USB Turntables

[tedebear]

Tedebear - imagine a double cassette deck, but with CDs instead.

Two CD bays, one plays, and one records and plays. It connects to your amp. I also have a good old turntable (Technics SL12) so recording to CD is relatively easy. There are analog (phono), digital, coaxial and optical inputs. Cost me about £200 though about four years ago. Mine's a Grundig. Phillips made them also but they failed regularly.

Not sure of they are still sold new actually now I think about it - maybe on ebay

Ok - I can understand that! So its another piece of stereo which just sits with our other stuff...I guess downside of this is I can't make compliations on the PC though, unless I then put the CD in the PC and save it? Thats a possibility though isn't it? Can I save Audio CD's on the PC?

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

Yes once you finalise the CD it is a real recorded CD, just the same as you would buy, but in practice a little more prone to not working if scratched / maltreated etc.
You can rip it to iTunes or whatever.

 

[tedebear]

Hmmm right thanks DRF - thats a distinct possibility!! Just off to ebay now to investigate cost...

Still can't believe I can't go out of the "audio out" on my amp and pre amp and staight into the "line in" on my PC....

 

[Deano's Right Foot]

Still can't believe I can't go out of the "audio out" on my amp and pre amp and staight into the "line in" on my PC....

You can if you get a decent separate sound card though Tedebear.

 

[tedebear]

You can if you get a decent separate sound card though Tedebear.

Yeah I've just discovered that - but having spent £2k on our Sony PC - I thought it already had one...

I'm thinking of going down the Audio CD recorder route now anyhow - thanks kindly to your suggestion - found a Harman Kardan one on ebay which looks the business, the USB stuff looks OK - but its another step in the singal to loose...Vinyl straight to CD - hey presto!

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Yeah I've just discovered that - but having spent £2k on our Sony PC - I thought it already had one...

I'm thinking of going down the Audio CD recorder route now anyhow - thanks kindly to your suggestion - found a Harman Kardan one on ebay which looks the business, the USB stuff looks OK - but its another step in the singal to loose...Vinyl straight to CD - hey presto!

If I were you, I'd just keep on playing the vinyl! It sounds better than anything digital anyway.

Vinyl is beautiful

 

[tedebear]

If I were you, I'd just keep on playing the vinyl! It sounds better than anything digital anyway.

Vinyl is beautiful

Vinyl is the music of choice around here indeed! Problem is some of it is very old and has become very very expensive to replace, so the CD backup is the way forward...I've even got a cataloging system going!! Sad I know

(This is going to take me years I know!!) But all for the benefit of mine (and moreso Zef's) listening pleasure...

Also Arthur is starting to love the stuff too!!

 

[REDLAND]

No option to tidy up recordings... have to buy specialist CDs... expensive.... have to rip again to get tunes on MP3 player...

BAD solution!

Nonsense 100 for £22 = p&p
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/100-Pack-of-M...QQihZ002QQcategoryZ101222QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


which takes about 3 minutes and then YOU still get to have it on CD to stick in your collection and play when ever

the BEST solution..

 

[REDLAND]

If I were you, I'd just keep on playing the vinyl! It sounds better than anything digital anyway.

Vinyl is beautiful

Amen to that brother ..

 

[tedebear]

Nonsense 100 for £22 = p&p
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/100-Pack-of-M...QQihZ002QQcategoryZ101222QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


which takes about 3 minutes and then YOU still get to have it on CD to stick in your collection and play when ever

the BEST solution..

Yep - following discussions here we're investing in a audio CD recorder - seems the bestest way forward...

Won't stop us playing our vinyl but will keep it preserved!!

 

[Cian]

Nonsense 100 for £22 = p&p
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/100-Pack-of-M...QQihZ002QQcategoryZ101222QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


which takes about 3 minutes and then YOU still get to have it on CD to stick in your collection and play when ever

the BEST solution..

Still no easy editing/cleaning if required, that means ripping it to the PC, and hey, guess what? You've spent far longer and far more money than ripping to a PC with a decent sound card would have cost.

 

[tedebear]

Still no easy editing/cleaning if required, that means ripping it to the PC, and hey, guess what? You've spent far longer and far more money than ripping to a PC with a decent sound card would have cost.

Point me in the direction of a decent sound card, with software that will give me just as good a signal and I may still believe it can be done! Just can't seem to get everything working currently!!

 

[Barnet Seagull]

Hey ELS, Does that IKey malarkey allow you to split a mix without gaps?

If so I'll be having words with my Minidisc.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Hey ELS, Does that IKey malarkey allow you to split a mix without gaps?

If so I'll be having words with my Minidisc.

It records exactly what's coming out of your mixer (or whatever the source is) - so you could be doing a six-deck extravaganza for all it cares. No gaps.

If that's what you meant

 

[REDLAND]

Still no easy editing/cleaning if required, that means ripping it to the PC, and hey, guess what? You've spent far longer and far more money than ripping to a PC with a decent sound card would have cost.

Ive got a spare room full of great sounding uncompressed music as well

 

[Cian]

Ive got a spare room full of great sounding uncompressed music as well

CDs are compressed to the exact same level as audio I rip to my PC - 44.1Khz PCM.

tedebear - I use either Creative gear or Echo Audio external cards. As goes software, I doubt my BeOS software is much use for you, so I've no decent Windows suggestions.

 

[REDLAND]

CDs are compressed to the exact same level as audio I rip to my PC - 44.1Khz PCM.

Thats the sample rate, all audio is sampled at 44.100, its the bit rate that determines the quality/compression of the audio, well thats what I was taught at school ..

 

[Wozza]

Nonsense 100 for £22 = p&p
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/100-Pack-of-M...QQihZ002QQcategoryZ101222QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


which takes about 3 minutes and then YOU still get to have it on CD to stick in your collection and play when ever

the BEST solution..

But that's £22 (and the cost of the recorder) and time/hassle you don't need to spend.

 

[REDLAND]

But that's £22 (and the cost of the recorder) and time/hassle you don't need to spend.

I can't understand how its more hassle really, you can pick audio recorders up for far less than you can for a decent soundcard

 

[Gordon the Gopher]

I recently bought this one

http://www.firebox.com/index.html?d...duct&pid=1401&src_t=t20&currency_conversion=1

It's great and a pice of piss to use mind you I did need a normal turntable as well which it acts as!