HI Adam

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:47:28 GMT, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:


"Adrian" wrote in message
.. .
HI All

Firstly - apologies for the fact that the last 10 years' developments
in personal music technology seem to have passed me by...
but I've been busy at other things g

Like many others of my generation, (I suspect ) - I have a couple of
boxes of vinyl lps and singles, and cassette tapes in the shed....
despite being 'much loved' - they never seem to get played...

Sort of at the back of my mind for some time has been a plan to
dig out these 'classics' and transfer them to something more modern -
like CDs for instance.

Then I got to thinking (always fatal !)
The new (old) car, a '64 Moggie Traveller needs some sort of music
system, if only to drown out the rattles and bangs.

So - is there 'another way' to get the vinyl transferred into a format
that could be used in the car ?

Possible plans so far
1) Grab the audio through my (pretty good) computer soundcard and burn
to CDs

-- drawback - it's a tedious process, and ties up the PC for hours on
end

2) Buy a dedicated CR-recorder and grab the audio and burn directly to
CD. Thinking of the Sony RCDW100 Twin CDR - about £200.

-- drawback - cost
- advantage - stand-alone solution

3) Grab audio to mp3 format, and diy an electronics solution to play
mp3's in the 'new' car. Thinking of an mp3 player with line in and
removable memory cards, combined with a simple homebrewed power amp /
psu tucked away in the car somewhere. (There's the DIY angle !!)

-- drawback ... don't know ?? - price of the MP3 player perhaps ?
--advantages - playback is 'bump-proof' - combination of Irish roads
and 1960's Moggie suspension might cause problems for a conventional
in-car CD player..

Any comments / suggestions etc ??

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...2CK&T=11856821

Well - I already have a fairly decent turntable (back from the days
when hi-fi was a collection of separate boxes !) - so that's not a
problem.

One thing in the Maplin write-up did look interesting - and that was
the suggestion that you could grab the lp's at 45rpm rather than 33.3
- and then use the software (Audacity) to convert them to the correct
speed.

Why didn't I think of that ?? I have Audacity and Goldwave - both of
which will do this 'speed convert' thing - I'm thinking that there
must be a catch though ????

Would cut the 'transcription' time by a third....




or just illegally copy the tracks you want off the internet.

Well - I would if I could (find the free content, that is)
All I ever seem to find is places that look free and then try to sting
you for a subscription - I'm obviously looking in all the wrong places
!

Thanks
Adrian