostalgic for me to use one, but I most certainly don't prefer them over the many other music devices.

[@lindsaymobil22]

Evan Thieme Vinyl records aren't exactly hipster. They're still very much favoured by audiophiles also.

[@evanthieme8349]

Yeah I understand that vinyls are great for audiophiles but I know several people who use them only because they are old and less popular, hence making them a stereotypical 'hipster' item

[@Cthulhu013]

Evan Thieme I'm not an audiophile. I just hate CD's, they have no collectors value in my eyes. And digital music, while great for portability is just too easy. I need a physical copy that I can enjoy. Cassettes don't sound good enough and aren't very appealing art wise. So vinyl is what's left. I mostly play digital music, but I love occasionally opening my vinyl collection and playing them. Plus, vinyl tends to be a good investment, it not only retains its value, but with time, becomes more valuable. That's good for resale, which is why I tend to buy more than 1 copy at a time. One I'll sell in a decade, the other I keep for myself.

[@evenveryodd]

KipKay I love your videos I've been watching them for so long. Please make them more often if you can.

[@JoshuasRecordings]

I thought at first that you were going to put a magnetic pick up head in there and allow you to play MP3s from a cassette deck.

[@davidguo4123]

i still have a HUGE one, this would still work right?

[@bboi]

Damn you kipkay, another ad with a smooth transition😁

[@nikitasglynatsis6668]

Where i can find the tool that joins the cables plz answer with a link.

[@LucasTwocas]

How do you know which button is which?

[@CUeltzen]

I LOVE your cassette player!! I have one just like it on my computer-stuff shelf. I wonder how many users here know what that particular player was designed for? Answer: TRS-80 Model 100. I have one as well as a Model 120. (The world's original "laptop" computer!)

[@rafiknanneh7042]

I bet no one is gonna do this.

[@addromen]

Hipsters

[@lint3957]

Rafik Nanneh No no no. I am going to rip my mp3 apart just to put it in a cassette tape. lul jk

[@pasemek2501]

Kirito kirigaya I would, but I dont have spare mp3

[@lostindisorder]

Rafik Nanneh i'd do it, the nostalgia is real. Dug out some old cassettes when i found my old player. (and no, that doesn't make you a hipster.) I'd just have to buy a cassette i didn't care about.

[@hajonnut]

Commodorefan64 with diy projects it's not about the cost, it's about actually doing it yourself. some people just like to tinker with electronics, and something you created is way more awesome to own than something you ordered from china.

[@ALGAYID]

KipKay Is it possible to add aux port to the car radio for playing music mobile phone in the car ?? Thank you ..

[@yourname8274]

how do/where you get the stickers on the cassettes in the thumbnail?

[@squelchedotter]

For anybody claiming "Who'd 'a thunk it" is "Wrong": yes it is, but on purpose. it's supposed to indicate extreme sarcasm or lack of suprise for something. It dates back to a show in the 60s, but i'm sure it has been used before. example: alice: look, I made you a strawberry pie! bob: whats in it? alice: strawberrys! bob: who'd 'a thunk

[@moth.monster]

Would this work with an old iPod Shuffle?

[@hemantparakh8995]

I would like to convert Audio Cassettes into Imported Music Players so kindly suggest a suitable MOOC scheme

[@jinkyestrevencion8694]

Where to buy momentary switches? Cant find it in a local hardware store :(

[@yafilmDOTcom]

571 people were expecting the OP to make an actual REAL TAPE MP3 Player, you know, one that involves using an actual data tape recorder/player like the ones used for the TRS-80 old computers, etc that stores actual data on the tape and then hacking the recorder to embed a real-time MP3 encoder/decoder in such a way that MP3 files can be saved into the magnetic tape itself and played back (decompress and project the sound to a speaker) in real time. I was almost certain that I was going to see a project that involved the manipulation and parsing of data into an actual magnetic cassette media of some sort, but it was a little disappointing watching him dismantle an actual fully featured MP3 player and placing it inside an empty cassette shell with its function buttons merely rerouted else where via added wires and push button switches. Anyways, this was a cool project.

