What do you think on those USB turntables that will allow you to record your vinyl into digital?

I'm not an audiophylie (sp?) or looking to do house party DJ stuff, I just want to turn my vinyl into CD's.

Holy Crap!

I forgot about all the vinyl I have.

We cleaned out the basement this past weekend and exposed all the LP's I've been storing and moving from place to place. I've been carrying them around for many years in totes and refused to toss them out even though I have tossed out my turntable may years back.

They are still in good condition as best I can see. The album covers are in good condition because I put outer album sleeves on most of them and the have been stored in cool and dry conditions.

I'm sure the vinyl still has the scratches and pops that were back there 15-20 yrs ago from playing them over and over. (farcking A, am I getting old?) Probably some puke and/or beer stains... maybe a little dried up leaf, stems or seeds. Who knows.

I think it might be time to break them of their deep slumber.

The KISS collection, Ted Nugent, The Kinks, The Who, Hendrix, AC/DC, Santana, Zappa, BTO, Rush, Van Halen, The Eagles, bunch of college music (Blue Hippos, Tar Babies...) and more.

I have some work ahead of me

I had one that I used to transfer a couple of albums that I had to digital files. The sound quality was okay, but there was an annoying high pitched whine that I could not get rid of.

The software did an okay job of removing some hiss and pops, but if you really tried to get aggressive, it mangled the sound quality.

If you have stuff that is only available on vinyl, I would recommend using one. Otherwise, just get the cd. You don't have the prisine sound quality of cd and you lose the warmth and sound of vinyl. Lose, lose situation.

J

I have been considering one of those as well but could they be as good as my Technics and AT cartridge? Both are 20 years old but sound GREAT (my hearing is going so...)I heard of a connector to use the table I have but have not found one yet. I have over 150 albums I would like to convert. Would like to hear what others are doing as well.

check out this site, www.mcminone.com

They have a AT setup w/software for the digital download

^hi rockmeister

*threadjack off

It would be time consuming, yet oh so fun.

One drawback to the inexpensive software: Each side of the album is downloaded basically as ONE song. It doesn't seperate the songs unless you do it manually.

I've been looking.

Keep us informed of your decision.

You can use cdwav to split the songs into tracks.

^hi! lluvia

Not sure how I want to go on this yet.

Right now, I'm leaning to a standard turntable to play the LP's through RCA plugs or maybe one that has a USB for eventual digital conversion. (*shrug*) don't know. As I said, I'm not a audiophile, just want to reserect my album collection.

As for transferring over to CD, torrent downloads is probably the way to go and easier for the the more popular titles but the USB turntable might a good option for my more obscure albums.

Donn know yet. Gonna have to sleep on it, do some homework, and read your inputs.

I'm currently thinking about something like this

http://www.ionaudio.com/ionttusb 

Or the following (cut and past to google it because I can't post a link)

Memorex 3 Speed Turntable USB Record to PC # 2650MMO

I've got between 250 - 500 albums and for me to download them all would be too painful, unless the end product was perfect.

Nope, I'd use the turntable to listen to the music and buy the cds for anything that I listen to regularly.

I've got two turntables..... and a microphone...

i love vinyl. the records and the whores. but i digress...

anyways- a few years ago i got hooked on the idea the minidisks were cool. so i bought a minidisk player. while the media is going the way of beta for me, it was a brilliant idea.

the minidisk works like a tape deck, so i can record(or burn) directly from my technics SL1200 turntable to it. then i take a portable minidisk with a usb and viola!

and for the record, vinyl sound is superior to cd.

nine

I have one. It's...OK. Mine is a couple yrs old though, I'm sure the technology has gotten better. The only gripe I have is there is no equalizer, just recording volume. It's a cool toy though.

NOTE* Mine only works with Digital Audio cdrs. Best Buy doesn't carry them. Radio Shack doesn't carry them. I found some at Target though. And you can order them in bulk online really cheap.

Ahh, I misunderstood.

You can buy an all-in-one turntable with a built in CD burner. That's what I have.

This is what I have:

http://www.teac.com/consumer_electronics/turntable_systems/gf-350/