From Vinyl to PC.
I have a Sony CDRW machine which I have had connected to my
Rega Brio-r to transfer LP's onto cd-rw and then on to PC for streaming.
Is this as good a method as the Rega mini phono which has a USB
for direct connection to a PC? If the USB is better, what software would I need to
do the job? Any suggestions welcome!
Thanks for the s/w tip, I will have a look. However, the prospect of spending
hours (I have a lot of LP's) faffing around isolating tracks and labelling
fills me with dread, so I may just stick with the CDR.
Thanks for the s/w tip, I will have a look. However, the prospect of spending
hours (I have a lot of LP's) faffing around isolating tracks and labelling
fills me with dread, so I may just stick with the CDR.
You'll still have to do that, the CDR will just be one long audio track, so you'll still have to manually edit the tracks once you put them on the PC.
When I first started using the cdr all lp's were a single track.
However, I now sit and listen with the remote in hand and
press 'record' to mark individual tracks. It is a bit restrictive
but at least I get to enjoy the music more!!
With regards to software, Audacity (freely downloadable) will happily record for you.
Chopping everything up into tracks and tagging the files is the most laborious part though, and there's no foolproof way to automate it.
As to whether a Rega Mini Phono would have a better phono stage than your Brio-r, and a better ADC than your Sony CDRW, I can't say.
Main gear: Mac Mini > HRT Streamer II+ > Marantz PM66 KI > Mission 794
Also cluttering-up the place:
Thorens TD160 no cartridge; Marantz CD63 mkII KI; Technics SL-P777; Cyrus 2 + PSX; Cyrus Tuner; Nakamichi DR-1