anyone know how to put your records on your computer

[CJS1981]

not stacked on top of the computer, silly. But record the actual music from LPs on to your computer. any help would be greatly appreciated

[paul jones]

http://www.cyberwalker.net/columns/feb02/150202.html

[jabumbo]

i hate WAV files

[TurdBerglar]

i hate mp3's

[laurie_hammy]

i hate mp3's

i hate you

[TurdBerglar]

and who the fuck are you?

[laurie_hammy]

and who the fuck are you?

KinG Adrock, you ?

[ScarySquirrel]

Well, first you make sure your turntable is plugged into an amplifier or something that's going to boost the signal. Otherwise your stuff is going to come out sounding all quiet, and it won't do you much good. There is a way to do it without an amplified signal, but I'm not going to get into that... so do it amplified.

From whatever it's plugged into with an amplified signal, use the Audio/Source Out stuff (which is probably phono plugs as well... i.e. white and red) and make sure you've got a long enough cord to run it from wherever to your computer. If those suckers are sitting right next to eachother, then you won't need to worry about getting something too long.

Hop on over to Radio Shack (or your next closest thing) and buy a phono to 1/8" converter. It'll have plugs for your red and white stereo signal on the one and a male 1/8" part on the other side... the male part is the same thing as what most headphones are using these days.

Hook that shit up and plug it into the audio in part (like your microphone jack) in your soundcard.

Download something that records sound and is free. I prefer Audacity myself just because it's free and I'm an idiot, so it was completely easy for me to understand how to use. Once you get that downloaded open 'er up and click the record button. Put the needle on the record, sit back and watch it create itself.

The way I do it is I just record one single side of the LP at a time... and then I split up the tracks later. It makes a lot more sense than trying to stop and record a new track every damn time, and I know it's a lot faster than trying to do that. There's an easy way to do that as well, but I'm not giving no damn tutorials on how to run the software.

There, I hope that helps. Or at least points you in some direction of where you've got to go/what you've got to do to get this thing working. Good luck, buster.