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post #1 of 10
2/12/07 at 11:42pm
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What's the best way to get my vinyl into MP3 format?

I'm a total tech lingo douche so be kind!

Did a search on the forum and couldn't find anything.

Cheers.
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post #2 of 10
2/12/07 at 11:49pm
It's possible to do, but basically, unless you have a digital or optical out on your turntable, and the matching input on your soundcard - to do it right requires you to plug your turntable into some sort of digital stereo reciever with network capability, which is wired to a computer running a sound recording program like Soundforge. It will take some time and a basic knowledge of both the soundforge software (or whatever you end up using), and audio mixing skills to get it to sound decent.

Plugging a microphone into your computer and just recording the song as you play it is also an option, but you won't get any stereo out of it, and it will also capture all the ambient noise around you, plus most likely it will sound like crap.

If you can just get an MP3 online of whatever it is, its much cheaper and easier just to download the damn thing.
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post #3 of 10
2/12/07 at 11:58pm
Yeah, either download it (you own it already, I don't think that should be considered stealing) or rip it using a good turntable with a digital out (and a good cartridge) such as the Technics 1200 MK3 (IIRC) or a Stanton STR8-80 or -100, among others directly into a good sound card on a computer.
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post #4 of 10
2/13/07 at 12:50am
Thread Starter 
Thanks,

It's specifically for a lot of the current vinyl only release songs from the bands I like.
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post #5 of 10
2/13/07 at 1:14am
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Originally Posted by Rye GB
Thanks,

It's specifically for a lot of the current vinyl only release songs from the bands I like.

How much money are you willing to spend to get this done?
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post #6 of 10
2/13/07 at 1:22am
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Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim
How much money are you willing to spend to get this done?

That is an excellent question. I had done that myself in the past, I had to do things like manually removing pops by high resolution manually editing. I still have lots of vinyl but no longer a functioning turntable.
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post #7 of 10
2/13/07 at 2:08am
This should be pretty easy.. just connect the output from your pre-amp to your line-in on the sound card. The pre-amp takes care of the RIAA amplication/correction from the turntable.

If you don't have a phono capable pre-amp, you can purchase a surprisingly high quality battery operated unit from Radio shack for about 20 dollars. The battery should last months of heavy use. The lack of AC supplied power and conversion allows for little noise to effect the incredibly sensitive phono signal.

Once you have a properly amped signal on your computer, recording the raw sound is fairly easy. Software like Soundforge or Wavelab will take care of it.
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post #8 of 10
2/13/07 at 9:52am
Buy an iMic. plug into your mac/pc.
Connect a lead from this to the headphone/out socket on amp/turntable. Download Audacity foc.
Record.
I've done it with old cassettes and minidiscs. worked fine for me.
iMic around £30.
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post #9 of 10
2/13/07 at 1:25pm
Buy one of these for $149

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...813561-6612857
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post #10 of 10
2/14/07 at 10:51am
Or one of these for $13,150:

http://www.vpiindustries.com/products_hrx.htm

Seriously, go to a flea market and get a used Dual or Technics for $20, slap a $50 Sumiko Oyster on it, and hear music the way it's meant to be heard.
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