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From: mikey on 2 Jun 2005 12:49
I have an iMac G5 and wonder if it's possible to transfer some of my
vinyl lps onto cd using the computer. What, if any, additional
components are required.
Thanks.

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From: Joshua on 2 Jun 2005 13:22
One way to do it is to connect your record player's stereo "out" jacks
to the iMac's line in jack. If you have RCA connections (red and
white) in the back of your record player or receiver (assuming your
record player's hooked up to one) you can get an inexpensive y-cable at
Fry's that converts these into the stereo mini plug your iMac will
require to use the line in. You can then use a program like FeltTip's
Sound Studio (the free demo version on their site will do 10
recordings) to capture the tracks from the record in real time. This
program will allow you to cut out silence, rearrange tracks, etc. when
you're done recording. Then you can save the LP tracks (individually
or all together) as WAV or aiff files, import them into iTunes and
convert them to MP3s (if that's what you wanted) and burn them to CD.

From: dfritzin on 2 Jun 2005 14:17


mikey wrote:
> I have an iMac G5 and wonder if it's possible to transfer some of my
> vinyl lps onto cd using the computer. What, if any, additional
> components are required.
> Thanks.
>
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You can buy (for about $35.00) an iMic, which comes with a program
called Final Vinyl. This allows you to record your records onto the Mac
as .aiff files. You can import the .aiff files into iTunes and use them
to burn CDs. I would recommend you burn the CDs from the .aiff files
because mp3 is a lossy format. However, if you want to keep the tunes
in iTunes, you can change the format to Apple's lossless encoder, or
mp3, or whatever. One thing I noticed is that it is frequently possible
to burn the CD, and the web based database will name the tracks for
you, plus supply the author, etc. information, if there is a CD that is
a copy of the vinyl record.

HTH

--
Dave Fritzinger
Honolulu, HI

From: Bill Smith on 2 Jun 2005 17:54
mikey wrote:
> I have an iMac G5 and wonder if it's possible to transfer some of my
> vinyl lps onto cd using the computer. What, if any, additional
> components are required.
> Thanks.
>
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> * please report abuse to http://xinbox.com/mymac


As far as I'm aware iMacs don't have a "line-in" socket. Mine doesn't,
anyway!
As suggested, get an iMic
(http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic/) and plug this into a
spare USB port on the mac, likning t'other end to your vinyl record deck.
I found "Final Vinyl" supplied with the iMic an appalliong piece of
software, and always use Audacity (freeware, search VersionTracker)
which is much, much better in every respect.
The combination works very well, and if you've patience you can use
Audacity's noise removal option to get rid of a lot of scratch/hiss from
old vinyls.
BTW, I also transfer old audio cassette tapes using the above setup (and
a tape deck, of course).
Good luck,
Bill

From: Adrian on 2 Jun 2005 18:30
Bill Smith <wilsmith(a)REMOVEblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> As far as I'm aware iMacs don't have a "line-in" socket. Mine doesn't,
> anyway!

The G5 iMacs have line aduio input - otherwise an iMic to USB is the
answer.
--
Adrian
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