i've got tons of albums i'd like to put on cd but everything i find is for the sound card on a PC. any ideas for a mac user?
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5292 the outer banks of north carolina |
i've got tons of albums i'd like to put on cd but everything i find is for the sound card on a PC. any ideas for a mac user? — |
Joined: Nov 14, 2006 Posts: 4 Fayetteville, Arkansas USA |
I haven't used it, but I have a couple of friends who have used Roxio's CD Spin Doctor for this and rave about it: http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/spindoctor/overview.html Depending on which Mac you have, you might want to get an external audio interface, too. Even the little iMic from Griffin would work: http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/ Those two together would cost less than $80, then all you would need is a turntable and a cable to connect the turntable (probably RCA outputs) to the iMic (1/8" stereo). A higher quality USB (or even FireWire) audio interface would probably get better sound quality, but would be more expensive ($130 to however much you care to spend). Make sure you get a new needle for your turntable, too, as that will greatly help with the sound quality. Hope that helps! Steven |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5292 the outer banks of north carolina |
thanks, i'll check it out — |
Joined: Apr 25, 2006 Posts: 83 SLC, UT |
There are some nice, new turntables out there with USB ports. That means they have the phono preamp built in as well as do the A-D conversion. Just connect directly to the Mac USB port. And several freeware recording programs are available. A quick web search should discover what you need. Rev. — |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5292 the outer banks of north carolina |
i've already got a really nice turntable so i bought spin doctor and ordered the imic. when i get it all set up and running i'll post a review....thanks — |
Joined: Aug 17, 2006 Posts: 41 Carrollton, GA |
This is a little off the subject, but have any of you seen the digital laser turntable? It's crazy expensive, but damn it's cool! Check it out: http://www.elpj.com/ |
Joined: Jan 09, 2008 Posts: 473 Sackville, New Brunswick |
I use a Griffin iMic to record from my Sony turntable. I prefer to use the freeware multi-platform Audacity v 1.3.3(beta) for the additional features. - see http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ If I want to turn it into a music CD, I just make an iTunes playlist with those songs and burn it from there. Whatever recording software you use, it must be able to apply an RIAA equalization, or else it comes out with little bass and over-emphasized high frequencies. Final Vinyl can do that. Audacity has a dozen or so ready-made EQ filters (including RIAA) in the "Effects" menu intended for the EQ curves used by a number of record publishers, including some of the much older ones. RIAA is pretty standard though.
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Joined: Apr 25, 2006 Posts: 83 SLC, UT |
OK, I don't have a blonde Showman or a vintage Jag, but I do have some great recording gear. I've been transferring vinyl to CD this way: Turntable: Thorens TD125 w/SME arm and Shure V15 cartridge Quality LP playback requires a great turntable/cartidge, otherwise you are using a plow. And you need a good phono preamp, with accurate RIAA curve. The Duet interface has high quality A/D converters (as well as great portability and fine mic preamps for location recording). I use Peak for recording/editing. This way I can edit out the worst of clicks and pops on old records. I also have the SoundSoap plugin for further cleanup of LP transfers. Yeah, expensive and over the top, but all this gear is useful for other purposes as well. Rev. — |
Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2681 Ventura, CA |
I use the Griffin iMic and the Final Vinyl free software. Cheap and easy. |
Joined: Jan 09, 2008 Posts: 473 Sackville, New Brunswick |
My brother-in-law just got a USB turntable, and it had the EQ built-in. It also had a handy 1/8" stereo jack, bypassing the EQ, so you could also record line-level portable devices through it. No dust cover though. —I'm not a complete idiot. Some parts are missing. |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5292 the outer banks of north carolina |
i've had good luck with this set up. it's a bit time consuming but the end product sounds good, at least to my ears. — |
Joined: Oct 07, 2007 Posts: 43 |
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