convert all my vinyl records to mp3

Because you really don’t need a USB turntable 10 months ago

738 Down. Lots to go. 10 months ago

I didn’t know you can do this! Oh my god, my life is rendered completely, COMPLETE. 23 months ago

I think it would be great to upload the kind of music I’m into onto a computer, I already have the mp3 turntable but this computer is on it’s last legs as it is, I should get a laptop, then I could always take my favourite songs with me, plus when it’s from a direct source you don’t get viruses, it would force me to understand the sheer magnitude behind the sheer thousands of songs on that shelf 2 years ago

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/howto/FromVinyltoComputer_StepByStep.aspx 2 years ago

Bought an ion USB turntable.

Decided the software that came with it didn’t do enough (in particular, it didn’t split tracks). Trying out other software. Goal for today is to decide on how to proceed. Expect the process to take a long time (I have hundreds of albums, but am in no rush). 2 years ago

I’m a little more than halfway. I have about 70 records right now. I’ve gotten all the ones that I listen to regularly done so that I can listen to them on the go. Now I have to find the motivation to get the ones done that I don’t listen to so much. 2 years ago

hi everybody 3 years ago

It took me about three months but I managed to convert all my vinyl music to mp3! 4 years ago

How much do you value your time?

I found that it will take you at least an hour to convert a standard length LP album. First you’ve got the time it takes to actually play the album itself—you can’t record it any faster than you can play it. Then you have to add the time to “crop out” the individual songs from the album side. The MP3 encoding software that came with my USB turntable (Audacity) doesn’t recognize the beginning or ending of the individual songs. Then you have a little time to type in the metadata (song name, artist name, album name, track #, etc). Then you have the time it takes to encode the song as an MP3. All of this is not even counting the time it would take if you want to then run the songs through separate software to remove the pops and clicks. My turntable came with “Soundsoap” to do this.

To make matters worse, my computer’s processor wasn’t able to both play the song and record it at the same time. It couldn’t keep up. I had to disable the playback feature so that I could record the songs without any gaps. Admittedly the computer I used for this is old and a newer, faster computer may be able to handle this fine. If your computer can handle that, it may be more worthwhile, since you can enjoy the album while its recording.

If you take the average album on iTunes at $10 and consider the time you would save and the incredibly superior quality of the download, there is no question that its worth the $10 compared to the brain damage of converting from your vinyl.

However … I had a few albums that I simply could not find anywhere on any legal music site. For these, it was worth the time. There were also some songs on iTunes where they require you to buy the whole album. I only wanted the one song and already had the vinyl. These were worth converting as well. 4 years ago

i saw a converter in the last Urban Outfitters catalogue i got in the mail

$130!!!
i can’t afford that 4 years ago

I moved my digital turntable from the living room (where it was used with my laptop) to my home office (where it is now plugged into my desktop, which has a better soundcard), and I converted a few more LPs. I have worked out a somewhat better workflow for the conversion but want to try a different software to see if that helps. 4 years ago

Has/does/can anyone use a home digital studio such as a Korg 1200 to download records?... Also, I saw John Meloncamp on a Colbert interview …He mentioned that he downloads vinyl using a Teak manufactured ipod….Anyone? 5 years ago

it’s never going to happen.
it’s too easy to get the songs somewhere else… 5 years ago

I’ve done one album so far (808 state)

only 3,500 more to go.
and that’s not including singles.

Thing is most of the stuff I was buying 20 years ago is RUBBISH.

if I do say myself. 5 years ago

An article about converting LPs to digital, including a quote from me. 5 years ago

The USB turntable I bought came with Audacity (freeware), which isn’t very easy to use. Manually splitting an album into individual tracks is by far the toughest part of this project. I will take a look at some recommendations others have made here, the ads on this page, and some other sources for possibly easier-to-use software. 5 years ago

I bought an ION USB turntable earlier this month. The process is much more complicated than ripping CDs, but I have a very large vinyl collection, so in the long run, this is far cheaper than buying the same albums on CD (if they are even available).

This project will take a long time to finish, but I think it will be worth it.

Oh, and when I am finished, there is a set of cables so I can attempt converting my cassette tapes, too. 5 years ago

I did this using a program called VinylStudio (see http://www.alpinesoft.co.uk) and I’m glad I did. My record collection (150 or so LP’s) is now stored on my laptop as MP3 files (all nicely tagged with album, artist and track title) while the records themselves (and the turntable!) are in the loft. It’s a somewhat tedious process, but not difficult.

My amplifier has RCA connections so running a cable to my sound card was straightforward. I recorded on a desktop PC equipped with a line-in socket (microphone sockets on laptops are mono and therefore not suitable). You can buy a phono pre-amp cheaply on ebay if your amplifier is not suitable (a lot of modern amps have no phono input).

There’s also some useful information at http://www.br0wn.co.uk/vinyltocd.htm. 5 years ago

I bought a converter kit that plugs into the back of a receiver/amplifier and connects to your computer via the USB connection. Alas, my “main” stereo does not have RCA outputs, and my while my home theater’s receiver does, none of them worked with the kit. I don’t know if my converter was bad or I was doing something wrong, but I give up.

Maybe one day I’ll find an easier way to do this, but for now, I give up. 5 years ago

It’s still sitting in the shipping carton in my living room. My next three weekends are booked solid, so I don’t know when I’ll make the time to open it up, read the directions, hook it up and start using it (hopefully in that order), but I hope that I can do so one evening, maybe after work. 5 years ago

I’ve finally figured out how to do this fairly painlessly. I’d had trouble before with soundstudio, the bundled sound package with Apples. I’ve got a technique down now, I can work on other things while the record plays. When it’s done I place markers, devide the tracks convert to Itunes and delete the AIFF files. I’ve got a ton of records, and this way is great in that I listen, take notes right on the track. I’ve also got MDs to move. 5 years ago

but I haven’t firgured out how to dilinate tracks in Sound Studio, which is the software package I’m using. Also, I think I need soap box or something like that to clear up the whirs and general sound of records. 5 years ago

I started, but have only finished three records. Tedious work! 5 years ago

got it all hooked up and the correct software installed so now it’s burning time. 6 years ago

Try Makewavs.com. There is a link that tells
how to do this yourself. 6 years ago

There are USB to RCA Stereo cables readily available. I am looking for software, does anyone know of any? 6 years ago

I don’t know if it is just the quality of the record player or what, but it just isn’t working out. Also, each record is about a 30 minute wait to complete. Just not really worth my time rite now. 6 years ago

I have to move them to MP3 and then sell them off. Mostly, I have comedy LP’s they’re supposedly valued between 4 and 7 dollars, but usually ebay can just get me a dollar for them. I don’t much care for collectibles. I’m not organized enough to keep the collection together indefintelly 6 years ago

for several years now but I didn’t have a record player that worked.

I went from two record players that worked to none. My brother bought me a used one that had had the cartridge ripped out, but I couldn’t find a replacement.

Finally I found one of those all-in-one systems that look like an old radio for sale at a really good price, so I just went for it.

Radio Shack had a head phone to head phone jack so now all I have to do is set it up and start recording.

Another good thing about this all-in-one dealie is that it also has a cassette player, so I can convert my cassettes as well. 6 years ago