Convert your LPs into CDs

[Hardware Secrets Team]

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Title: Convert your LPs into CDs
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Considering the innumerous requests of our readers, today we are starting a complete series of tips teaching step by step how to converter your vinyl record collection into CDs.

First of all, we have to tell you that no matter how well this conversion is made, the quality will never be the same as that of a professional CD. The great villain here is the noise, and we will take some time today explaining ...


Comments on this article are welcome.

[jviola11]

I don't have the red and white plugs, I have the 1/4 inch plugs for a headphone, not the small discman sizes.

[Gabriel Torres]

You can use either a cable with the "big plug" on one end and the two RCA connectors on the other or use the walkman/discman cable plus a small plug/big plug adaptor.

Cheers,
Gabriel.

[Gabriel Torres]

Hi guys,

I have update this tutorial fully, now it has a lot of awesome pictures. Enjoy!

Cheers,
Gabriel Torres.

[MonCul]

Hi, cool article btw. Wonder if you can help with my noise trouble recording vinyl to laptop.

I'm getting a low rhythmic hum, like a pulse, on all my recordings which is just high enough to be intrusive. At first I thought it to be the line in of the laptop, so I got a creative soundblaster live external soundcard - it made little or no difference.

I have good quality hi-fi components - Roksan Kandy Amp, Rega Planar Deck -but I notice my deck has no ground lead with the interconnects (which are built into the deck and cannot be changed). Could this be the problem??? I'm sure it must be grounded in some other way as it's £700 worth of turntable and the interconnects are good quality. I dunno?

Failing that, I'm stuck for ideas other than trying a different soundcard or the Griffin iMic? Or can I remove the pulse from recordings using software? I use Audacity to record.

Cheers

[Gabriel Torres]

Hi,

The "hum" sound usually has two origins:

1. You didn't connect the grounding wire from your turntable to your receiver/amplifier;

2. You put your speakers too close to the turntable.

Also, you may want to check the cables used.

Cheers,
Gabriel Torres.

[meesterpaul]

I am using an IBM T42 Thinkpad. I don't have a blue "line in" port. i only have the mic and headphone jacks. is there a way to feed the mic port or USb with the line out from the receiver?
Thanks for a great site.
Ty,
PT

[meesterpaul]

The USB audio link approach looks like a $30 way to connect RCA and other inputs to a USB port. One model i see around is the UCA202 from BEHRINGER.

[Gabriel Torres]

HI,

I am using an IBM T42 Thinkpad. I don't have a blue "line in" port. i only have the mic and headphone jacks. is there a way to feed the mic port or USb with the line out from the receiver?

NO! You can't do that. Even though it will work, the mic in input has a different impedance and frequency response that the line in input. In other words, you will hear the sound but it will be distorted.

Cheers,
Gabriel.

[coolday]

Originally Posted by Gabriel Torres

Hi,

The "hum" sound usually has two origins:

1. You didn't connect the grounding wire from your turntable to your receiver/amplifier;

2. You put your speakers too close to the turntable.

Also, you may want to check the cables used.

Cheers,
Gabriel Torres.

Or U do not a well earthed or grounded system