Dumb Question: how do you convert songs from vinyl to mp3 file?

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hey dudes

is there a magic cord that you goes between your stereo tuner & your computer or something?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 27 June 2003 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Via magic.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 27 June 2003 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

you have to have an RCA input card in your computer. i've heard of some people plugging an 1/8" jack (the size of a headphone) into their mic input, but i don't know if that lessens the quality.

and magic

― JasonD (JasonD), Friday, 27 June 2003 19:26 (twenty-two years ago)

yep, a cord should do it

― ddd, Friday, 27 June 2003 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

You don't need an input card. You just plug your amp into the line in socket on your computer. The sound quality is fine.

― Ben Williams, Friday, 27 June 2003 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Plug your record player into a preamp, get a female RCA connector to male 1/8" stereo plug, plug it into your "Stereo In" connector on the computer, not the mic.
You can get a little 8V battery driven preamp from Radio Shack, you might have to ask for it since they don't always keep them out on display. The connector should be on the racks at Radioshack as well. Play the record, record as a wav, then convert that wav file to mp3 using your favorite ripper.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 27 June 2003 19:40 (twenty-two years ago)

so its turn table ---> preamp ---> Stereo Input Channel.
And the songs go from record -> .wav file -> .mp3 file.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 27 June 2003 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.ceitron.com/images/4/4k2-420y.jpg

― dleone (dleone), Friday, 27 June 2003 19:46 (twenty-two years ago)

so you're saying magic basically

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 27 June 2003 19:47 (twenty-two years ago)

If you post what kind of amp, computer, software you have, you can get specific advice.

― Alan Connor, Junior, Friday, 27 June 2003 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)

i think that magic would work in this situation.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 27 June 2003 19:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Mr Noodles is scaring me with all that battery and such talk. Basically, I record tapes into my computer with the above adaptor, and straight to mp3. I only ever record to wav if I plan on burning the CD right away.

― dleone (dleone), Friday, 27 June 2003 19:51 (twenty-two years ago)

voice's tech guy tackled this a while ago. very good info, but i haven't tried it yet:

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0248/koerner.php

― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Friday, 27 June 2003 20:15 (twenty-two years ago)

best thing to do...

* hook up turntable to your home stereo system
* use either the tape RCA-stereo outs or some out RCA stereo outs to go to your computer
* record
* edit out all the stuff before and after the song in the wav file
* for the excessively anal, meticulous cut out all the pops and clicks in the wav file (it's these spikes in the data that you can't miss if the click is very noticeable)
* convert to mp3

extra bonus step that makes a difference: before converting to mp3, process the wav file thru some good mastering software if you have it handy

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 27 June 2003 20:18 (twenty-two years ago)

for the excessively anal, meticulous cut out all the pops and clicks in the wav file (it's these spikes in the data that you can't miss if the click is very noticeable)

*cries for all the wasted (and some not so wasted) hours spent doing this*

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Saturday, 28 June 2003 00:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I put a small mixer (a gemini DJ mixer) in between the record player and the computer, I have more control over the volume that way. (or I guess as opposed to the 8volt amp). This may be something that just makes me feel better.

― scott m (mcd), Saturday, 28 June 2003 00:10 (twenty-two years ago)

try maximising the sound levels at .wav to ensure all the results are the same. record mastering has way different volume levels.

― gaz (gaz), Saturday, 28 June 2003 08:39 (twenty-two years ago)

"borrow" a copy of Sonicfoundry Sound Forge or similar mastering software and you can have hours of fun cleaning up the hiss, scratches and eq-ing everything to your personal satitfaction too

― smudger (smudger), Saturday, 28 June 2003 22:57 (twenty-two years ago)

or if you have a laptop with no sound input...

http://www.preetamrai.com/mac/lp/lptomp.html

― erin, Saturday, 28 June 2003 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)

a USB interface similar to what Erin suggests can be found here...

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/

― rh, Sunday, 29 June 2003 13:49 (twenty-two years ago)

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