Tech: Transferring 45's to CD

Subject: RE: Tech: Transferring 45's to CD
From: CET
Date: 15 Aug 05 - 09:19 PM

John:

I don't have the 45s in front of me, but they have a pretty good selection. Lowlands is one of the songs, and I think Santiano is in the set as well. When I get them on CD I'll burn you a copy if you're interested.

I would love to hear Leonard Warren's Rolling Down to Rio. I would particularly like to compare the tune for Danny Deever to Peter Bellamy's tune.

Edmund

Subject: RE: Tech: Transferring 45's to CD
From: robomatic
Date: 15 Aug 05 - 04:18 PM

I've purchased pre-amps which have their own powercord and give the signal off the LP turntable that boost it needs before going to the 'line-in' input of the computer sound card. In both cases the pre-amps input ground noise that I could not eliminate. Success was gained by utilizing a regular amplifier and taking the signal from the earphone jack and feeding that into the line-in of the sound card. This also allowed me to use the volume control and balance to optimize the incoming signal.

Subject: RE: Tech: Transferring 45's to CD
From: GUEST,emjay
Date: 15 Aug 05 - 04:07 PM

I had a lot of old lps so bought a stand alone cd recorder, made by Sony and available for just over $200. I put several hundred lps on cd and am very happy with the results. I was careless about marking tracks so sometimes there is a little inconvenience there. Among my records was one by Leonard Warren, an LP called Rolling Down to Rio. It was mostly Kipling; Gunga Din, Danny Deever, Road to Mandalay, etc. Wonderful. These dated to the early 50s into the 70s and though I spent a lot of time on it, it was so well worth it. I also have been able to replace a few that had disappeared over the years by going to ebay.
I had a lot of 45s but decided I was never going to do anything with them so donated them to a local charity shop--just a few months before I bought the recorder.

Subject: RE: Tech: Transferring 45's to CD
From: JohnB
Date: 15 Aug 05 - 03:45 PM

So Edmund, what's on them? anything good. I also have everything needed to do it, just haven't actually done my albums yet. Sounds like a winter project (again).
JohnB.

Subject: RE: Tech: Transferring 45's to CD
From: Bates from Birregurra
Date: 15 Aug 05 - 01:00 AM

PS It looks like the link didn't work, here's the URL for Coyote Electronics: http://www.coyotes.bc.ca/GrooveMechanic.html........don't know what I did wrong? I clicked the "blue clicky" link and did what it told me to!
Cheers

Keith Maxwell

Subject: RE: Tech: Transferring 45's to CD
From: Bates from Birregurra
Date: 15 Aug 05 - 12:55 AM

A suitable turntable is available in Aus from Dick Smith Electronics, I guess a similar product would be available in US, it's an Optimus Lab 1100, I paid AUD $139.00 for mine.

This can be connected to your sound card via a stereo 3.5mm plug into 2 3.5mm socket adaptor.

I then use Groove Mechanic software to separate the tracks, remove the clicks and hisses etc. Groove Mechanic produces .wav files from your LP/CD, it's then a simple matter to burn your compilation to a CD, here's a link to Coyote Electronics who supply an evaluation copy of Groove Mechanic. Click here to go to Coyote

Subject: RE: Tech: Transferring 45's to CD
From: GUEST,Grateful Fred
Date: 13 Aug 05 - 02:13 PM

This doesn't have to be so complicated, folks. If you have a turntable
and an amplifier or receiver, your speakers connect in the back. Just go to radio shack and get a stereo mini-plug(it has an extra band between the tip and the hilt.) Make yourself a connector wire with the bare wires on one end and the mini-plug on the other. Then, if you have a cd drive in your computer that writes, and the software that goes with it, just connect the bare wires to the speaker output on your amp or receiver and the mini-plug into your sound card in back of your computer. Look at the software, it will tell you how to record. You're also all set up to record from your casette or your
radio by switching your selector.

Subject: RE: Tech: Transferring 45's to CD
From: CET
Date: 13 Aug 05 - 11:00 AM

Thanks for your suggestions. I have lent the 45s to my voice teacher, who is a huge Leonard Warren fan, and he thinks he can burn them onto a CD. wbh: If that doesn't work, I will send them to you, and I will be glad to make a donation to the Mudcat.

Edmund

Subject: RE: Tech: Transferring 45's to CD
From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Aug 05 - 10:44 AM

I second that! Sorry, wbh, that I didn't think to recommend you in the first place. CET wbh does a first-rate job!

kat

Subject: RE: Tech: Transferring 45's to CD
From: wilbyhillbilly
Date: 13 Aug 05 - 02:45 AM

If you really get stuck, send them to me and I will do them for you, free of charge, or, if you were satisfied with the result you could make a small donation to the Mudcat.

Either PM me or visit the website for details.here (Check the guest book for peace of mind)

whb

Subject: RE: Tech: Transferring 45's to CD
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Aug 05 - 11:21 PM

We've got an old "suitcase" type phonograph player to which my Rog has a cable attached, which also leads into the PC.

He says, if you have just a turn-table you will have to use a pre-amp with an RIAA equalisation. If it's a player like ours with a speaker system, either use the earphone jack or plug into the speaker with the right cable to hook up to your hard-drive. Play them onto the hard drive, then burn them to CD. When I did this with some 78's and also reel-to-reel tapes, I used the "Audacity" progam, recommended by other Mudcatters and free online.

Hope that helps,

kat

Subject: Tech: Transferring 45's to CD
From: CET
Date: 12 Aug 05 - 06:24 PM

A friend of mine recently gave me a sent of 45s by Leonard Warren singing sea shanties. It looks like it came out in the early fifties. Does anyone know how they could transferred onto a CD?

Edmund