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Re: Turntable to PC connection Posted by Jon (from: 24.129.149.114) on June 30, 2001 at 01:33:43: In Reply to: Turntable to PC connection posted by Sandra on June 29, 2001 at 21:55:33: : I just purchased a used turntable with stereo plugs and a ground wire. What do I need to purchase to plug this turntable into the sound card of my PC? If you want to get music onto your computer from vinyl, your best bet is a standalone CD recorder. Prices start at around $300-$400 (for a Philips consumer model), but if you pay around $500-$700 for a Tascam professional CD recorder, like the CD-RW2000, you'll get a very clean copy onto CD. Then you can just play or 'rip' the CD to a .wav file on you PC (with any reasonably new CD-ROM drive). But the output from your turntable is probably not at 'line' level. (Its probably about 1000 times too quiet : phono output level.) So you need a phono-amplifier. A lot of home amplifiers (but not all anymore) have a 'phono stage' or record/phono as one of the inputs. Get one of these, wire up the record player to it, and connect the CD recorder like a tape deck that you want to record to. Any amplifier over $200, like a Kenwood, would do. Or, you could use a DJ mixer (which takes in a record player signal and puts out 'line out' from the master output.) But you won't have any speakers to check what is being recorded. So get some headphones. I use a Numark DM1200 mixer ($200 at Sam Ash, Mars Music or similar on-line store.) There are a lot better mixers, but this is good enough for me to make CDs I can DJ live in a club. (Now this 'aint a cheap solution, but it'll do you records justice.) Jon. Follow Ups: Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: : : I just purchased a used turntable with stereo plugs and a ground wire. What do I need to purchase to plug this turntable into the sound card of my PC? : If you want to get music onto your computer : from vinyl, your best bet is a standalone : CD recorder. Prices start at around $300-$400 : (for a Philips consumer model), but if you : pay around $500-$700 for a Tascam professional : CD recorder, like the CD-RW2000, you'll get : a very clean copy onto CD. Then you can just : play or 'rip' the CD to a .wav file on you : PC (with any reasonably new CD-ROM drive). : But the output from your turntable is probably : not at 'line' level. (Its probably about 1000 : times too quiet : phono output level.) So you : need a phono-amplifier. A lot of home amplifiers : (but not all anymore) have a 'phono stage' or : record/phono as one of the inputs. Get one of : these, wire up the record player to it, and : connect the CD recorder like a tape deck that : you want to record to. : Any amplifier over $200, like a Kenwood, would do. : Or, you could use a DJ mixer (which takes in : a record player signal and puts out 'line out' : from the master output.) But you won't have any : speakers to check what is being recorded. So : get some headphones. I use a Numark DM1200 : mixer ($200 at Sam Ash, Mars Music or similar : on-line store.) : There are a lot better mixers, but this is good : enough for me to make CDs I can DJ live in a : club. : (Now this 'aint a cheap solution, but it'll : do you records justice.) : Jon. Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Music Software Discussion & Help Page ] [ FAQ ]

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