{"id":266,"date":"2003-02-08T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2003-02-08T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/?p=266"},"modified":"2003-02-08T12:16:00","modified_gmt":"2003-02-08T12:16:00","slug":"whats-vinyl-daddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/2003-02\/266-whats-vinyl-daddy","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s VINYL, Daddy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I bought a new toy last weekend: a <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.sonystyle.ca\/webapp\/commerce\/servlet\/ProductDisplay?merchant_rn=1&#038;prrfnbr=29135\">turntable<\/a>, aka a &#8220;record player&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>Because it has a <i>&#8220;Built-in phone preamp [that] lets you hook up your turntable even if your receiver doesn&#8217;t have a designated phono input,&#8221;<\/i> I have been able to <b>CONNECT IT DIRECTLY TO MY COMPUTER<\/b> so I can burn CDs from my old vinyl!!<\/p>\n<p>Well, it was either that, or get <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.elpj.com\/purchase.html\">one of these<\/a>! They&#8217;re only $10,000 to $14,000 USD!!<\/p>\n<hr WIDTH=50%>\n<p>Further to my purchase, subsequent installation, and ensuing happiness of the new turntable, I am searching for some software which will help make the LP-to-CD process easier.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be looking at &#8220;LP Recorder\/LP Ripper&#8221;, &#8220;Groove Mechanic&#8221;, and &#8220;RIP Vinyl&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I one program, RIP Vinyl, could be a strong contender because of the following:<\/p>\n<table BORDER=1>\n<tr>\n<td>RIP Vinyl by Wieser Software Ltd, now with 78 RPM support:<\/p>\n<p>Many of our existing customers have asked if there is any way that they can convert their old 78 RPM records.  While it is possible to simply play the records into the computer via the old turntable, several customers have their records, but no longer have a player that works.<\/p>\n<p>Never fear&#151;now, with a simple click, you can play the record into RIP Vinyl at 45 RPM and, miraculously, when you play back the recorded songs, you will find that they have been converted to xnormal speed. You may find that you will get better results using a spherical needle, however, you may find that your results are acceptable with your existing equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Re-record all of your old favorites, then sit back and enjoy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>(I think the registration for RIP Vinyl is ONLY $7 US!)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll let you know how my investigation goes!<\/p>\n<hr WIDTH=50%>\n<p>It was really my Dad who was interested in the 78 RPM thing. So I asked him, &#8220;How many 78s might we be interested in ripping?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Dad says:<\/b><br \/>\nA lifetime of precious 78s from the time I started collecting in the early forties;  folk\/jazz\/blues stuff.  Much of it not released on CD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bought a new toy last weekend: a turntable, aka a &#8220;record player&#8221;! Because it has a &#8220;Built-in phone preamp [that] lets you hook up your turntable even if your receiver doesn&#8217;t have a designated phono input,&#8221; I have been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/2003-02\/266-whats-vinyl-daddy\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}