If it can be held off until at least June, then I may be able to bring something of possible interest to a few people. I've been in the process* of developing a machine that will allow me to transfer the very old, tin can shaped records - from my Grandmother's childhood (1920's) - to CD. The components consists of erector set mechanicals and the electronics from an old turntable. The technique for transferring consists of playing into the Mac via the audio-in connection, which is built into my machine and I imagine most of yours, and using QT-pro for the translation.
*The process has consisted of thinking, collecting parts and procrastinating. If anyone has an interest in this sort of thing, I'll put more effort into moving it forward. > From: "Harry Jacobson-Beyer" <harryjb at bellsouth.net> > Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 00:42:03 -0500 > To: Macusergroup <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > Subject: Re(2): MacGroup: ripping vinyl > > I think it's a great idea. How about the June Meeting. I think I have a > presentor for May and I know I have one for April. > > Saturday, March 20, 200411:19 PMBill Kingbk0413 at insightbb.com > >> on 03/20/04 23:06, Marta Edie PB at mledie at insightbb.com wrote: >> >>> You two Bills, thanks so very much. I am storing your info until I get >>> this all digested.It sounds wonderful!. I guess these younger people >>> don't even own any LPs anymore, and I have hundreds of them still. Of >>> course I also still have these famous reel players. I have got whole >>> operas on them. I tell you, I could spend my life with this computer >>> and then some -- >>> Marta >>> Heinzelm?nnchenk?nigin a.D.. >> >> Marta, >> >> I still have maybe 30-40 LPs from those poor impoverished days that people >> call high school and college. >> >> Maybe others have a similar number of LPs around gathering dust and grime. >> >> If there's interest I could put together an LCS presentation on ripping >> those LPs to disk and thence to CD. What do you think, Harry? >> >> 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>. > > > > > > | 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>. > | 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>.
