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What cables are needed to record old LPs into PC files?
I have an old stereo system that has a working turntable, and I would like to transfer LP tracks to my laptop. The only sound input is the mike input, as in most PCs. And the stereo system’s only outputs are from the turntable (very small signal), the headphones’ output, and the one to the cassette recorder.
Can I connect any of these outputs to the laptops’ mike input? If not, do I need any extra hardware?
I just don’s want anything get burned, except eventually some CDs.
I have downloaded Audacity in order to record and edit the music, and Lame MP3 to encode. Has anyone used this software? What do you think of it?
Thanks in advance for your help.
I’ve done this a bunch of times before, and what I found is to get decent sound quality, you need to run the cables from your turntable to a preamp, then run the cables from your preamp to the line input on your computers soundcard. Without using a preamp, the volume levels on the audio files were way too low, and when I tried to increase the volume through digital plugins, the files got hissey. I used Logic for the audio program, it works very very well.
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