Been seeing ads for a nostalgia looking record player/CD Player/Radio that also burns the vinyl to CD at the touch of a button. Anyone have any experience with this? I have a collection of vinyl, including 45's ans 78's, that have songs that aren't out on CD OR MP3. I could burn them now, but the PITA factor has kept me from doing so. Any input gratefully accepted...
Vinyl to CD consumer player?
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If you're gonna do it that way do it right. Get the Numark USB turntable that comes bundled w/software to record and clean up vinyl. You record thru your computer to hard drive.
Yup, I've seen em. 
Joe,
The "record player" in that unit is Mickey Mouse. It's cheap, imported junk. These things are closer to toys than anything else.
I agree with Doug. When burning vinyl to CD you really should use a pro quality turntable and software that can clean up the sound. Once you get the project recorded to your liking, you can then burn the finished product. We've used the Roxio utility to burn vinyl to CD.
Joe,
The "record player" in that unit is Mickey Mouse. It's cheap, imported junk. These things are closer to toys than anything else.
I agree with Doug. When burning vinyl to CD you really should use a pro quality turntable and software that can clean up the sound. Once you get the project recorded to your liking, you can then burn the finished product. We've used the Roxio utility to burn vinyl to CD.
I've been doing it properly, but if this item was any good it would have been easier. Ah, well, ya get what ya pay for. Been using a MacIntosh Labs turntable ( Excellent product. I sell them their internal components, and they only buy the best- Low noise resistors, Low ESR Tantalum and Electrolytic caps, Polycarbonate film caps, etc...) instead of the Numark with the correction software...
Yup, I've seen em.
Joe,
The "record player" in that unit is Mickey Mouse. It's cheap, imported junk. These things are closer to toys than anything else.
I agree with Doug. When burning vinyl to CD you really should use a pro quality turntable and software that can clean up the sound. Once you get the project recorded to your liking, you can then burn the finished product. We've used the Roxio utility to burn vinyl to CD.
That's great but what about the smell... do ya have to burn vinyl in a ventilated room?:sqerr:
If you doit with turntable direct into youre computer you need Declicker and Denoiser programs for clean it up(pops...)I doit so.Programs are from Steinberg.
Audacity, which is a free Open Source program has those features as well, in fact it is the software that Numark is bundling with USB turntable.
Audacity runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audacity runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Actually, I do it through my Microboards QuicDisc, not a computer. The QuicDisc is a stand alone burner with built in and upgradable firmware. Most versatile piece of equipment that I own.
Doug...a quick "off topic" question...
Is there a way to preserve all of the mp3 tags after editing a file in Audacity? After performing an edit and exporting the new file as an mp3, I see that only a few of the original tags remain. I have to re-enter BPM, track number, etc.
Thanks!
Booch
Booch, I can't help you there as I only use Audacity for recording and editing in either wav or ogg vorbis and don't export out of the system. You might want to get a free membership to their board, you might find the answer there.