on 03/20/04 21:41, Marta Edie at mledie at insightbb.com wrote: > People, are you talking about putting songs from the old records 33rpms > unto a CD? I did not know that could be done by individuals like us! I > wish I could find a way to do that, but I guess it would be easier and > cheaper to buy these old labels on the new CDs that are springing up > everywhere now. But I do have some special old records with German > actors on them which are not reproduced. So let me hear of the > possibilities. I had never heard of ripping vinyl. > Marta
Marta, We are talking about old 33 rpm vinyl LPs; in my case, LPs from the late 1950s through the early 1970s. All that is required is an iMic, which is a device to connect the analog audio from a turntable to the USB input of your Mac. Then download the free software to convert the analog signals to digital form. This software is Final Vinyl. The iMic and Final Vinyl are available from Griffin Technology (www.griffintechnology.com). The iMic as best I remember is around $35. Usually, the LPs are not converted one song at a time but one side at a time. Then another piece of software is used to separate each side into individual songs. I think this can be done with Final Vinyl but a free program, Audacity, would be a better choice. Audacity is available from www.audacity.sourceforge.net ( Not soundforge as in my earlier post.) Bill | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
