On Sep 20, 2006, at 10:41 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Once again, taking advantage of the font of knowledge on this list: A > friend has some records that she wants to xfer to CD. How can this > best be > done? What gear is needed? The records are spoken voice, so highest > quality is not necessary. Just some old comedy records that are not > available on CD.
With an Apple computer running Mac OS X, simplest and easiest way is: - plug output of record player/amplifier into the Sound In port. - open the QuickTime Player application (you need QuickTime Pro for recording options, $29 to register for it). - set the audio recording preferences. - use the command "File->New Audio Recording" to start capturing from the record player, stop when done. The captured sound can be dropped into iTunes, tags and name set up, and from there you can burn a CD (audio, mp3, etc). ===== Another option is to use a more proficient sound editing application. "Audacity" is the one I use ... it is a free, open source sound editor which runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux/Unix systems. It can be used to record, edit, and export... See full information at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Presuming that the computer hardware she wants to use has a sound input capability and a means to output to a audio or MP3 CD, this will get the job done. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
