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If you, like me, have a large stack of old vinyl records lying around gathing dust and wonder if you
can
record this music on your computer? The answer is - yes you can! This is really an easy project to do
requiring a minimum investment in computer gear. I have a rather large collection of vinyl LP's and 45's, mostly from the late 60's and 70's and rarely listened to it. Records tend to scratch, are sort of unhandy to play and are not at all portable. So I took on the rather daunting project of recording them on the computer and conveting the collection to CDs. Since my vinyl LP collection numbers around 250 albums, and the 45 collection was around 200, you can see that this was a rather ambitious task. The advantages of having that music recorded on your computer are many. Recorded music in a digital form is a much more versatile medium than any which has been available before. You may play it right from the hard drive in your computer, burn it to CD's, or transfer it to MP3 players for the ultimate in portability. To record music to the computer from vinyl you will need five things - a phonograph, a sound card on the computer, recording software, computer speakers, and a connecting cable. The phonograph needs to have a headphone jack and should have a new needle for best sound quality. For convenience, the stereo should be in a location which is close to the computer. The lower photo at right shows the cable needed to hook into the sound card and the phonograph. The adaptor I needed to adapt the computer cable to my phonograph is also shown. |
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