Klarinet Archive - Posting 000541.txt from 2003/12

From: "Thomas" <thomas@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Question about computer/audio editing
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:47:45 -0500

>Off at a tangent if I may - how does one get the vinyl record sound into
the
>computer in the first place

You can record directly into the computer, but you won't get the best
recording necessarily. It also might be harder to control and you're going
to waste a Lot of hard drive space. As someone said, wavs take up a lot of
space (hence using Audiograbber to turn them into MP3s).

Get yourself a minidisc. www.minidisco.com has a lot of them. I have a
Sony MZ-N707. One of the Sharp MDs is supposed to be really good, too. And
then get yourself a basic Mic jack with small ends and a large adapter for
one of the ends, so you can plug the large one into the stereo, and copy
your records. You can put a lot of music onto a minidisc. (Make sure you
buy a supply, they do Not have them at the WalMart!)

Then when you go to transfer the smaller one into your MD. Then you can
take the adapter off and plug the MD into your computer mic jack, and do the
Line-In Sampling with Audiograbber from there.

Lynn

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