Vinyl to CD?

[TommyG]

Hi,

Heres one for ya....

Does anybody know of anyone/anywhere/anything that can record songs from Vinyl and then record them to CD?

My friend has an old album that he wants putting on CD and if possible improving the sound quality by maybe removing some of the "hissing"

Many Thanks

Tommy

[Roost]

There's definitely a program that can do it, as i know my dad put a hell of a lot of his vinyl stuff onto cd's through his pc, just can't remember what the program was called :P

Even doing a simple search on google for vinyl to cd, found quite a few tutorials etc.

[superkully]

I've just about finished using Goldwave to get me cassettes into MP3 and CD format. It's free and fully functional for the evaluation period, but well worth the $39.99 registration fee because it is so bloddy useful.

It has noise reduction filters you can apply and the suchlike.

[TommyG]

Cheers

Not sure why i put this in PC gaming as it was meant for Q and A

oh well thanks guys

[JammyD]

That's sweet, I need this to convert stuff I recorded from pirate radio to MP3 format.

[djjimbob]

Cool Edit 2000/Pro is a good bet. That has some nice de-pop, crackle and hiss filters.

Bear in mind that to get the best quality you will need a good phono amp and good sound card. Then you should be laughing.

[choddo]

a phono amp? Don't you just want the line level signal out of the turntable?

[djjimbob]

A turntable does not output a normal-level line output which is why most integrated amplifiers have phono pre-amps built inside them.

This means that you cannot just plug a turntable into a sound card! It just won't work.

As an example, try plugging your turntable into the Aux or CD inputs of your amp - all you hear is a tinny crackle.

What Tommy will probably have to do is plug the turntable into an amplifier then connect the TapeOut of the amp into the Line In of his sound card.

Jimbob

[choddo]

interesting, thanks. I always wondered why the impedance listed on my phono inputs on me old hifi amp was lower than on all the other inputs.

C

[iamlost_]

audacity is pretty good it can record stereo,you can edit the recording,it's got multitrack recording as well if you wanna record instruments or something and it's free