How do you convert a record to a cd?

Answer 1

This is a simple question with a complex answer requiring more questions. The first is..are you an audiophile or do just want to get the LP onto a CD?

If you just want to get the music off the LP onto a CD and aren't concerned about audio quality, then obviously the first thing you need is a turntable. Now, most turntables aren't equipped with an internal pre-amplifier and the audio signal from the magnetic cartridge isn't enough for your sound card to capture, not to mention that when records are pressed they equalize the audio to lay the audio down more efficently and then it's re-equalized during playback..which is done by a phono preamp. Obtaining a preamp can be an easy or difficult task. They don't sell these things at your local Best Buy anymore (at least round here) and while most older integrated recievers at one point contained ones, this isn't common practice. You'll recgonize a reciever that has a phono preamp by the fact it has a specific Phono function. To use an integrated reciever as a pre-amp..use the Tape-Out (or other similar output on the rear with an RCA connector...do not use speakers or headphone output. Some stores do carry extrernal preamps that will do the same job.

Once you have your pre-amp and determined the inputs and outputs for your preamp or other setup you need to run the output into your sound cards line-input. Most sound cards include a line-input, it's usually indicated with some arches representing sound and an arrow pointing in. You may need to consult your documentation. I'm not sure what color the jacks are labeled with this latest trend of standardizing plug colors.

If you're an audio perfectionist...then you probably already have a high quality turntable and preamp to use...if you REALLY want to obtain all you can get, upgrade your sound card to a good quality external unit or PCI card. I myself use a Sound Blaster X-Fi because it gives me higher resolution than compact disc.

If you don't have a turntable and want to sidestep all your connection issues...they make a "USB turntable" which has a turntable, preamp, and USB sound capture device all in one. Plugs into your USB port and you're ready to go.

Now that you have the audio signal from your turntable properly routed into your computer, it's time to record the audio. This is where it gets complex because there are LOTS of software choices out there and each one has it's own way of doing things. My personal favorite for what could be considered simple transfer is Goldwave (www.goldwave.com). There are some open-source freeware applications you can use as well. From there, it's an issue of going into your volume controls of your program and telling it what to record from (you may need to load windows volume, select properties, click recording, then click ok) then you simply record the tracks off your LP, ideally recording an entire side at a time and digitally splitting the files up later. When recording, you should remember that vinyl is an analog medium and doesn't have a equivalent sampling rate. Audio CD's use a 44.1khz sampling rate with 16-bit resolution. If your card is capeable of doing more (most standard ones do up to 48) then, you may feel free to do so, but you must downsample it to 44.1/16.

Now, you can clean up the audio if you wish..removing surface noise and pops and clicks. This varies per program and since, I make money doing LP-to-CD transfers professionally, I really can't give you many details as to the restoration process. Just play around, this should get you started.

Answer 2

in case you have have been given a sturdy turn table, it could have some jacks to output sound to a grasp gadget (jointly with a tuner or soundboard), you should use this to hook the tuner as much as a soundcard in the computing device (in case you have have been given a soundcard; many have "geared up in" sound, and that's large for many ppl). in case you have quite some vinyl, which you quite care approximately, choose for the greater desirable rate of procuring for a first rate soundblaster card, with the enter jacks, then in simple terms replica the music to the Hdd, and then burn to CD, or burn directly to CD. In common CDI format, a CD will carry approximately 18-20 songs (based upon lenght) on an identical time as in MP3 format, the common CD will carry approximately 250 songs (returned, this might matter on the size of the music, as nicely by way of fact the common of the sound you go with; i wouldn't flow with something decrease than 196bit value... and that i might additionally advise which you checklist each and all the music on the comparable bit value, so as that the sound high quality (and quantity) is the comparable). My spouse and that i additionally did this, yet we made sure to returned up all that music to an exterior complicated force, in simple terms in case some thing befell to our CDs... we at the instant have a 200Gb complicated force that has 118Gb of music on it, and the effective element is, sound high quality isn't comprimised! i'm hoping this helps! Mac01843