Pure Vinyl Software

I'd like to do that myself. Please be explicit on how. I have been looking for a unit like a VCR or something that burns CD's from the stereo. My computer is in the den, a healthy walk to the stereo in the living room. The turntable weighs about 90 lbs and really can't be moved into the den/computer room. I saw some units that go for many humdreds of dollars.. sounds like a lot for a burner. Any suggestions?

Popluhv

Me too! Simple set up and does 24/96. I also record SACD's & DVD-A for playback on various devices.

Thanks everybody for the feedback and suggestions.

Ejlif had told me some time ago about how he used the Masterlink and how the recording in the end was better sounding than the CD you could buy in the store. This really intrigued me as I love my vinyl setup and I love the sound of vinyl. I would rather buy vinyl and listen to it than anything else. I don't always have the time to listen to vinyl though so the next best thing is to record it. I can then have it in iTunes to play back through my HiFi or on my iPod to listen to on the road, at work, etc.

It seems that bands are catching on to this notion of vinyl. Wilco's release, "Sky Blue Sky", included a CD when you purchased the vinyl. Low's release, "Drums and Gums", included a coupon to download the MP3 version. Both these approaches are very cool, but not quite there. Ideally, you buy the vinyl and get a coupon to download the lossless files. Bandwidth is cheap and prevalent. I'm sure there are many arguements against this but this is what I'd like to see. But I digress...

I will report back to this thread once I have something up and running with PureVinyl.

Jwynacht,
I took a look at PureVinyl. It is an interesting little program and certainly has some good features that could simplify LP transfer. But the author wants over $200 for it. I am not sure it is worth the price. What troubles me most is not the program but the ADC inside a Mac which is not very good. For two or three hundreds more you could buy a used Masterlink which has a much better ADC built in.

Save up for the Tascam DV-RA1000HD. Excellent device. It allows all kinds of formats (including DVD-A) up to 192KHz/24bit (also DSD format, which is not too useful for me). Burns directly to DVD or redbook CD standard. Allows you to USB the data to a computer so you can edit it with another program to get rid of pops, etc. Has tremendous hard drive space (60 GB) that you can store hundreds of hours on. Has EQing, limiting, compression (if you want to do such a thing...). You can set gain on the input (among other things). Best of all, you can use it to play back all your recordings, instead of buying a separate CD/DVD player!

You can set it to Fade in/out. You can set it to split tracks automatically and to start recording at the first noise above a certain level (or split tracks under the same circumstances). You can merge tracks if any mistakes occur. Too many features to list... I love it.

It is expensive, but IMO, well worth it.