(This is a follow-up to my post "Vinyl Comeback!")
They exist. Old media meets new with these interesting little Frankensteins known as USB turntables, or CD recorders, or any other incredibly creative ways of saying record players connected to something else.
I was most surprised to see that these items are popular even in the mainstream. Target's collection is fairly expansive and, from what I can tell, they are popular sellers, too.
I think the idea behind these hybrids was to provide people with a way of taking their classic music collection and updating it to new formats (big mistake in my opinion). However, if you are like me and like to use your record player and your ipod depending on the situation, this might be a good purchase.
*My intention with this post wasn't a merchandise plug. I thought combining media was applicable and interesting, so I wanted to see what everyone else thought.
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That's actually a pretty decent post. I'll have to tell my father-in-law about this.
Now, can you tell me why there's a USB plug in front of my DVR!
I thought I could use it to plug in a thumb drive and play whatever was on it, but no give!
So being a total music person, I'm definitely interested in knowing more about these devices. However, I think I'm a little confused as to what exactly they do. Do they convert music cds to a different kind of format?
BHPitt:
My understanding is yes. The ones I found particularly interesting were the devices that convert vinyl pressings to MP3 files--because there is such a massive time gap inbetween the two mediums (from a technological age point-of-view).
However, I think there are different devices that will pretty much convert any medium/format to any other medium/format. A lot of them are all in the same machine. For example, I think I found one that had a turntable, a tape deck, a CD player and a USB port all in one.
Super awesome invention for sure - and a long time coming.
However, there is another way (if you have a mac)
This may sound like techo mumbo jumbo, but you (matt) may get it? not sure, i'm not trying to sound like a no it all though.
Take an RCA cable and send it from your record player's speaker outs to an RCA to 1/8" converter. Now plug that into your computer's audio INPUT this is usually next to a headphone. Open up garageband (or a similar program) hit record, and then play the record.
Make sure your audio preferences in garageband (or equivilent program) are set to "Built in input"
Export the songs as mp3s or m4as
Sugartop,
I never would have thought of that, but it makes sense. How is the sound quality though? or does it depend on how you set it up in garageband?
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