anyone know how to dub vinyl recordings on to CD?

[robertson]

I've got a load of great vinyl recordings which I've not been able to locate on CD anywhere. Is there any way I can dub my vinyl stuff on to CD?

[happytobeme]

I've just been looking on "i want one of those" website, under gadgets and gizmos, and they have a gadget that converts vinyl to mp3, its �119.00.

[NH]

You could check various hi-fi magazines which would review hardware that converts directly from vinyl to CD- stuff like What Hi-Fi, etc. The only problem is that with most such converters the whole process often has to be done in analogue, so you have to tracklist the thing yourself, as it burns, and the whole burning process takes as long as the album does.

In the old vinyl era of 1950something-about 1987 albums tended to be shorter than they are now, so I suppose that's not a major problem, though, unless you have a vinyl of the Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium...

[Keeprockin]

Computer active's site wil reccomend a few pieces of equipment to convert vinyl to your PC. Various rane og prices,but if you have an extensive collection,then well wort it. Most get rid of all the crackles and other unwanted noises.

[robertson]

thank you, Keep Rocking - what is the website address?

[NH]

www.computeractive.co.uk for the general site.

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive /features/2014076/convert-records-cd-part

&

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive /features/2014072/convert-records-cd-part-2

have a specific 2-part article on it.
Now why didn't I think of that?

[willa]

If you have a Mac, check out Freeverse's Sound Studio 3 at www.freeverse.com/soundstudio . Last year I used the program's v. 2 to transfer old D'Oyly Carte and Metropolitan Opera recordings to the Mac with with great results and minimal fuss, although - as NH mentions - it took a while to input then clean up the pops and crackles.

The only special equipment I needed were things I had already: turntable, stereo receiver, a stereo RCA to 1/8-inch miniplug cable (one end connected to the receiver's audio out, the miniplug end into the Mac's audio-in jack). I used headphones rather than listened through speakers, to minimize any possible sound delays.

An article detailing all the steps was in the July 2003 issue of MacAddict magazine. (Of course, the newer version of Sound Studio probably makes the whole process easier.)

Be aware that if you input as AAC (which was best for the classical music I transferred), you've talking huge file sizes.

[willa]

Oops, not AAC - I meant to type AIFF. That's the file monster.