Hmmm.. Maybe I should call you on the phone for this one Tim. Besides,
it's been awhile since we talked :-)
Toby
Timothy Jaques wrote:
>
> I have asked this a couple of times before and the answers I have received
> have confused me mightily. (It was rather like deciding to do work on my
> Famous Beige Nissan, looking into Chilton's, and giving up in fear and
> despair.) So any responses in easy to understand, non-tech language would be
> appreciated so as not to damage my already fragile self-esteem.
>
> I have LPs. I have a turntable and tape deck and amp. I have a computer
> with a burnable CD drive in it. At the moment that computer does not have a
> sound card in it, but that is not insurmountable given how cheap they are
> these days.
>
> What do I need in terms of other equipment and software, what do I have to
> do, to record the LPs and tapes onto the burnable CD. List and explain as
> if you were explaining the process to a person who had never seen a
> turntable before, let alone a burnable CD drive.
>
> I got bogged down in the previous explanations because I couldn't figure out
> how the turntable sends the signals to the computer, and how you plug it in
> because sound cards don't have RCA stereo jacks. And a turntable needs a
> pre-amp thingee to amplify the sound from the needle and that is why amps
> have a special jack just for turntables.
>
> I don't care to invest in a burnable CD deck which plugs directly into the
> amp, at least not until they come out with ones that are less expensive.
>
> These are LPs and tapes which in all likelihood will never be released onto
> CD. And if they were, I'd happily dump my burned copy for a commercially
> remastered and recorded one.
>
> Off list responses probably best, unless we have a whack of people on list
> who want to burn onto CD their old Scottish and Cape Breton vinyl.
>
> Is there a website or book anywhere -- Audio Piracy For Dummies, or
> something like that?
>
> Timothy Jaques [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Windsor, Ontario, Canada
> 519.254.6433 T
> 519.254.7990 F
> "Do not mistake deep-seated petulance for deeply-held principle."
>
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