How can I transfer vinyl to digital?

Question

I've been looking for this song for 15 years, and I fianlly found an old 70's vinyl. It's the smaller kind if that makes a difference. The song is Andre Marie Tela's "Je vais a Yaounde". Anyway I have no way to play it, and instead of buying a vinyl record player, I'd rather have a digital copy or on CD, which is actually legal, if you have the original. Anyway is there anywhere I can go, like the Musical Version of Office Max? I live in San Francisco,CA.

Answer 1

They make a turntable now that has a built in CDR. You can record straight from vinyl to CD. They also make one that goes from vinyl to a USB port in your PC. Here is a link to one of each.

http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=102179871&c=10210

http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=69733891&c=10210

Answer 2

You can use a USB turntable to convert vinyl to mp3 (and then burn that to CD). They start at around $150 but you might need something a little higher end to handle something other than 33 1/3.

Answer 3

plug a cord into the output on the record player and plug the other end into the microphone jack of your computer. the cord will look like a headphone cord but with the input on both sides. once it is plugged into your computer you will need a recording program which you can easily get on the internet for free. record it onto there and then you can transfer it to itunes or wherever else you could want it.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ is one for mac
http://www.download.com/Quartz-AudioMaster-Freeware/3000-2170_4-4117152.html?tag=lst-0-3
is for windows. good luck

Answer 4

well you need a vinyl player. just hook that up to the line in/mic port on your computer and use windows movie maker to record the song.

the vinyl player needs to have either a headphone or giant headphone out. if it has the later you'll need an adapter and a male to male audio cord (looks like to headphone plugs on one cord)