[ale] vinyl records

[Geoffrey Myers]

Scott Castaline wrote:
> In most cases you will need to use a preamp for the turntable and then 
> RCA to 3.5mm (stereo)plug to line-in on your audio card. I've seen where 
> Audacity has some available click & pop removal plug-ins, but I believe 
> it was for the Winblow$ version at the time.

They are available for the Linux variant.

> On 10/04/2011 11:14 AM, Ron Frazier wrote:
>> HI Geoffrey,
>>
>> That's interesting info to know.  I can imagine the "younglings" in our
>> readership saying isn't a turntable what you put a car on at an auto
>> show, and isn't vinyl what the seats are made of?
>>
>> It's kind of amusing (in a bad way) that some vinyl records have better
>> longevity than some DIY CD's and DVD's.  Organic Dye failures and all that.
>>
>> I still have a decent Technics turntable that I bought from Best Buy or
>> Hi Fi Buys years ago just because it was clear that they were
>> disappearing.  This comment won't apply to anyone without a turntable.
>> I haven't given this any thought previously, but couldn't I simply get
>> an adapter cord at Radio Shack and plug the output of the turntable into
>> the mic input of the computer and run some capture software on it?
>> Could I do the same thing with cassette tapes?
>>
>> Just out of curiosity, what audio file format do you use for
>> conversion?  What kind of compression do you get?  I've got about 60
>> CD's I captured to 56 KBps MP3 years ago.  I can actually hear the
>> compression artifacts in them if I listen closely.  Some I've converted
>> to 128 KBps.  That's much better.  I've thought about bumping them up to
>> 256 or 320 (I think that's the max).  Of course, you lose compression
>> and increase size when you bump that up.  If you're trying to stuff 600
>> songs on a portable MP3 player, that can become an issue.  According to
>> the technical podcasts I listen to, apparently most people cannot hear
>> the difference between a CD and a 192 KBps MP3.  I know OGG is also an
>> option, but I don't know much about it.  My Sansa Fuze+ player can play OGG.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>> On 10/4/2011 8:33 AM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>>> I still have my old Kenwood turntable.  I've got 400+ vinyls.  For those
>>> that I can find either cd or other digital technology, I've figured it
>>> was worth my time to simply repurchase them in the new format.  I do
>>> have a good number of albums from small local bands that never made it
>>> beyond the vinyl.  Those I am in the process of converting.
>>>
>>> The usb turntables I've seen have not gotten very good reviews.
>>>
> 
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Until later, Geoffrey

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