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From: Larry Stoter on 14 Mar 2010 01:58 I guess I am one of the last people in the universe not to have converted my vinyl LPs to digital, although I understand vinyl is trendy again ........ The Mac is rather a long way from the Hi-Fi, so I was hoping to do it by wifi. I have a Griffin iMic, essentially a compact sound card with analogue in and out sockets and a USB connection. Anybody know if this will work, connected to an Airport Express base station, to digitise and wirelessly transfer music from the Hi-Fi to the Mac? I looks as though this should all work but I'd like to hear from anybody who has actually done it ..... Larry
From: Steve Hodgson on 14 Mar 2010 04:02 On 2010-03-14 06:58:41 +0000, Larry Stoter said: > I guess I am one of the last people in the universe not to have > converted my vinyl LPs to digital, although I understand vinyl is trendy > again ........ Lot the last. I still listen to my LPs although I've converted a couple and bought MP3 versions of others. The time needed to make a good conversion means it's actually 'cheaper' to just buy any that are available unless you've loads of free time. > The Mac is rather a long way from the Hi-Fi, so I was hoping to do it by > wifi. > > I have a Griffin iMic, essentially a compact sound card with analogue in > and out sockets and a USB connection. > > Anybody know if this will work, connected to an Airport Express base > station, to digitise and wirelessly transfer music from the Hi-Fi to the > Mac? > > I looks as though this should all work but I'd like to hear from anybody > who has actually done it ..... I spotted this article this week on converting vinyl to MP3 and maybe it's of some use. <http://bit.ly/cYefuJ> It doesn't deal with the scenario you are describing but seems to have lots of detail in about the conversion process. -- Cheers, Steve The reply-to email address is a spam trap. Email steve 'at' shodgson 'dot' org 'dot' uk
From: Rob on 14 Mar 2010 05:22 On 14/03/2010 08:02, Steve Hodgson wrote: > On 2010-03-14 06:58:41 +0000, Larry Stoter said: > >> I guess I am one of the last people in the universe not to have >> converted my vinyl LPs to digital, although I understand vinyl is trendy >> again ........ > > Lot the last. I still listen to my LPs although I've converted a couple > and bought MP3 versions of others. The time needed to make a good > conversion means it's actually 'cheaper' to just buy any that are > available unless you've loads of free time. > Same here. >> The Mac is rather a long way from the Hi-Fi, so I was hoping to do it by >> wifi. >> >> I have a Griffin iMic, essentially a compact sound card with analogue in >> and out sockets and a USB connection. >> >> Anybody know if this will work, connected to an Airport Express base >> station, to digitise and wirelessly transfer music from the Hi-Fi to the >> Mac? >> >> I looks as though this should all work but I'd like to hear from anybody >> who has actually done it ..... Not sure - is the Express audio jack out only? If so, there'd be a problem, but it's got to be worth trying. I've used the iMic with an audio cable and it works well. As does line in come to that. > > I spotted this article this week on converting vinyl to MP3 and maybe > it's of some use. > > <http://bit.ly/cYefuJ> > > It doesn't deal with the scenario you are describing but seems to have > lots of detail in about the conversion process. Yes, but not always explained very well. On Apple Lossless, why might it be 'unreliable'? Rob
From: SteveH on 14 Mar 2010 05:33 Larry Stoter <larry(a)666.com> wrote: > I guess I am one of the last people in the universe not to have > converted my vinyl LPs to digital, although I understand vinyl is trendy > again ........ > > The Mac is rather a long way from the Hi-Fi, so I was hoping to do it by > wifi. > > I have a Griffin iMic, essentially a compact sound card with analogue in > and out sockets and a USB connection. > > Anybody know if this will work, connected to an Airport Express base > station, to digitise and wirelessly transfer music from the Hi-Fi to the > Mac? Highly unlikely - the USB on the Airport is there to run mass storage devices and printers. > I looks as though this should all work but I'd like to hear from anybody > who has actually done it ..... I replaced the pre-amp in our setup with a NAD pre-amp that has USB on it. -- SteveH
From: Andy Hewitt on 14 Mar 2010 05:48
Larry Stoter <larry(a)666.com> wrote: > I guess I am one of the last people in the universe not to have > converted my vinyl LPs to digital, although I understand vinyl is trendy > again ........ > > The Mac is rather a long way from the Hi-Fi, so I was hoping to do it by > wifi. > > I have a Griffin iMic, essentially a compact sound card with analogue in > and out sockets and a USB connection. > > Anybody know if this will work, connected to an Airport Express base > station, to digitise and wirelessly transfer music from the Hi-Fi to the > Mac? Unlikely, the Airport Express only handles printers (unless later versions have changed). The audio is an output only. > I looks as though this should all work but I'd like to hear from anybody > who has actually done it ..... I just take my MacBook to the HiFi, unplug the leads from the pre-amp, and bung them into the MacBook (using appropriate adapter leads - e.g. RCA-jack) I use Amadeus Pro (but you could also use the free Audacity, or possibly even Garageband) to do the recording and conversion. Record a complete album, then break it into tracks later (it's faster that way). It might be worth experimenting with using the iMic and using the Mac's own jack input, one or the other might produce better results. You can do lots of cleaning up in Amadeus - background hiss, clicks and pops, that kind of thing. However, IME, it's better to keep this simple, run a mild background hiss removal, and edit the worst 'pops', then leave it. If you try too hard it's likely you'll just make the whole track sound poor - might as well get a 96bps MP3 version. As others have said, it might be more cost effective to just buy the albums on digital media as you find them. Record the LPs that you can't find, or if you just want to give it a go. Having said that, some CDs I've bought have been fairly heavily compressed (audio compression, not file compression), and sound quite flat. I've recorded albums that have managed to retain some of that extra 'something' that is popular with them. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/> |