[AT] OT: recording vinyl to computer files (was Re: The Wreck Of The Old 97/OT

[Don Thiel]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the old 
LPs, Mattias.   Just like there's nothing wrong 
with the old tractors--except maybe the green 
ones, but that's a whole other 
discussion  :-)   My goal has been to get my 
collection recorded as they play--I do not care 
if I record pops and hisses.   This way I can 
fire up the computer, set the player to whatever 
playlist, genre, artist, or however I want to 
play and let it go.  My first goal was to get all 
my Christmas music done.  I am a Christmas music 
nut.  I prefer the traditional stuff over the 
modern stuff, but will listen to Steamroller and 
TSO.  Anyway, I have over 70 hours of Christmas 
music digitized.   I also have my sound card 
wired back to the stereo and speakers in the 
garage, basement and outside.   So I can fire up 
the computer and set it to shuffle and repeat and 
let it play.  Won't hear the same song twice 
(unless it's in the library twice) for over three 
days...   I did the same thing for Independence 
Day, I have about 8 hours of patriotic 
stuff--marches, Americana, stuff like that.   I 
let that play while we are having our 
Independence Day celebration.  Everyone that comes enjoys the extra touch.

The girls have also decided that Dad's old music 
isn't so bad and some of it has made it to their 
mp3 players....In some cases, to the chagrin of 
their friends--My eldest relishes in making her 
friends listen to Johnny Cash's "The One on the Left".  :-)


Don


At 01:32 AM 1/28/2008, Mattias Kessén wrote:
>I've been biting my tongue long enough. So what's wrong with the old LP's? I
>am yet to hear a digital version sounding better than an old properly
>recorded and taken care of LP. OK I know they are a little hard to listen at
>in your tractor but considering the kind of tractors we should ;-) chat
>about we really wouldn't hear much anyway.
>
>Mattias
>
>
>2008/1/28, Steve W. <falcon at telenet.net>:
> >
> > Audacity will allow you to record in real time directly to .wav format.
> > The older version of Musicmatch I have will allow you to convert analog
> > to .mp3 in real time. It can also be set to break at each track and add
> > filenames for you.
> >
> > On the recording standard it depends on what your playing the music on
> > and how long the tracks are.
> > I have normal cds with 23 tracks in .cda format.
> > In 192 bit mp3 I have put 110 tracks on a CD.
> > If I burn to DVD I can throw about 600 on there. BUT that limits what
> > can play them back.
> >
> > --
> > Steve W.
> > Firefighter,EMT,Fire Police
> > VanHornesville Vol. Fire Dept
> >
> > rlgoss at insightbb.com wrote:
> > > Hey, Mike, et al.-  I presume all the systems are operating with the
> > pattern of
> > "Record, Tweak, Label, Convert from A-D, and Burn or File."  Is there a
> > method on
> > the market yet that can do the job real time?  Or am I dreaming about
> > such a thing
> > being possible?
> > >
> > > I finished the conversion on all the 78's, 45's and misc. stuff a couple
> > of years ago,
> > but I got bogged down on the LP's because they take so much time.  I
> > have more important
> > things to do (work on tractors) than to sit around listening to that
> > whole collection of music.
> > >
> > > BTW, does anyone know of a recording standard that will allow more than
> > 20 tracks per disk?
> > >
> > > Larry
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Don Thiel			<mailto:dwt at rrt.net>
Hankinson, ND
Corn Receiving Specialist, Cargill Corn Milling, Team Wahpeton
Grape Grower and Wine Maker--Board Member and 
Treasurer of the North Dakota Grape Growers Association
Collector of Allis Chalmers Tractors, Equipment and Memorabilia