Re: [ot_caving] Vinyl is good but...
About 6 years ago, I reported on Cavetex that I had copied some of my vinyl LP's onto my computer's hard-drive using a free program I had found on the internet. http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/ Unfortunately, I never used it much after that. There are many ways now to get your music off of an old LP and into your IPOD or other gadget. Supposedly, the trick in getting a good sound transfer is to not use a computer, but to either purchase a $ 500 TEAC CD-LP recorder, or purchase an external sound card and a really good turntable. The cheapest route seems to be the download above, plus a cheap turntable, and a pre-amp going into your computers sound card. I still think it could be a lot easier, such as straight from the LP to your portable gadget. I believe the old Sony Walkman Mini-disc recorder had that capability, but I never confirmed it. I imagine by now, nearly every song that has ever been recorded is now available for purchase on-line, but that wasn't the case 5 years ago.I would also think that in a few years, the prices on some of those songs will be more reasonable. Who wants to pay 99 cents for Disco Duck or the Jim Nabors smash hit? David Locklear - Give this to a friend: ot-subscr...@texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: ot-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: ot-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [ot_caving] Vinyl is good but...
I totally have to disagree with the idea of buying an external device to accomplish this feat. I mean, I did it with only a very good turntable, a decent preamplifier and a computer containing a fairly good sound card. The results were indistinguishable from the original. Most new sound cards are capable of converting audio into digital at a rate of 50Khz with 24bit resolution - settings I made the recordings with. (42Khz at 16 bit is quite enough to do it) The bad guys who want to control everything you do, digitally, with any copywrited material would like ALL Analog to Digital converter devices - essentially - outlawed or hobbled to the extent that you could not exercise your technological abilities to do such... -WaV On Feb 19, 2008 9:24 AM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: About 6 years ago, I reported on Cavetex that I had copied some of my vinyl LP's onto my computer's hard-drive using a free program I had found on the internet. http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/ Unfortunately, I never used it much after that. There are many ways now to get your music off of an old LP and into your IPOD or other gadget. Supposedly, the trick in getting a good sound transfer is to not use a computer, but to either purchase a $ 500 TEAC CD-LP recorder, or purchase an external sound card and a really good turntable. The cheapest route seems to be the download above, plus a cheap turntable, and a pre-amp going into your computers sound card. I still think it could be a lot easier, such as straight from the LP to your portable gadget. I believe the old Sony Walkman Mini-disc recorder had that capability, but I never confirmed it. I imagine by now, nearly every song that has ever been recorded is now available for purchase on-line, but that wasn't the case 5 years ago.I would also think that in a few years, the prices on some of those songs will be more reasonable. Who wants to pay 99 cents for Disco Duck or the Jim Nabors smash hit? David Locklear - Give this to a friend: ot-subscr...@texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: ot-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: ot-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [ot_caving] Vinyl is good but...
I still listen to my vinyl records. Most of mine are rock from the mid-70's. I have all of the Bill Wither's albums, Gerry Rafferty, Jim Croce, Kiss, and occasionally I will a vinyl record at Half-Price Books, if it is in excellent condition and semi-rare. I am looking for Steeler's Wheel, the Humblebums, or anything rare relating to the groups above. http://www.mediawars.ne.jp/~mundo/collect/file/humblebums.html http://991.com/newGallery/The-Humblebums-The-Humblebums-286493.jpg http://www.audiophileusa.com/covers400water/45506.jpg http://991.com/newGallery/The-Humblebums-First-Collection-258021.jpg I had nearly 300 CD's stolen which was valued at around $ 3,000, and would cost me more than that to replace them. I wish I had burned them or converted them to MP3's. All my Beatles stuff, and other 60's bands, and CD's of the groups above, along with a lot of 80's stuff like Donald Fagen. I hope someday, I can get all my favorite music on a portable gadget. My new gadget I am posting about ( N800 ) is supposed to have a good music player in it. David Locklear - Give this to a friend: ot-subscr...@texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: ot-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: ot-h...@texascavers.com
