Re: [ARSCLIST] How to digitize LPs at home ?

[Siue Moffat <bk913@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

HI again,
Thanks to those that replied. I guess I'm mostly concerned with the
whole record player/preamp into computer thing. The RCA to mini cables
are easy enough but the whole preamp/no preamp thing throws me for a
loop. My father hooked up his cheap all in one unit to his computer to
digitize lps and man does it sound awful (and, like I said, I'm not
picky)!!

Siue

----- Original Message -----
From: Damien Moody <dmoody@xxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, May 16, 2005 3:26 pm
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] How to digitize LPs at home ?

> Siue,
>
> A cheap way to do this is to get a turntable and head over to Radio
> Shack and get someone to help you find some adapters to connect the
> turntable's outputs to a mini input. For recording, someone else on
> this list mentioned some resources for recording MP3's.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Damien
>
> Damien J. Moody
> Information Technology Services
> Library of Congress
>
> >>> Siue Moffat <bk913@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 05/14/05 6:26 PM >>>
>
> Hi,
> I have this extensive record collection (33/45/78) that I haven't
> listened to in 2 years because I've been moving around a lot and I
> justwant to digitize some of them to listen on an mp3 player. This
> is by no
> means archiving them (I consider them in their best format right now)!
> It's only for listening purposes. And although in my past life I
> was a
> sound editor, I am NOT PICKY about tunes on my mp3 player!
> I'm a little confused tho, how to hook up my potential record
> player to
> my computer. At this point I don't even have a functioning player so
> info on what kind of player I might be looking for is helpful too. I
> don't want anything expensive. I'd rather buy some functioning
> player at
> a garage sale and some how hook that into my lap top/desktop. BOth my
> computers are not fancy - the only Ins are mini. Shareware suggestions
> are also very useful.
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Siue