Shel: The way I have mine set up is this:
Turntable (with Magnetic Cartridge) into phono pre-amp ($25.00 from RadioShack) See It Here <http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=preamp&origkw=preamp> Pre-amp into Aux inputs on sound card via Right/Left RCA to stereo mini plug ($5.00 from RadioShack). See It Here <http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2453587&cp=&origkw=rca+to+mini+cable&kw=rca+to+mini+cable&parentPage=search> Software that allows you to capture from the Aux jack (could be turntable or cassette deck) I use Audio Cleaning Lab (Magix). ACL allows me to burn directly to CD or break up into MP3 files. I transfer more music so I will burn an image of the full album verbatim and will also save individual songs as MP3s. The MP3 format allows me to put the songs on a player or burn a disk of MP3 files to play in the car. The reason you need a pre-amp for a turntable with a magnetic cartridge is because the Aux input requires what is referred to as Line Level input. The magnetic cartridge turntable puts out a higher quality lower level signal. Any software will probably have pre-built filters to cleanup pops/crackles, rumble, etc. ACL was only like $29.00. Let me know if you have any questions. Mitch 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. > > >Shel > > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.5/451 - Release Date: 9/19/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
