Converting vinyl to CD

[75cent bleacher seat]

I have a collection of vinyl I want to copy to CD's using Audacity ( http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=audacity&platform=Windows%2CMac%2CiOS%2CAndroid%2CWebware%2CMobile&searchtype=downloads) software.  Anyone tried this or another method? It's free, all one needs is a turntable and computer.

 

[SumnerH]

Audacity is an excellent choice for cleaning up the rips. I occasionally still bust out gramofile for one of the pop filters, but audacity's pretty much made it obsolete.

http://www.tested.com/tech/460-how-to-rip-and-clean-your-analog-audio-collection/ has some tips.

 

[JGray38]

Yeah- easy, free, kind of a fun process. There's a good pop filter out there- can't rember the name and my computer is in storage- it from an Australian guy.

You will need some sort of pre-amp before you run the turntable to the computer. A receiver will work.

 

[SumnerH]

There are a bunch of decent pop filters for audacity, but there's one from gramofile that I still haven't seen replaced anywhere that sometimes works on stubborn pops.

 

[bob burda]

This one.
 
http://www.dak.com/
 
Worth every penny - and I'm a classical listener, meaning I'm super fussy. It is an excellent product, I could go on and on about it. Their song splitter alone would make it worth the money.

 

[The_Powa_of_Seiji_Ozawa]

This one.
 
http://www.dak.com/
 
Worth every penny - and I'm a classical listener, meaning I'm super fussy. It is an excellent product, I could go on and on about it. Their song splitter alone would make it worth the money.

 
hahah, what a blast from the past DAK is. I can't believe he is still in business. Anybody remember his catalogs? Back in the day they used to sell a laserlight needle-less LP turntable, I was always curious about that one but figured it couldn't possibly sound good.

 

[SumnerH]

IMO you're better off learning Audacity than the DAK tool if you're really interested in quality rips; it's a great tool for all kinds of audio manipulation so the skills might convey if you ever go to mix a wedding montage or something. But if you're just going to rip a couple of albums DAK will give pretty solid results on decent condition vinyl and is less ramp up time.

 

[75cent bleacher seat]

Thanks for the feedback...much appreciated.

 

[onree]

In case it helps -- I've used this adapter along with Audacity and they've worked well together (BYO turntable).