[@user-ud4nh1jx8u]

Kipkay do u know how to make a fan powdered by ice

[@4Corry]

Could you do a hack to have a chance play MP4?

[@NochSoEinKaddiFan]

Now that is funny and clever at the same time, very cool project :D I have dealt with cassettes as well, the screeching noise when your favourite tape tangled inside the player was horrific :O

[@loko4390]

when will the new video come???

[@No_ser_nadiee]

Can you use instead isolated cable?

[@xINVISIGOTHx]

you should have glued a tiny piece of blue tape over the hole at the bottom!

[@raghav.mp4]

which software do you use to make schematics?

[@mo12mon]

This is actually pretty clever. I like it a lot!

[@Mrvideosandgames]

Oh, I thought he was going to make it so that the cassette would play MP3s through the cassette player. Would be really handy as a lot of cars still have cassette players.

[@bluecollarcanuck]

There are also a few adapters for that kicking around; they're just a cassette case with a playback head and a 3.5mm headphone cord.

[@l4d2160]

Mrvideosandgames or for 30 bucks (20 for the radio and another 10 for the mounting kit) you can just replace the radio all together like I did.

[@Mrvideosandgames]

Bryan Young True, but some cars are wacky and make that rather tricky. But for the most part, yeah, replacing it is probably the better option than using a cassette adapter thing.

[@l4d2160]

True that. Vehicles can do some really whacky things. Probably a good thing mine is rather simple. 90s vehicle FTW.

[@EmBeeSeven]

Bryan Young 20 dollar radio? That seems a bit too cheap for me to trust.

[@baileyminshull1658]

I think this would be a good Christmas gift..

[@toamastar]

Finally a great video, your other stuff lately apart from the bed have been a bit boring....

[@unlokia]

May as well have gone the final mile and added a playback head to play through a cassette deck!

[@DARKSIDEsince2012]

what kind of mp3 player did you use?

[@FUNNYBOY12375]

could you have moved the power switch to ware the presser pad is

[@sorual4604]

Kip Kedersha 1:52 remember when you did the weekend projects from make magizine? you did a sorta "hand warmer" thing and in that video you suggested that the best way to get the insulation off was to hold a light to the ends to sorta melt it off. maybe im missing something tho XD

[@TechnicalJimActual]

With much tinkering, Kipkay constructs a homemade mp3 player using some wire, a cassette tape, a few tact switches, & an mp3 player.

[@Carred20]

Just when I thought there was finally a video that didn't end in an advertisement.

[@canadajointops]

Funny how I made a joke before the commercial even started

[@cibckwong]

really cool, I've got an idea , get a vintage SLR camera transfer to a bluetooth speaker, how it sounds?

[@KylesTechChannel01]

Hey a classic Kipkay video!!

[@jonahwcarlson]

Great,Great work KipKay! Always looking forward every week to new ideas and videos too. STAY AWESOME!

[@pete8420]

How do I record what's on the cassette tape?

[@gauravvasnani2031]

GREAT! I love all your videos! Suprisingly that MP3 was the first thing i had that u had!! I have the exact same....Surprisingly i got it from the road....

[@theuniqueone1973]

That's very cool. I'd buy one! You should market and sell them.

[@adamguymon7096]

I like this video because it has a twist on old technology with a new twist. I would love to see more different kinds of hacks with VHS, Cassette, Beta, 8 Track etc? I want to not just see only one kind of hack but many different types of hacks for each of them? How many uses are there for these old forms of technology?

[@Murexa.]

wow, this brings back some memories

[@cristhelmorano1469]

i really want to have this kind of mp3 but idk how to make it on my own

[@jarded056]

Techmoan reviewed something like this but it actually played in a tape player.

