[Vision2020] Fwd: Question . . .

Wed Mar 18 18:34:16 PDT 2015

Once again, you can have them converted professionally ($35 to $40 each), or buy a rebuilt or used machine off eBay  http://www.ebay.com/sch/Reel-to-Reel-Tape-Recorders-/116868/i.html
Then it's a matter of connecting your machine to the audio-in ports on your computer and using a software program (many free ones out there) to convert the analog signal to digital. I use a program called Audacity.  Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA 

     On Wednesday, March 18, 2015 6:05 PM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:

 I have a lot of music on reel to reel, but my player no longer works. Any one know how I can convert them to cd's?Roger

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Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fwd: Question . . .
From: "Saundra Lund" <v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm>
To: "Moscow Cares" <moscowcares at moscow.com>
Date: 03/19/15 01:29:24

Tom, you answered your own question, then, since your link indicates it handles 78 rpm . . . and assuming you don't mind spending money at Walmart, although I know that particular brand is available through many retailers.
 I didn't buy a special turntable -- I use my regular turntable hooked to a pre-amp that hooks directly  to my PC's sound card.  It works fine for my purposes, but I'm not an audiophile.  Ted is and knows far more about this stuff than I could ever hope to understand, but I do agree with him about MP3 format.  YMMV.
 For me, the huge problem is finding the time to convert our extensive LP collection to digital format.  It's a real time process, and even with no post-recording processing, it still takes a lot of time.  I only managed to find time to convert a handful of LPs before needing to move on to other projects.  <sigh>
  Saundra
  On Wed, Mar 18, 2015, at 05:09 PM, Moscow Cares wrote:

FYI -
 Walmart has a converter turntable for $80.
 http://www.walmart.com/ip/ION-IT47-Classic-LP-Converter/39577145
 Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
 "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com
 Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 "There's room at the top they are telling you still.
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
 - John Lennon
  On Mar 18, 2015, at 4:33 PM, Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:

Obviously, you need a turntable that plays 78 rpm, with the appropriate cartridge and phono stage, which can be complicated with different RIAA curves, etc.  If the 78 is mono, it might be best to use a mono cartridge.  Once you have an analog signal to digitize, the process is the same as for 33 or 45 rpm... obviously,...though why employ the dreadful MP3 codec, when modern digital recording and data storage renders much higher resolution digital audio formats very easy and cheap?
 I recently read an article about the history of recorded music, which declared MP3s to be the first time in the history of recorded music that a widespread adopted music format resulted in a degradation of sound quality!
 You might call Kimbrough Hall Room 360
Phone: (509) 335-3305 Kemble Stout Music
Listening Library at WSU,
which  "features state-of-the-art listening and recording equipment."
 http://libarts.wsu.edu/music/facilities/ksmll.htm
 They might be able to help or know who could help.
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