All in One deck / twin cd player / usb etc?

[lastminute]

Has anyone bought one of these...usually advertised in the sunday supplements..
I have a lot of vinyl I'd like to transfer to cd, usb etc..

Comments welcome.

Gerry

 

[flying haggis]

if you have an existing hi fi set up with a turntable amp etc then connect the "tape out" to the in on your computer sound card and use one of the free recording progs such as audacity to do the job, it is a tedious job as to record an lp it has to be done in real time

 

[Racers]

Just be aware that the turntable is the cheapest nasty one they can find, so don't expect any sort of sound quality.
+1 for the decent turntable and sound card, but recording in real time can take a while.
It might be better to see if you can get the albums on CD even second hand.

Pete

 

[bugbear]

Just be aware that the turntable is the cheapest nasty one they can find, so don't expect any sort of sound quality.

Which, of course, rather defeats the entire object!

BugBear

 

[AndyT]

I've done some vinyl to digital transfers and agree with all the above. I never chucked out my record deck, but it's obvious from the ads that the much-advertised decks would be disappointing.

But do be aware that it takes a loooong time. Play in real time; record to Audacity; use auto track end tool to divide into tracks; manually remove start/finish clicks, scratches and other transients then save into digital audio organiser such as Foobar; link to online database to rename audio files with track names. An hour per LP would be quick.

I'd say it was worth doing if you have something rare and hard to find elsewhere, or live recordings on tape, but if what you really want to do is to listen to the music you already know, just use a streaming service or YouTube and put up with the occasional ad. Or pay a few quid for digital versions!

 

[flying haggis]

+1 to what andy said

 

[bugbear]

I've transcribed a couple of cassette tapes (bought long ago at gigs by bands that never made it commercially).

it's a fiddly, time consuming job to do well.

BugBear

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Andy - YouTube isn't bad if you've installed AdBlock.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Probably the best thing about being a technological dinosaur is the number of systems that are invented, developed, sold in huge numbers and consigned to the dustbin of history without their presence ever being being known to you.

 

[Harbo]

I started doing it years ago with my decent turntable (Linn LP12) and a sound card.
It takes far too long and in the end bought CDs of the ones I wanted to listen digitally.

Rod