ParrotHead Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Got a questions folks – have any of you had success in ripping songs from LPs and CDs and converting them into digital formats? I’ve held onto a hugh collection of LPs – for those of you too young to know what an LP is, it’s an album and they were made of vinyl. Anyway, I’ve been looking around at various tools and software that now allow you to hook up turn tables to your pc’s and copy and reformat the songs into MP3’s and WMA’s. I’m just wondering if anyone has done this and if so, what success you had and/or any advise on what to use, not use or stay away from. Thanks, PH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Re: Converting music to MP3 Question I use nothing but Musicmatch Jukebox for all of my music needs.... and YES I have ripped down my whole CD collection, and converting the songs into 128 Kbps MP3's... When you rip those songs from Vynal LP be sure to enable noise and sound leveling... it will eliminate most of that LP hissing sound.. GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KANSAN Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Re: Converting music to MP3 Question Not sure about LPs - but with CD's you can rip tracks into Windows Media Player or iTunes or something similar. Windows Media Player files are WMA file types, so they won't work on an iPod unless you convert them over to the correct format in iTunes. My advice would be to download iTunes and rip the library into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Re: Converting music to MP3 Question As far as I know. LPs must be recorded to wav format first and then converted from wav to mp3. I've never seen software that records directly to MP3 format from an analog input. There might be some. I've just never seen it. There is no magic LP ripper. It's all real time recording thru your line in or mic port. And it is time consuming. Google "Audacity" that might just what you are looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Re: Converting music to MP3 Question Leo the NEW "Creative Labs" Creative Sound Blaster Extigy which is a USB device, automatcally coverts anolog to digital... A couple of great programs for ripping and burning are MusicMatch, Sound Forge and the Vinyl Restoration plug-in.... I have ripped a couple of my old KISS Albums with NO problem at all.. but needless to say the necessary hardware isn't cheap.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Re: Converting music to MP3 Question [ QUOTE ] There is no magic LP ripper. It's all real time recording thru your line in or mic port. And it is time consuming. [/ QUOTE ] Thats gonna be a LONNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEE if you have a large amount of music! I have roughly about 400 CD's all converted into 320 bit rate using MusicMatch. 400 Cd's all MP3's on about 50 disks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Re: Converting music to MP3 Question LOL..@John.... Now wouldn't it just be easier to download those songs from the internet ParrotHead.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Re: Converting music to MP3 Question [ QUOTE ] Leo the NEW "Creative Labs" Creative Sound Blaster Extigy which is a USB device, automatcally coverts anolog to digital... A couple of great programs for ripping and burning are MusicMatch, Sound Forge and the Vinyl Restoration plug-in.... I have ripped a couple of my old KISS Albums with NO problem at all.. but needless to say the necessary hardware isn't cheap.... [/ QUOTE ] WAV and WMA are both digital formats. Any sound card input will convert analog to those digital formats automatically. Then you can convert the uncompressed file to MP3. If the XTIGY records directly to MP3 format that's neat. That's a time saver for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Re: Converting music to MP3 Question [ QUOTE ] If the XTIGY records directly to MP3 format that's neat. That's a time saver for sure. [/ QUOTE ] I don't think any card does that... I'd just download the songs that are wanted,,, and save the time and money..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandyjo62 Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Re: Converting music to MP3 Question my mp4 came with software to convert, but i just use Windows media player and it automatically converts the music for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParrotHead Posted November 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Re: Converting music to MP3 Question [ QUOTE ] Now wouldn't it just be easier to download those songs from the internet ParrotHead [/ QUOTE ] You may be right! Hey - one of the reasons I was wanting to do this is to convert all my KISS albums!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Re: Converting music to MP3 Question Im sure you can download them a lot faster than converting them over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParrotHead Posted November 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Re: Converting music to MP3 Question [ QUOTE ] Im sure you can download them a lot faster than converting them over. [/ QUOTE ] I won't argue that, you are correct but here's the deal. I'm old fashion which means I'm more likely to try and save the money on downloading and do it myself. Especially with the amount of albums I have plus given the fact that a lot of this music won't be readily available. So there you have it - I'm a cheap scape and proud of it! So far from my research, the project while it may take a while to accomplish isn't going to be that expensive. Albums, turn table and receiver I have - zero cost Software - anywhere from $20.00 (Microsoft) to $40.00 (other plans) RCA Cable to audio in jack - Radio Shack $10.00 A whole lotta time listening to old LPs - Priceless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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