How can I get my vinyls on cd?

[Mimi]

I know it's possible and there is software to transfer music from LPs on the computer and to burn them on CD.

But how can I find out which one is good and easy to use at the same time?

Does anyone here has a recommendation for me?

Mimi

[paularoid]

I know it's possible and there is software to transfer music from LPs on the computer and to burn them on CD.

But how can I find out which one is good and easy to use at the same time?

Does anyone here has a recommendation for me?

Mimi
Go here and take a look:

http://reviews.cnet.com/Music/4520-7899_7-5116211-1.html?tag=txt

In spite of the fact that GoldWave is shareware it works wonderfully. -If- you run into the limit, just shut it down, restart it again, and you should be good to go. Just make sure you save any changes you may have made before you shut it down.

[Mimi]

Thanks, Paularoid! I'll try tomorrow!

Good night!

Mimi

[Mimi]

Hmmm, just realized that at the moment I've got no possibility to connect my record player with the computer... So I'll have to wait a bit.

Mimi

[aabram]

So much I need to know..... Just how IS it done????? :confused:

[Mimi]

Annabel,

I downloaded the software Paularoid gave me the link to, but before I can start / try I have to get a RCA-to-miniheadphone cable tomorrow. I thought I had one but I was wrong. Nothing like in my box with dozens of different stereo and computer related cables.

Mimi

[aabram]

I'll write to you about this, and enclose it when I send your CDs

Annabel

[AceOn6]

So much I need to know..... Just how IS it done????? :confused:

I bought a new turntable that connects to my PC sound card's input. I fire up a program called Pyro Cakewalk, then play the record. The output from the LP becomes a WAV file on the PC. You can either copy the single WAV file to a CD or use the program to cut the single WAV file into the song tracks, then save as MP3s.

[aabram]

Annabel,

I downloaded the software Paularoid gave me the link to, but before I can start / try I have to get a RCA-to-miniheadphone cable tomorrow. I thought I had one but I was wrong. Nothing like in my box with dozens of different stereo and computer related cables.

Mimi

Nothing like a box of tricks, Mimi. Read my letter and my email...

Annabel

[Mimi]

Thanks in advance, Annabel. I'll have to wait anyway as I couldn't get the right cable today because it was raining heavily all day.

Mimi

[DaveM]

I just saw an ad for a turntable that would direct-connect to a computer. It is sold by Hammacher-Schlemmer (sp?) for $169. More expensive than digging your old turntable out of the basement, but certainly reasonable for a new turntable.

[Spence]

I can't get enough of my Magix Audio Cleaning Lab software. I use it every day and have, so far, converted 734 full LPs or cassettes to CD-R. It still boggles my mind that an old recording can be copied onto a CD and sound BETTER than the original!

Magix can be found at Best Buy for about $40. Its editing features are easy to use and are nearly all "one-button-presets".

Make sure you put your mini-stereo jack into LINE IN, not MIC IN. MIC is mono. LINE IN is stereo. I learned the hard way on my old laptop-- that only had a MIC IN, no LINE IN-- that the mono mic input took my left speaker output and put it onto both stereo sides. It had me fooled for a while. I had to re-record everything at that point; my right channel never made it to CD!

(Everything now is recorded on a home PC that HAS a line in. Back then, my solution was to buy a stand-alone CD recorder, record onto CD-RWs, send that into the laptop, and then edit them normally. For the amount I've converted, that was still a workable solution.)

I bought a pre-amp at Circuit City to allow my phonograph to go into the computer. I later found out that an old Realistic mixer did the same trick, plus it had a screw for the ground wire. Just make sure to pan the two channels to the correct side.

Today, you can easily find new turntables with a USB cord.

My basic recording on Magix goes like this.
1. Cassettes. Easy! Play them into the line in and record. I play them with the Dolby turned OFF. Makes them clearer and the editing filters will remove any hiss. Cut it into 2 correct-length sides. Normalize (the N key). Add markers (either manually or with the Control-M function.) Find a quiet passage between songs, open up the DeNoiser, hit PICK and OKAY. Set the DeHisser onto WEAK setting (or stronger if needed.) Go to the EQ section and add a little bit more bass to the far left two sliders (gives the recording more warmth.) Then burn to CD!

2. LPs . Play them into the line in and record. Cut it into 2 correct-length sides. Normalize (the N key.) Add markers (either manually or with the Control-M function.) Find a quiet passage between songs, open up the DeNoiser, hit PICK and OKAY. Go to the EQ section and add a little bit more bass to the far left two sliders (gives the recording more warmth.) Use preset settings on the DeCrackler and DeClicker (this ought to take away most every bad noise.) If not, go in and magnify the offending clicks or pops. Cut the smallest piece out and listen to see your results. Usually a fraction of a second missing from the song will not mess up the drum beat. Then burn to CD.

THEN LABEL the CD-Rs with a Sharpie marker. Much cheaper than paper labels and won't get stuck in your car stereo.

[paularoid]

That pretty much mirrors the steps and procedures used with GoldWave (that I use) available at:

U.S.
http://www.goldwave.com/

Canada
http://www.goldwave.ca/

Price is the same but their shareware works great up to 256 operations before you have to shut it down and start it back up again. I bought the thing anyway just to support it and consequently I don't have to shut it down, but I can't imagine carrying out 256 operations in one sitting. :p