Posted by beeb
Hi folks
I know this isn't phone related but does anyone know how I would record a vinyl album to a cd? What sort of equipment would I need? Could I just plug an mp3 player into the hifi and record onto that then convert to WAV format and copy onto a cd?
Any advice would be appreciated.
cheers
Posted by EastCoastStar
play the vinal, and on ur PC open sound recorder, and record
i dont knwo a good quality way though!
Posted by beeb
cheers eastcoast, an1 else got any ideas?
I haven't got a pc at home
Posted by EastCoastStar
if you have no PC, how would you create a CD?
i will think about this too... because there HAS to be a good solution to this problem!
Posted by beeb
I was hoping to save it to a mp3 player (some record radio so maybe there is a specific lead that will fit into the hifi to enable recording. I could then take this to work and copy onto cd after converting to WAV format.
I've got about 50 albums to convert and instead of buying them online and downloading them was hoping to do it myself at home.
Posted by govigov
You could if you have a creative audigy zs2 card. It has custom built hardware and software, just for such conversions.
Posted by beeb
is that to fit into a pc? how much are we talking about?
Posted by JK
i think you need a computer guy....
or if their is something that can rec data from turntables!!!!!
i doubt theres something like that..... but im not sure... any thing is possible these days!!! :)
Posted by govigov
Lots, it cost about 50 pounds here. And you need a pc. But rest guaranteed you will get the best conversion ever! Its even got the dolby noise reduction kinda thing. To reduce the noise in background.
Posted by beeb
have you got a link for the thing that can do it? Do I need a high spec comp to use it?
Posted by govigov
Go to www.creativelabs.com and check. Oh, my cuz bought one of these and can now do studio quality recording at his house now.
Posted by Cycovision
I don't think it's possible to go straight into an MP3 player. The 'easiest' way is:
1. Connect the headphone socket of your stereo to the 'line-in' socket of your PC's sound card, using an appropriate cable (usually just a 3.5 inch stereo plug-to-plug lead, available from any hifi shop)
2. Set the volume control of your hifi to VERY LOW so as to avoid damaging your sound card.
3. Use windows sound recorder to record the vinyl as a .wav file. You'll need several test-records to gradually increase the hifi's volume control to a level that produces a good recording volume but no distortion.
4. Use 'Cdex' (freeware, do a google for it) to convert the .wav to .mp3
5. Burn the .mp3 to disk or transfer to your mp3 player.
There's various peices of software available that can process the .wav files to get rid of pops and hiss, but they're all commercial.
You can use any soundcard with a simple line-in socket but as Govi suggested, you'd get much better results with an Audigy card that has dedicated inputs for doing this kind of thing.
Posted by slattery69
if you aint got a pc the other way is to use a cd recorder a good one thats not to expensive is the pionner 609 its can but used as a stand alone cd player can copy cds and can accept inputs form vinyl tape md etc.
i have one myself and have recorded direct from vinyl and burnt it to a cd,
the results are far better than using a pc as the hdd is often doing other things and can cloud the recording ( not always noticable until you really listen)
one of these would set you back arond £150 but if your gonna do a lot of copying it pays dividens in the long run
Posted by govigov
@cyco, your idea is the practical one. But my on board sound has no aux in. Only mic. Can you put speaker outputs to mic?
Posted by Cycovision
@Govi
No, because the mic socket has a totally different input impedence to a line-in socket. It works on much lower currents and voltages. It would most likely sound terrible or could even damage your sound card and / or hifi.
Posted by Cycovision
@beeb
I like slattery69's idea best of all! Probably work out cheaper in the long run, certainly a lot easier and will produce the best results
Posted by govigov
@cyco, yeah man, was just cofirming that
Posted by Dj Boyi
I use Audiograbber (free at download.com),line in goes to the record input of my mixer,which has my dvd,ps2,sky tv,fm tuner,2 record decks and almost anything else u can plug in it using standard phono leads. It copies straight to mp3 at 56kbps,then i convert if i need to.And it didnt cost a thing :-D
Posted by blayv
Don't you think 56k is too little to record anything?