I just bought off eBay (one of the best transactions I've ever had--the guy delivered FedEx free) an Ion USB turntable. It's a lightweight little thing--not like the Duals and Luxman I had in earlier days. But it's pretty cool.
It came with Audacity , letting you record vinyl into your computer and convert to wav or mp3, and remove clicks and pops.
Test project was Derek and the Dominoes, which was the wife's favorite college album.
I looked into the closet with all the vinyl I have and I'm starting to get kind of stoked. I know originally we thought maybe this blog would promote us getting into some new listening, but I have some really good old stuff on vinyl. Currently converting Ry Cooder's Into the Purple Valley, Dusty in Memphis, Light as a Feather by Chick Corea, and Church Street Blues by Tony Rice.
Now, how to explain about all the dusty shit that's falling out of all of those double album covers I haven't opened since the '70's.
So, Gio, I'll try to send you something interesting out of the collection to repay you for Lester Roadhog Moran. Which I've enjoyed immensely (the stuff holds up really well--but maybe that's because I spent every Saturday night in 1972 playing at the Shirley VFW club.)
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Let me know how your project comes out. If it's successful to your discriminating ears, I might just send a little of my old vinyl to you for converting. I think I have just a few things that were never released on CD that I might care about hearing.
Actually, my ears aren't as discriminating as they once might have been. Loss of high end and deterioration of the stereo systems have lowered my standards.
But I like this thing. It is a _little_ tedious, getting albums converted. You have to play them in, then label them, then do the click and pop removal, if needed. Then convert them to MP3s or .wav files.
I've done about ten albums so far.
I paid $100--including shipping for the thing off ebay.
I'll be glad to convert your vinyl, but if you're like me, once you start looking at it, you'll find a whole lot of stuff you'd like to revisit.
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