I shall endeavor to have my contraption there and at least one completed recording on cd - a cleaned and a non-cleaned copy of the 1913 version of "I Love to Tell the Story". My Grandmother had hundreds of those old tin can records ... and knew most of them by heart.
> From: "Harry Jacobson-Beyer" <harryjb at bellsouth.net> > Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:51:45 -0500 > To: Macusergroup <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > Subject: Re(4): MacGroup: ripping vinyl > > Ok, > > There's enough interest and enough willing presenters to schedule this > for June. Why don't we limit it to "ripping" vinyl and a demo by Bill > Holt as noted below. If there is someone out there who can transfer 8mm > movies, perhaps you can do that in July. > > Bill Rising and Bill King will you two take charge of the program? > > I just reread Dan's email about transferring audio tape to digital. > > It seems to me the process is twofold: > > 1) getting the sound from either vinyl or tape on to the computer and > 2) converting the digital file to mp3/cd/dvd. > > Bills what say you? > > Thanks. > > Harry > > Sunday, March 21, 200412:33 PMBill Holtbillholt at iglou.com > >> 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>. > > > > > > | 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>.
