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Recording vinyl to computer

You're all going to call me stupid and laugh, but whatever: I don't claim to be a technical person at all - I know shit about electronics.

I want to record my vinyl to my computer. The turntable that I have makes it super easy to record your vinyl directly to a SD Card (what the fuck?) or a USB drive (double what the fuck) but it's in 128kbps. Why the hell would I want to go from the amazing vinyl sound to something worse than youtube, I'm not sure. So this means I've got to go around the damn manufactures doing this. Being a turntable, it's got those handy white and red line out thingies in the back. Now, I'm guessing an external soundcard will allow me to plug a cable from the white and red line outs into the soundcard and then into my computer to record it?

Am I correct at all? If not, how the hell can I record my precious vinyls cheaply? If I'm correct, what's a good, cheap soundcard?

Hell, this entire post could really just be: how can I record my vinyls in good quality to my computer? Yeah, I'm tired as hell, please someone help me.

Thanks in advance

You need a sound card with a good amp for the turntables. You could just out put the turntable into your computer but the volume/sound may not be that good. What turntable are you using? you might be able to change the bitrate settings on it.

I should think it'd be possible to change the bitrate...that would be a total waste of functionality if not.

Re: Recording vinyl to computer

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Originally posted by Lews The turntable that I have makes it super easy to record your vinyl directly to a SD Card (what the fuck?) or a USB drive (double what the fuck) but it's in 128kbps.

Wait, what? What turntable is this?

The most super awesome turntable ever

It's great!

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Originally posted by Lews The most super awesome turntable ever It's great!

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edit - didn't see the link, oops.

I came home from Thanksgiving and my Technics is broken =/ This is the one that I have with me at college. It's small and so I'm able to fit it in my dorm. Not going to get a new Technics until next summer, so looking for a way to make this work in the mean time.

Well, I suppose if it only records at 128kbps to an USB stick (which is really fucking stupid) you could wire it to your computer line in from the headphone jack (unless it has proper line outs). No guarantees on the sound quality but it could work.

Surprisingly it actually has proper line outs.

It's a fucking weird turntable, I'll tell you that much.

I'm guessing I'll just have to buy a sound card and go from the turntable to the sound card to the computer?

Any advice on a cheap sound card? (I'm assuming a sound card is what will do the job for this, if not please tell me now lol)

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Originally posted by Lews I'm guessing I'll just have to buy a sound card and go from the turntable to the sound card to the computer?

I don't think I've seen a computer within the last decade that didn't come with a sound card already installed. Check all the inputs of your computer to see if there's a line in anywhere.

Or are you on a laptop?

By the way, the FAQ on that site is absolutely hilarious.

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Why does the needle slide across the record? Make sure to remove the white protective needle cover from the end of the tone arm. Make sure the red or white plastic needle was not removed when the protective cover was taken off.

Oh I fucking know. It's just... yeah. I know haha.

It works though. It's great for just listening to records in my dorm room. Doesn't take up much space at all. Gets the job done. Except in recording my shit!

I bought a similar style turntable for my uncle for Christmas last year. I tried everything, and no you will not be able to rip it in high quality.

Meh, i paid 99$ for it Costco, it is great for my uncle to throw some of his records on an ipod and he is happy. 0 abilities for serious use really.

If you want high quality, you're gonna need a high quality turntable, a high quality needle, a high quality RIAA pre-amp, a high quality sound card, high quality cables too and most importantly high quality vinyl. And it seems like you haven't got any of these (except high quality vinyl maybe).

i agree on everything except the cables. You don't need top line cables as they are like snake oil. Your cable budget should never exceed 5% of your total setup costs imo. Mid range cables and high range cables have negligible differences in all areas except for price.

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Originally posted by Schadenfreude i agree on everything except the cables. You don't need top line cables as they are like snake oil. Your cable budget should never exceed 5% of your total setup costs imo. Mid range cables and high range cables have negligible differences in all areas except for price.

Yes, i should have been more specific on what I meant. An example of what I meant with quality cables is what I have currently. My computer is quite far away from my DJ gear and before I had a long RCA-cable, with multiple extensions coming from the mixer to my computer (about 25 meters in total). I got fed up with the bad sound quality, due to the unbalanced cable picking up noises and bought some balanced wire and Neutrik connectors and soldered proper balanced cables myself. Cheap, easy and quality.

ok, then we agree.

i just see these people spending ridiculous amounts of money on cables, when it really does not sound better enough to be worth the cost. The money would be better spent on better gear in the chain than cables.

I have high quality vinyl. The one thing I have!

Any advice on all the gear? You might have been able to tell, but I'm rather an electronic noob.

Will it not be as simple as simply buying this and then using that to go from the turntable to the computer?

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