gazellis

I have a couple of old albums (records) that were out of print before they even made it to CD. I would like to know if they can be converted to mp3 format for archive reasons and also to put on a CD to play in my car? What equipment would be needed? Anyone have a clue?



By the way, for those of you that may be a little on the young side, a record was a round disc in various sizes that was played on a machine called a turntable. When played it produced music.

rx7machine

lol, yea.. I'm young.. is there a possibility those songs would be on the internet anywhere..? so you could just download them.. not sure about transfering from a record to an mp3 though..

teknics

they're probably already on the internet search your preferred peer-2-peer program.



the only other way to record vinyl to pc would be get a soundproof room, a mic hookedup to your pc, a program/audio card that records music, put vinyl playing and mic in soundproof room, record, convert .wav to .mp3 since i dont think you can record straight to mp3 format, could be wrong.



kevin.

Smog Fighter

Most sound cards accept audio directly from the back of your reciever. For the

Fold Ogies, that would be "tape out" on the back of the Realistic. The deluxe

version of "Easy CD Creator" comes with a 1/8" stereo to left/right RCA's adaptor

to do exactly that. (Right now I use mine to play streaming Trance music into my

living room)

Then install the software, hardware, firmware, and underware needed to be able

to burn a CD. Or, if you want to go directly to .MP3, after making a .WAV of the song,

Use a $25US program called Audiograbber (Free version not as handy) to convert

the song from .WAV to .MP3



Then Enjoy!

Raul



BTW, I do Sound Mixing and Editing on my PC using these tools. they work great.

teknics

Most sound cards accept audio directly from the back of your reciever. For the

Fold Ogies, that would be "tape out" on the back of the Realistic. The deluxe

version of "Easy CD Creator" comes with a 1/8" stereo to left/right RCA's adaptor

to do exactly that. (Right now I use mine to play streaming Trance music into my

living room)

Then install the software, hardware, firmware, and underware needed to be able

to burn a CD. Or, if you want to go directly to .MP3, after making a .WAV of the song,

Use a $25US program called Audiograbber (Free version not as handy) to convert

the song from .WAV to .MP3



Then Enjoy!

Raul



BTW, I do Sound Mixing and Editing on my PC using these tools. they work great. [/quote]

i have about 5 free wav to mp3 converters on my computer, no need to pay $25.



And the only way to record is to have an audio card, or a computer, that has a mic port on it thats why i said it has to be able to record.



In general recording with a mic without a soundproof room is bad because of all the white noise which will effect recording quality and overall make the sound suck, like the people that record mp3's using a mic and having their tv on mtv... you can distinguish between those types very easily online.



kevin.

Seppuku

If the computer has an input on the sound card and the turntable has an output then you could link the two together then you would just need a program to record the sound coming into the computer. I used to do it this way when i recorded my guitar when playing. Just hooked the guitar directly to the pc or i hooked the output from the amp to the pc.

teknics

i dont think a vinyl album can have an "output", not really sure how those things output the music, a modern version vinyl player may have an output tho, in which case go that route!



good call seppuku



kevin.

Smog Fighter

your plan: turntable - reciever - speaker - microphone in front of each speaker -

sound card - recording software - hard drive. then convert to MP3.



My plan: turntable - reciever - sound card - software - HD. then MP3 it.



If the sound card accepts a mic, then it will have a "line in". The only reason I am

not trying to recommend going from the turntable directly into the sound card, is

some turntables need preamp circuitry found in most older recievers.



I'm just saying the idiots who record stuff onto their computers without removing

the external noise are doing everybody a disservice. Or are doing it intentionally.



If you want the cleanest possible recordings, use the least amount of equipment

possible.



I'll get off my soapbox now.



Raul

Seppuku

when micing speakers you have to get the mic in the the right spot to pick the sound up right but the less things the turntable has to go through the better quality it will have every line it goes through degrades the quality a little more. The receiver way would work good becuase it should amplify the sound and make the quality better as long as its adjusted properly.

Smog Fighter