Vinyl to PC
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Topic: Vinyl to PC
Posted By: Sagichim
Subject: Vinyl to PC
Date Posted: March 27 2012 at 10:00
| I just came across with a single that has no information about it. It contains two tracks, the music is progressive hard rock, killer stuff really. I want to get it on to my computer and share it with you people, and maybe find out who's the band. Any body knows how to convert vinyl to PC? |
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 27 2012 at 11:32
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An adapter and some software. Not too difficult actually. When I first started doing conversions, I'd run it through an amp that could play LPs, go through a splitter and plug it in to the PC. There is some good programs that will capture it, and allow you split it into tracks and clear up needle noise.
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: March 27 2012 at 11:49
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I have done some more research and found out i need a cable that one end goes to the headphone socket on the turntable and the other goes to line in on the PC. Also required is a software, i'm sure there are million! I'll look on ebay, any recommendation? |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 27 2012 at 11:58
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I don't have any functioning turntables at the moment but I did get a pyle pro vintage adapter.... Plugs into USB, takes the standard RCA turntable output. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: March 27 2012 at 12:09
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Here's what I did when I orignally set my turntable up:
1. Download Turtle Beach's Voyetra Audio Surgeon software http://download.cnet.com/AudioSurgeon/3001-2170_4-10144001.html?idl=n&spi=710d11a27fb2d9fe82dc21e1fbbe8b91" rel="nofollow - here . It's shareware so you don't have to pay for it but if you find it useful you should. I got my copy and paid for it years ago and have never updated it so I don't know what new features or purchase arrangements Turtle Beach has these days, but the link above is to the cNet download.
2. Hook up a turntable to your PC. Simplest way to do this is to get an RCA-to-1/8"-audio adapter at http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103225" rel="nofollow - Radio Shack for about $6 USD (see picture). If your turntable chord isn't long enough to reach your PC then get an adapter http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2290564" rel="nofollow - built into a chord (that method is a little more expensive).
 3. Configure the Voyetra software and start recording. The source will be 'Line In', and the Voyetra software lets you auto-adjust the input sound using their wizard. The software also has equalizers and noise filtering tools as well as a splicer that will separate songs into separate physical tracks. You can save as WAV, MP3s of various quality, and I think there are other formats.
Takes a little trial and error but I have managed to rip some of my older albums that were never released on CD. Ripped a few old cassettes too, but the sound isn't nearly as good and most of that crap was late-70s punk anyway so who really cares...
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 27 2012 at 12:26
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Well, Radio Shack is the great satan for me. Cool to know Voyetra is still out there as I have used their software in the past. The last one I used is Audio Cleaning Lab.
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: March 27 2012 at 16:17
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Well thank you so much for all the details it is useful. I'll try it very soon. |
Posted By: Argonaught
Date Posted: July 04 2012 at 22:12
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I don't think you can use the described method with a laptop though, because its sound card ordinarily doesn't have an appropriate ... something ... a dedicated stereo analog input? We don't have any desktops, so that wasn't an option. When the need to rip and archive the LP's arose, I bought a CD recorder, which can be connected to the RIAA corrector output. This way I get a CD that can be used in the car, and ripped to the laptop for archiving and further use in a lossless digital player. |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 11:46
Your laptop should have a line-in jack, might be labeled as 'mic' but that should still work. ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Argonaught wrote:Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 12:40
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You will need to connect the TT thru your amp/receiver, assuming you have a phono preamp, then out to the laptop/PC.....The MIC in works to access the soundcard. Get a RCA to mini plug cable.....Then go from an AUX Out on the amp/receiver to the laptop MIC IN. Access the soundcard and you adjust recording volume there. Once you rip the LP to the hard drive then you can use a software like mentioned above or Audacity to split tracks, label them and clean up the sound....removing clicks, pops, hiss, rumble....if any of that exists when you playback.You can also get a TT with built in USB out that will go direct to your laptop or PC without the need of your amp.receiver, since these TT have a built in phono preamp to achieve the correct RIAA equalization.
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Posted By: Argonaught
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 18:21
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To comment on the two preceding posts: we have 6 working and 2 dead laptops in our family, and none of them happens to have a Line-In. Each does have a mike input of course, but those are mono. Besides, value laptops have value sound cards, with all resulting consequences. The on-board RIAA correctors in turntables, I'm guessing, wouldn't be of audiophile pedigree either.
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Posted By: GaryB
Date Posted: July 17 2012 at 17:23
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About a year and a half ago I was given a Sony turntable with a USB port and software to install on my laptop. It was easy to hook up and the program was easy to follow (good thing because I'm not a real tech kind of guy). I have put a lot of vinyl on disc but if you don't plan to do a lot of it you probably won't want to buy something like that. |