> Anyway, for those of you old enough to know about such things, whathave you found to be the simplest and least expensive way (probably mutually exclusive concepts) of getting the music from the LP to MP3 format?
I have a friend that has done this. I believe he eventually ended up buying a box that would connect between the Phonograph and the computer. I cannot remember it outputted USB or audio (or both). What I DO know is that connecting the player directly to the audio in on the sound card yielded crappy results and this box made a perfect match to the LP. As far as software, I believe there was a program packaged with this box but really any audio recording/capture tool should work.
Sorry I couldn't be more vague for you :D If you really want me to I can ask this guy the details on said box.
What you are referring to is a phono pre-amp. Phonographs output a signal that is different from standard 'line level' of most other components. That is why amplifiers have a specific 'phono' input to adjust the signal level up to standard line level. Once you have the pre-amp, Macintosh computers accept line level input using the mic jack and a standard 1/8" stereo plug and capture it at CD quality, so the only extra hardware would be an RCA to stereo 1/8" adapter and you have the hardware. For software, you need something to capture the audio input and something to convert it to MP3. I have used Sound Studio to capture and edit audio and iTunes to convert it to MP3s. Other people have their favorite ways to do the same thing.
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