[@scottmantooth8785]

an awesome project as always... might be a bit advanced for a few viewers, but i could do this one without much difficulty

[@DRAGONHAWK297]

Can this cassette work in a boom box?

[@williamtse4462]

Can it be a small MP3 player?

[@amyrose4643]

before you hack a cassette tape rig up something with a playing head so you can record it onto your computer... is it a good idea kipkay?

[@jackMJ26]

Could I use an iPod shuffle

[@KlaasBaas]

Super cool idea Kip

[@jacobjericho1]

nice one , this is an original yet instant classic 9.8/10 !! if i could improve this .. well with a diffrent mp3 , you might even be able to put a little screen on the cassette.. it will take away from the authentic look but give you the extra info and detail that makes having a mp3 convenient and handy

[@mb-xd7lk]

Can anyone tell me the brand of that mp3 player? And model# if possible

[@technologyproductions-ye3px]

it's a generic

[@DaltonTk423]

This is funny. I still buy cassettes, put music on them and play them on my Walkman and in my truck... I might make this and use this too!

[@AlexLesTests]

why are you using magnet wire and not regular wire

[@ozzie_goat]

I usually use sandpaper to remove the insulation on magnet wire.

[@TheSqoou]

Nice work Kip. I've actually done a few versions of your Bluetooth Car Hack. I'd love to share notes with you sometime.

[@dminer9040]

Can you do more stuff with Littlebits

[@ibragimov2]

could you make a solid state tesla coil?

[@carsareepic20]

kipkay I know your trying to help us but you do know we can buy these for 6 dollars right? still kind of a cool little project though.

[@IanGacek]

"Let's make a MP3 player even bigger"

[@dumbpup]

This reminds me of Kipkay's older videos.

[@bunder012]

That actually looks pretty cool!!

[@antonschou6829]

I dont know shit about soldering and electronics but i watch his videos because they are cool

[@NoisyMatt]

Nice video! Reminds me of old stuff you did before!

[@alich6634]

Thanks kip Kay I watch all videos

[@bigdamnhero2297]

i really loved it :) although i'm having some difficulties in making it, could you help? thanks

[@timanderson5717]

I thought you would connect the output to the tape head.

[@CeramicswithAnAutistic]

My favorite project you made

[@blusoldierwoman]

i thought it was to get songs from the tape coz my B.f . have many of his songs that he sang years ago and he wants them on CDs.. thanks for the tip

[@GrievousDu38]

Yeeees ! I found the last ever cassette in my house ! I can make your cassette tape hack... Wait a sec... I don't have a soldering iron...

[@GrievousDu38]

omry1243 Yes but it looks cool.

[@GrievousDu38]

omry1243 Yes, anyways, I wasn't going to do this. And yes, I am scared of ruining my MP3 player.

[@TheShooterMonkey]

It'd be so cool if you could put the earbud wires in the rollers in place of the tape to make the earbuds retractable.

[@scubagravy]

how does it recharge ?

[@nicholasdibari9095]

That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen

[@wolfwaya]

now we need hacks for LP's, 45's, 8-tracks, and laserdisk

[@FuzzyBearSavage]

You are A great person to learn from keep up the good work

[@ChoobChoob]

But you can buy a cassette tape mp3 player for like $5 with a tape head that feeds audio right into your cassette player should you prefer to.

[@MrChanw11]

Man, I thought he was gonna make it so the music could be played into the cassette into a player

[@thatpersonwithamlpiconwhos2861]

Oh, I thought you were going to make it able to play in a real cassette deck. There are devices out there that replace the magnetic tape with an electromagnet. It allows for music from a smartphone or MP3 player to be played on a cassette deck.

[@PinkChucky15]

Looks very cool. I actually still have cassette tapes, I just don't have anything to play them on lol

[@Thad-ku4ic]

KipKay's Guide to become the ultimate hipster, this is till cool though