View Full Version : Copy vinyl to CD
Navigator
09-28-2002, 01:34 PM
I posted this in another forum, but I want to see what kind of response I get here...
I have a large record collection (late 60's to late 80's, rock and blues, mostly), that I'd like to copy to CD for the sake of preserving the albums. All the records are in excellent condition, cleaned before each use and the jackets are in plastic covers. I hardly play them anymore now because the turntable is crap and I don't want to abuse them. I will get a new turntable though. Any suggestions on how to go about this? And, please respond in plain English, not techno babble. Thank you, thank you very much. :guitar :drums
TownBear
09-28-2002, 01:45 PM
well i have a new turntable, but no sterio to hook it up too LMAO
how did u convert them onto CD... i wish i could do that!!!
all these wasted albums! gggrrr
TownBear
09-28-2002, 01:46 PM
i remember being in Walmart a yr or 2 ago & asking they girl if they had any containers something like those milk cartons people used to store their records in... she looked at me like i was speaking japaese lol
i said.. do u know wut a record is... & she shook her head No
OMG! lol
Navigator
09-28-2002, 02:05 PM
lol...that's funny, a "record" means quite a different thing to the kids today..."like, why would anyone want to display their record?"
Navigator
09-28-2002, 02:10 PM
about the copying though, I take it there is some way you can connect the turntable (feed in?) to the sound card on the computer...one guy said through the amp, but I'm not fully understanding...may have to ask the Radio Shack guy (hope he knows what a record is, lol)
I'm hoping I can copy the songs to harddrive then burn to disc.
:fonzie
TownBear
09-28-2002, 02:13 PM
ah!! i misread.. i thought u said u HAD done it!
ok... well good luck! 'n lemme know if u figure it out lol
Bromy
09-28-2002, 02:29 PM
heres is a link that explains it I know nothing of the procedure but saw them talking about it on tecktv a while back
http://www.cyberwalker.net/columns/feb02/150202.html
EDIT: After reading the article yes you do need to run it from your amplifier
Bromy
09-28-2002, 02:34 PM
So basically you would use the audio out rca jacks on your amp, it should say on the back of the amp "audio out" and hook up one of them cables the article talks about and put in the "line in" on the back of your computer which is on the soundcard where your speakers hook up
Navigator
09-28-2002, 03:15 PM
Originally blurted out by Bromy
heres is a link that explains it I know nothing of the procedure but saw them talking about it on tecktv a while back
http://www.cyberwalker.net/columns/feb02/150202.html
EDIT: After reading the article yes you do need to run it from your amplifier
Fantastic site...exactly what I want and in plain English, too. Even says get the cables at Radio Shack lol.
Thank you...that's my winter project for sure.:headphone
Navigator
09-28-2002, 09:50 PM
Here's another option someone suggested to me although I haven't had time to check it out completely. It's Audiograbber, it will copy the music as a .wav file to the harddrive, and if you want, will convert it to MP3.
http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net
That's thanks to StarGehzer at TCM. :tank :tank
Originally blurted out by TownBear
i remember being in Walmart a yr or 2 ago & asking they girl if they had any containers something like those milk cartons people used to store their records in... she looked at me like i was speaking japaese lol
i said.. do u know wut a record is... & she shook her head No
OMG! lol
bloody hell was she an alien.
:o :o :o :o
Originally blurted out by Navigator
lol...that's funny, a "record" means quite a different thing to the kids today..."like, why would anyone want to display their record?"
only record they know, dya mean like their prison record lmaooooooooooo
:cool: :cool: :cool:
Originally blurted out by Bromy
heres is a link that explains it I know nothing of the procedure but saw them talking about it on tecktv a while back
http://www.cyberwalker.net/columns/feb02/150202.html
EDIT: After reading the article yes you do need to run it from your amplifier
i'm gonna ask me tech minded son as he is manager of our local t.v company, he installs cable t.v, clever with a lot of stuff relating to computers, hope i don't lose this area before i see him next lol