Help: Vinyl to CD: Advice requested

Subject: Vynyl to Cd: Advice requested
From: Hillheader
Date: 08 Nov 01 - 02:38 PM

I have a stack of LP's which I would love to copy to CD.

Can anyone please give me some advice on how this can best be achieved or the copyright implications of doing so.

Thanks in advance

Davebhoy

Subject: RE: Help: Vynyl to Cd: Advice requested
From: DMcG
Date: 08 Nov 01 - 02:45 PM

I use AudioTools and a cheap deck. AudioTools has a nice feature which is that it can split tracks when a user-defined 'silence' occurs. Once recorded to the PC, most CD writers come with a suitable recording package, but again I use RealAudio Jukebox.

Subject: RE: Help: Vynyl to Cd: Advice requested
From: GUEST,Bardford
Date: 08 Nov 01 - 02:49 PM

Here's a website:

LP to CD-R Tips

Cheers, Bardford

Subject: RE: Help: Vynyl to Cd: Advice requested
From: Midchuck
Date: 08 Nov 01 - 09:40 PM

And here's another.

Peter.

Subject: RE: Help: Vynyl to Cd: Advice requested
From: Hillheader
Date: 10 Nov 01 - 12:15 PM

Thanks guys

This is a help. A stack of The Clancy Brothers, Hamish Imlach, Robin Hall & Jimmy McGregor and Matt McGinn awaits!!!

Davebhoy

Subject: RE: Help: Vynyl to Cd: Advice requested
From: Hollowfox
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 09:52 AM

refresh, for a non-mudcat friend to find.

Subject: RE: Help: Vynyl to Cd: Advice requested
From:
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 10:50 AM

The copyright implications are nil if you keep the original vinyl. If you don't, then it is illegal.

As to how, check out our own Message Forum. There are other threads, but this is the most recent. LP to CD. For other threads, you should try the SuperSearch. There may be more information.

Subject: RE: Help: Vynyl to Cd: Advice requested
From: GUEST,Austin Pollard
Date: 13 Dec 01 - 08:15 PM

http://folkmonster.topcities.com

Subject: RE: Help: Vynyl to Cd: Advice requested
From: GUEST,art isberg
Date: 28 Jan 08 - 02:23 PM

trying to convert lps to cd bought a denon 1500 cdr i cannot get my phono to input no sound i can play recorded cd and hear sound i need advice for set up thanks

Subject: RE: Help: Vynyl to Cd: Advice requested
From: Gurney
Date: 28 Jan 08 - 02:44 PM

I used an Optimus LAB 1100, which is a cheap turntable built specifically for the job, it has a pre-amp, and a free program called LP Recorder to digitise the signal. This doesn't record proper CDs,(there's more information on a proper CD) just digitises the signal and records it to CD. It works well, and it's as easy as taping an LP.
If your LPs are old and noisy, what you hear is what you'll record with this set-up.

Subject: RE: Help: Vynyl to Cd: Advice requested
From: Jim Lad
Date: 28 Jan 08 - 02:55 PM

Dave Bhoy: Lots of past threads on this. Worth checking them out. I done some Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregors recently. Which albums do you have?

Subject: RE: Help: Vynyl to Cd: Advice requested
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 28 Jan 08 - 06:01 PM

Looks like he doesn't visit often. And that post of his was over six years old.

Art Isberg, if you Google your device, chances are very good that you will encounter forum discussions (not necessarily at Mudcat) where people with that exact device have been talking amongst themselves to solve problems. If you find a forum like that, it's always a nice idea to report your findings back here. (I did that recently with a software problem, and it was interesting how a few non-mudcatters landed on that thread to ask more questions or offer suggestions.)

Good luck.

SRS

Subject: RE: Help: Vynyl to Cd: Advice requested
From: Jim Lad
Date: 28 Jan 08 - 11:38 PM

I was two stones lighter when this thread started.

Subject: RE: Help: Vinyl to CD: Advice requested
From: PoppaGator
Date: 29 Jan 08 - 02:08 PM

A friend recently bought a Crosley standalone unit that plays vinyl records and can simultaneously record to a CD. It comes in an attractive little wood cabinet that looks like an old-time console radio.

This is undoubtedly more expensive than finding the right software to rig up your computer along with an attached turntable, but it's an effective prepackaged option for those unwilling or unable to do the tech work necessary to assemble a more economical option.

As far as I can tell, the end-product CDs are absolutely OK, but I'd be interested if anyone might offer an option that some do-it-yourself option actually would yield better results than this kind of ready-to-go appliance.

Subject: RE: Help: Vinyl to CD: Advice requested
From: Brendy
Date: 29 Jan 08 - 02:25 PM

I transferred all my Vinyl to Cd years ago before all the new USB technology arrived (or affordable digital technology, for that matter), and used the Wavelab/Sound Forge programmes to 'de-click', 'de-noise', etc. The whole conversion process took me 3-odd years.

But it is done now, and although the quality could be better were I to have done it nowadays, I have neither the time nor the inclination to start again from scratch.

I have heard great reports, however, of the Turntable-USB devices that are out there, but I'll leave it to our luminaries in that subject to advise you further.

B.

Subject: RE: Help: Vinyl to CD: Advice requested
From: GUEST,dave from machen
Date: 29 Jan 08 - 06:59 PM

I only have a laptop so I got a sound blaster external sound card and hooked the phono out from my stereo to the sound in on the card.

BTW with over 600 albums it will take a while to transfer.