Cassette Tape Hack! 

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.

Now hack a CD.

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

This is actually pretty cool

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

he said thunk

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

THIS is more of what we want. Absolutely awesome!

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.

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?

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

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

I bet no one is gonna do this.

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

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

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

I hacked this comment so you cant eat any pizza today.

Damn you kipkay, another ad with a smooth transition😁

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.

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.

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

Hey a classic Kipkay video!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Super cool idea Kip

That actually looks pretty cool!!

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

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

That's so cool! Very retro.

wow, this brings back some memories

I think this would be a good Christmas gift..

Funny how I made a joke before the commercial even started

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

My favorite project you made

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

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....

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

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

3 words 1 number. Awesome Mix Volume 1 :D

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?

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

Thanks kip Kay I watch all videos

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.

This reminds me of Kipkay's older videos.

Awesome Mix.....I mean: Awesome idea!

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.

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

That thing is awesome! 👍🏻

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

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

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

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

this is awesome i love cassette tapes and hope to make this!!

and now you have 4x bigger mp3 than b4 cool stuff

Your mic sounds so nice

I would have done it a little different but not by much. Use long shaft switches and drills holes in the case. feed the power switch to the record tab. That it. If your really good you could and lcd to this project.

Excellent, and great old computer cassette deck

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 👱🏼

Actually a pretty cool video.

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

Very, Very cool and original hack !!!

Wow! So That's How It's Done! Cool!

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

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

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

Kipkay uploaded a video! Who would of thunk?

how much did that brand of MP3 player cost?

kipkay you the man!

def one of my fav

great work

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!)

Haha, A Tandy recorder for recording programs before floppy disks where cheap enough for home users! I haven't seen one of those since I was 10!

I miss my Blackfoot "Strikes" cassette... and Bad Company "Run With the Pack." I mean sure, I could just go get the MP3, but I still miss it...

301 one of them ,finally!

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

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.

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

good idea

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

I still have this thing:)

More cassette hacks please

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

You should electromagnecty run the audio signal from the mp3 player so it can play in a tape player would be cool lower output signal to prevent distortion of course. Would be cool

quedo.....con todo.....buena idea....

Lol the way you said thunk

Am I the only one that thinks this deserves to be in Back To The Future

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

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

I have to make one of these!!

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

I recall there being a cassette shaped mp3 player about 14 years ago. You could also put it in a cassette player.

Cute! Love it!

when will the new video come???

How do you know which button is which?

At least he could put more batteries in it.