2006-09-01 08:52:08 · 9 answers · asked by mark r 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
buy the correct equipment, and then it is quite easy
2006-09-01 08:57:41 · answer #1 · answered by Matt S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tapes suck. The sound quality on them is awful, compared to CD. Likewise, don't give me a load of crap about the warmth of vinyl. Vinyl is full of snap, crackle and pop. Just buy a CD of the music, OK? I have CD's of music that was recorded forty or more years ago. A specialist company of professionals, who do this all day long, used very big-bucks equipment to wring the best out of the master tapes, cleaning and restoring as they went, and recording on to CD. MP3? Sorry, but to my ears, all the treble has taken a hit. Where I dance Tango, I can walk into the hall, and instantly tell if I am listening to the full, expansive sound of the CD, or if the music is clipped and compressed, and is an MP3 file.
So don't try, OK? Someone will file-share, somewhere, to give you the MP3 file of what you want, but it doesn't get better than CD, really.
2006-09-01 15:59:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a lead with 3.5mm jack plug to 2 x phono plugs.
You need a proper amplifier ideally or something with 'Line Out' sockets. Connect the line out on the equipment to the line in on your soundcard (NOT the MIC in socket!!)
You can connect directly from a cassette deck but not from a record deck as the signal level and frequency response is unsuitable.
Use your choice of recording software to record to a 44khz 16bit WAV file (which IS CD quality) then burn the WAV files out to a CD-r as an AUDIO (not data) disc.
2006-09-01 17:11:08 · answer #3 · answered by CeeO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look around, i don't know what company sells them but there is a usb record player that you can get hold of with the software for around £100, if you go in with friends that also have vinyl to convert, it's a snip!
2006-09-01 16:00:25 · answer #4 · answered by cartervelcro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Connect the AUDIO OUT of the gramophone or tape player to the MIC of your computer.
Then you can record them with Sound Recorder in .wav format. (make sure microphone is turned on in Volume Control in Control Panel->sound)
Also Nero Smart (http://www.nero.com) has a few subprograms that so that better.
2006-09-01 15:58:33 · answer #5 · answered by Bax 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a great way is simply this. name all of the songs, go on limewire download them all onto mp3 and then store them on cd they are now cd format with a lot better quality.
2006-09-01 15:58:47 · answer #6 · answered by jame_football 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will need a 3.5mm jack plug and able to connect to your record player auxilarry out,then go to http://www.cfbsoftware.com/lprecorder/lprecorder.htm,and download the program "lp-recorder"this will explain exactly how to use it so i wont bore you with a life story
the good thing about this is unlike using windows where you have to set everything up yourself this does everything for you
good luck
2006-09-02 15:51:35 · answer #7 · answered by brianthesnail123 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had very good results with Audio Cleaning Lab.
It is easy to use, even for a technophobe like myself and allows one to edit and digitally remaster through simple-to-use wizards.
Of course you do need a record deck/tape deck connected to your 'audio in' on yr PC.
2006-09-01 16:01:50 · answer #8 · answered by narkypoon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sony sound forge 8.0
2006-09-01 15:57:47 · answer #9 · answered by bigandy1005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