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

[rlgoss at insightbb.com]

The technology has changed, Mattias.  As turntables wear out, break parts, and get replaced with units that no longer have a turntable with them, the only way to hear those memorable recordings is to make a copy of them in a newer media.  I started with audio cassettes, but switched out of that almost immediately and got into CD's.  But this was before MP3.  If I was doing it today, I probably would use the MP3 format.

I'm doing the same sort of thing with tractor documentation and literature.  I'm working with a brand that is no longer made, so the literature is getting harder to come by as the collectors are increasing.  I've been turning out a CD full of photos, sales brochures, owner's manuals, repair instructions, etc, at approximately one per year for the last four or five years.  I'm putting them in searchable PDF format so they can be searched without actually generating an index to the materials.

As with all archival activities in this electronic age, this conversion is NOT the end.  When the CD format disappears (just like the LP record) a new format will have to be used and the material on the previous format will have to migrate to the new "standard".  So even though all this thread about old audio records may seem to be way off topic, it really isn't -- we have the same problem in preserving the literature for our old tractors.

As a side comment, the digital version of tractor literature has some advantages that the original didn't have -- it's infinitely searchable.  The orginal materials weren't.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Mattias Kessén <davidbrown950 at gmail.com>
Date: Monday, January 28, 2008 1:40
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: recording vinyl to computer files (was Re: The Wreck Of The Old 97/OT
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> 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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