11/28/2006
USB Turntable
Need a reason to pull your records out of storage? A company called ION has created a USB turntable called the iTTUSB. The company claims that this is the world's first USB turntable.
The iTTUSB allows you to convert your old vinyl collection directly to CD or MP3 with the included recording software (Mac/PC) and is a must have for people who don't want to deal with clumsy adapters or mismatched audio formats.
The iTTUSB comes with Audacity, a recording application that works with both PCs and Macs, as well a trial version of Bias Soundsoap 2 to clean and restore vinyl recordings.
As an alternative, the turntable also works with any other software that supports USB audio input sound cards. Once connected, the turntable transfers both 33-1/3 rpm albums and 45 rpm singles to digital formats in mere minutes.
The iTTUSB is great for all those obscure releases that never made it to CD.
More info on the iTTUSB:
The iTTUSB allows you to convert your old vinyl collection directly to CD or MP3 with the included recording software (Mac/PC) and is a must have for people who don't want to deal with clumsy adapters or mismatched audio formats.The iTTUSB comes with Audacity, a recording application that works with both PCs and Macs, as well a trial version of Bias Soundsoap 2 to clean and restore vinyl recordings.
As an alternative, the turntable also works with any other software that supports USB audio input sound cards. Once connected, the turntable transfers both 33-1/3 rpm albums and 45 rpm singles to digital formats in mere minutes.
The iTTUSB is great for all those obscure releases that never made it to CD.
More info on the iTTUSB:
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Any time I have tried to use the analog input to rip vinyl, it always comes out distorted or too low. At least this solves that problem.
I work for a company that sells these. Over 600 are backordered, simply because they're so cheap. Good luck getting one!
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> : May 12, 2006 10:59 AM
I am amazed how many people have absolutely no understanding of turntables. I guess its my time in college as a DJ in the 80's that gives me insight, otherwise I'd be a digital audio child as well.
Turntables output is the output derived from a tiny little needle vibrating in the record's groove, that output is not amplified, so you need a pre-amp. A receiver with a phono input has a built in pre-amp. The phono input takes the very tiny little signal and amplifies it up to line leve, what we're used to form tape decks, cd players, and just about anything else we use today.
So, going out and buying a used turntable is a great idea, so long as you also find a pre-amp or use a receiver with phono inputs...
Ahhh vinyl, given an analog amp it still sounds so warm and lucious. I just can't handle the clicks and pops though. Back in the day, a real high end audiophile would buy a new LP, take it home, tweak their turntable for 15 minutes to make sure the settings were spot on, then fire up the reel to reel (33 IPS) and make a dub. They you'd only play the dub made on the reel to reel from then on, unti it wore out. Why? An LP with a few plays on it has almost no tics or pops, those come from wear and tear.
What a pain in the ass it was, but as you can see how much we computer geeks like to tweak there was something to be said about having something to tweak... It was just totally inconvenient!
Turntables output is the output derived from a tiny little needle vibrating in the record's groove, that output is not amplified, so you need a pre-amp. A receiver with a phono input has a built in pre-amp. The phono input takes the very tiny little signal and amplifies it up to line leve, what we're used to form tape decks, cd players, and just about anything else we use today.
So, going out and buying a used turntable is a great idea, so long as you also find a pre-amp or use a receiver with phono inputs...
Ahhh vinyl, given an analog amp it still sounds so warm and lucious. I just can't handle the clicks and pops though. Back in the day, a real high end audiophile would buy a new LP, take it home, tweak their turntable for 15 minutes to make sure the settings were spot on, then fire up the reel to reel (33 IPS) and make a dub. They you'd only play the dub made on the reel to reel from then on, unti it wore out. Why? An LP with a few plays on it has almost no tics or pops, those come from wear and tear.
What a pain in the ass it was, but as you can see how much we computer geeks like to tweak there was something to be said about having something to tweak... It was just totally inconvenient!
I just got an Ion turntable. The first two albums went smoothly. The next three did not. I need to talk to someone about using the Audacity software. I want to talk about what happens when you hit a (repeating) skip. The pops are easy to get out. When you hit a skip, if you lift the needle to clean the record, when you rerecord the song it goes onto a different "track" and the Audacity booklet does not discuss how you "reconnect" the now two recordings. Also have a couple of other questions if anyone would be so kind as to email me at haw3jd@aol.com (please refer to the ION or audacity in the re: line. Thanks!
[*] posted by > : April 16, 2007 3:20 PM
> : April 16, 2007 3:20 PM
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