Who burns CD's off of old LP's?

[rbh]

Now here is the big question, how good are your records? how many nickles do you have to put on the stilys-SP to keep the needle from jumping around?

 

[Boomyal]

Now here is the big question, how good are your records? how many nickles do you have to put on the stilys-SP to keep the needle from jumping around?

Haven't played any of them in the last 26 years. However, I expect that they are as good as they ever were. I used to play them on state of the art turntables. They were pretty easy on the vinyl.

"windshield wipers slapping time......"

 

[MTboatguy]

The first message I posted in this thread, said "I purchased a USB Turntable"

 

[bonz_d]

I used to do it using a program called Wave Repair. Equipment is an old Panasonic multi unit with turntable and 2 cassette players. Would plug into the headphone jack on the unit and then plug the other end into the front of the computor sound in jack.

Wave Repair will copy the whole album as one wave file and then when done that file can be taken and breaks and be added to create seperate files/songs. All within the program. It also includes many different filters to help clean up pops and hisses. The hard part is that it does everything in real time so if it's a 40 minute album it will take 40 minutes to copy. But hey, I wanted to listen to the music anyways!!!!

So far I haven't looked to see if it's been upgraded to work with Win7 or 8

 

[bruceb58]

I still think taking the effort and putting your digital music back onto CD's is kinda dumb. It's putting them on a dead technology. There will be a time soon that CD players will be as hard to find as cassette players. Just leave them as MP3s and play them that way.

 

[MTboatguy]

Bruce, where is your appreciation of the nuances of the older recordings? Besides, I can play CD's on all of my players, including CD, DVD and BLU Ray, the CD format is not going anywhere soon.

 

[achris]

I have an old 'Dual' turntable I built an stereo pre-amp into and use the computer sound card and a program called 'R.I.P. Vinyl' Works well...

 

[MTboatguy]

Some people just don't appreciate the "Warmth" the older recordings have, and to add to this, last year, based on a story they showed on CBS news a couple of days ago, the industry sold over 10 million LP's last year and a company in Nashville, is enlarging their facilities so they can press more and more vinyl, the LP is not dead.

 

[bruceb58]

LOL at the warmth. That saying comes form vinyl reproductions being so inaccurate from the original recording themselves.

As far as recent vinyl being produced, all current vinyl production come from digital masters.

 

[MTboatguy]

LOL at the warmth. That saying comes form vinyl reproductions being so inaccurate from the original recording themselves.

As far as recent vinyl being produced, all current vinyl production come from digital masters.

That's what us old guys like! Of course I also like my old tube amps as well as my old Bose 901's

 

[Tim Frank]

I got slammed for being "archaic", but sounds like just about everyone doing this is using pretty much the same MO.
Not sure if it's "great minds think alike" or we are all just old farts.

 

[dolluper]

Here's some great software ....free also..http://download.cnet.com/Audacity/3000-2170_4-10058117.html

 

[UncleWillie]

The big issue with CD's Especially Recordable CD's, is that in 10 years the metal layer that you burned the data into goes bad and the CD is no longer readable.
All the effort to transfer vinyl to CD will be lost.

The other issue is that once you digitize the vinyl, The "Warmth" just becomes a memory because it is now a non-linear recording.
You will also find that what you used to find as acceptable scratches and Hiss in the vinyl will pale to what you are used to hearing from digital.

Get a subscription to Rhapsody for $10 a month.
Instead of recording from your old vinyl.
Stream the songs to the computer and have your favorite program record the stream.
90% of what the old stuff is available for streaming in scratch free audio.
Keep your masters on multiple external hard drives.
Burn an MP3 disk for the car if you wish, but be prepared for it to only last a year or two in that environment.
When it goes bad, burn a replacement. Burnable CD's are only temporary storage, Not archival.

 

[Howard Sterndrive]

Hypothetical question:
If I burn an LP to a file, the artist/label is getting $zero.
So how guilty would I feel just googling the album title + "torrent" and d/ling the mp3? As long as I own the LP, I paid for it once.

 

[Howard Sterndrive]

The big issue with CD's Especially Recordable CD's, is that in 10 years the metal layer that you burned the data into goes bad and the CD is no longer readable.
All the effort to transfer vinyl to CD will be lost.

I have lots of 15+ year old burned CD's and I have never had an issue.

I spilled cleaner on one and the disc went clear in one spot. bizarrely, it still plays fine.