The best way to transfer vinyl discs to digital medium is using a USB turntable. If you go to Musician's Friend, you can pick one up for around $100. It comes with Audacity software.
This works reasonably well, if you keep your volume down on your speakers so it doesn't transfer sympathetic vibrations from the desk onto the turntable. The Audacity software allows you to do filtering, EQ, and editing of severe pops and clicks. I've transferred scores of my old horn LP's and Classical LP's to digital format. There is a 'fast recording' mode to where you enter the LP at 2X normal speed and then after recording, you can bring it back down to the normal octave. It saves some time in the long run. However, even with this, it does require lots of time in transferring. Sincerely, Dr. Eldon Matlick, Horn Professor, University of Oklahoma Principal Hornist, OK City Philharmonic 500 W Boyd Norman, OK 73019 (405) 325-4093 off. (405) 325-7574 fax Conn-Selmer Educational Artist http://ouhorns.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
