I have a stack of 33.3 RPM  records from eons ago, and I need to copy 
them to another medium.  I'm thinking that a CD would possibly last 
longer than a cassette - and I am eventually going to lose the player.

If I have a modular Player for the records, what do I heed to plug it 
into my G4 so I can do something constructive with it?

What program do I need to translate the tracks into something that a CD 
Player will recognize?  (I am also curious as to whether the straight CD 
Player will play Mac formatted CDs?)

Thanks, folks.

H.

In article <rowbotth-62B190.14415511072004@news.telus.net>, Rowbotth
<rowbotth@telusplanet.net> wrote:

> I have a stack of 33.3 RPM  records from eons ago, and I need to copy 
> them to another medium.  I'm thinking that a CD would possibly last 
> longer than a cassette - and I am eventually going to lose the player.
> 
> If I have a modular Player for the records, what do I heed to plug it 
> into my G4 so I can do something constructive with it?
> 
It depends on which model G4 you have. If it has a line-in, you need
the Y-connector to go from your two audio out channels to a stereo
miniplug that you insert into the line-in. Lacking a line-in, you
probably should get a USB device like the Griffin iMic that will let
you bring the audio in through USB.

> What program do I need to translate the tracks into something that a CD 
> Player will recognize?  (I am also curious as to whether the straight CD 
> Player will play Mac formatted CDs?)
> 
I usually use CD Spin Doctor (part of the Toast 6 suite of programs) to
capture the audio, clean it up, and split it into tracks. Following
that, you can burn audio CDs from Toast or iTunes.

A straight CD player won't play Mac-formatted CDs (or
Windows-formatted, for that matter). The CDs played by a standard CD
player must conform to the "Red Book" specification, also known as
CD-DA (compact disc-digital audio).

> Thanks, folks.
> 

You're welcome,

-- 
Spenser

In article <rowbotth-62B190.14415511072004@news.telus.net>,
 Rowbotth <rowbotth@telusplanet.net> wrote:

> I have a stack of 33.3 RPM  records from eons ago, and I need to copy 
> them to another medium.  I'm thinking that a CD would possibly last 
> longer than a cassette - and I am eventually going to lose the player.

I take it that you're not willing to buy them again on CD, and/or that 
not all of them are available on CD.

-- 
Your prison is walking through this world all alone.

I've a 33rpm deck plugged into a Griffin iMic which is itself plugged 
into a USB port on my G4 iMac.

The setup works well, and I tidy up in the freeware "Audacity" (d/l from 
VersionTracker), import into iTunes and burn the CDs straight from the 
appropriate iTunes playlist.

The "FinalVinyl"app supplied with the iMic I found a total disaster!

hth,

Bill

In article <howard-1A6738.17582611072004@news.newsguy.com>,
 Howard Shubs <howard@shubs.net> wrote:

> In article <rowbotth-62B190.14415511072004@news.telus.net>,
>  Rowbotth <rowbotth@telusplanet.net> wrote:
> 
> > I have a stack of 33.3 RPM  records from eons ago, and I need to copy 
> > them to another medium.  I'm thinking that a CD would possibly last 
> > longer than a cassette - and I am eventually going to lose the player.
> 
> I take it that you're not willing to buy them again on CD, and/or that 
> not all of them are available on CD.

The stack of LPs was a lot higher a few years ago.  I seem to be the 
only human who likes this music (of the 1970s).  Copying is my only 
alternative.

H.

I've a 33rpm deck plugged into a Griffin iMic which is itself plugged
into a USB port on my G4 iMac.

The setup works well, and I tidy up in the freeware "Audacity" (d/l from
VersionTracker), import into iTunes and burn the CDs straight from the
appropriate iTunes playlist.

The "FinalVinyl"app supplied with the iMic I found a total disaster!

hth,

Bill

I've a 33rpm deck plugged into a Griffin iMic which is itself plugged
into a USB port on my G4 iMac.

The setup works well, and I tidy up in the freeware "Audacity" (d/l from
VersionTracker), import into iTunes and burn the CDs straight from the
appropriate iTunes playlist.

The "FinalVinyl"app supplied with the iMic I found a total disaster!

hth,

Bill