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How to Convert Vinyl Records to MP3s (USB Turntable)
by Tom Samiljan, posted Aug 20th 2008 at 1:04PM
Yes, Vinyl is Back! (Again)
by Christine Whitney, posted Jun 14th 2008 at 2:30PM
Hooray! As we reported last year, vinyl, our favorite music format, is rumored to be making a comeback. A recent CNN article asserts that from 2006 to 2007, manufacturers' shipments of LPs increased by 36%, while shipments of CDs dropped over 17%. In your face, CDs and MP3s!
Hard-core music aficionados laud the analog sound delivered by records as more continuous and superior to digital recordings like those found on CDs. And LPs are so much more handsome and charming! Case in point: Our first LP was Iggy Pop's 'New Values' but our first CD was Ace of Base.
With the advent of MP3s, we've trashed most of our CDs [full disclosure: we held onto 'The Sign'] but the LPs remain. DJs and other eccentrics like ourselves have long been faithful to the LP format, but lately it's starting to make an incursion into the mainstream, as many mega music retailers such as Amazon.com and Best Buy have started offering LPs.
Mega-chains are not expected to cause competition for indie record stores, as their clientele and musical persuasions are dramatically different. Top sellers from the corporate end include Madonna's latest 'Hard Candy,' and everybody's parents' favorite standby, The Beatles' 'Abbey Road,' which you'd be loathe to find at the neighborhood record exchange. [Source: CNN]
Audio-Technica AT-LP2D-USB Digital Turntable
Unplayed since the dawn of the CD era, your Dad's pile of vinyl is just sitting there, collecting dust. Those records look good, smell good, and sound even better. But the potential for wear and tear has relegated them to conversation pieces.
Now, if your Dad (or other vinyl-loving person) had the Audio-Technica AT-LP2D-USB digital turntable system, he could capture the audio of those old records and transfer it to a variety of digital audio formats -- MP3, WAV, WMA, or even just straight to CD. The turntable plugs right into a free USB port on a Mac or PC. Using the included Cakewalk Pyro or Audacity software, users can capture, clean up (if removing those tell-tale vinyl clicks is what someone really wants to do), and store their vinyl music collections for all posterity (or maybe just for an iPod).
List Price is $229, but a little searching can turn up this gem for as little as $101.
From Audio-Technica
It's a CD! It's a Record! It's a CD/Vinyl Hybrid!
Optimal Media Productions is appealing to this fascination with good ol' records by adding a little value and novelty to your average CD. The comapny's new combo vinyl CD is a standard CD on one side and three-and-a-half minutes of pure vinyl goodness on the other.
The combination of the convenience of a CD and the coolness of vinyl isn't quite perfect, since there is only enough room for one song on the vinyl side. Even so, that little vinyl strip could provide the perfect place to add a bonus track.
From Wired
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