Re: 78rpms to CD - Reality.

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

If you are working on a Mac, you don't need to go to WAV. There are some 
excellent Mac-only, or Mac-specific sound cards. Usually they come bundled with 
sound capture/editing software. I use some software from DigiDesign and an old 
Audio II sound card, but am not sure what is the reasonable sound card/software 
combo for current machines and MacOSs. The important issue here, as others have 
noted, is that the built-in sound tools are inadequate.

The generic process, assuming that you have followed <farfl>'s directions and 
gotten appropriate stylus or stylii (do you also need to be able to adjust 
turntable speed? Henry? Where are you when we need you?), is to connect your 
stereo out to the sound card stereo in. You then use the sound capture/editing 
software that came with the card to capture that signal and save it onto your 
hard disk (I think the rule of thumb used to be 10MB/minute for high quality, 
but if you have a recent Mac you have gigabytes of hard disk space). 

Once you have the file saved, the software that comes with any CD-R (recordable 
CD) will help you drag and drop your sound files onto a recordable CD. 
Conventionally, you would probably save a CD's worth of original takes on one 
CD, and then do your cleanup and save the resultant files (assuming you had 
time and patience to do so) elsewhere--most important is to save those original 
files, without modification, as a reference.

And that's it.

Hope this helps.
ari

At 03:19 AM 9/8/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi, Wolf!
>The most important thing about transferring 78rpm recordings is to make sure 
>you have the proper size stylus for the job. Stanton makes a variety of 
>stylus widths for their 500 model cartridge. You don't want the improper 
>width of stylus on a recording, or else you'll wallow in "sonic shmootz" 
>(Henry's great phrase). Different eras of 78s require different widths to 
>make sure you'll avoid where the groove has already been worn.
>Once you've determined the proper stylus to use, you have to make sure you 
>have a good sound card. "Soundblaster 32" and the like don't cut it.  I have 
>a wonderful Turtle Beach Fiji soundcard.  You'll need the cables everyone 
>else was talking about, from your amp to your computer, and you'll need a 
>software that records the files (.WAV) and hopefully cleans them up. DCART 
>is a great one for the price.
>After you've recorded your files to your hard drive, and trimmed them and 
>treated them, you can burn them to a CD-R using an easy program like 
>"Adaptec CD Creator Deluxe".  Oh, by the way.......you'll need a CD Burner!! 
>I suggest a Ricoh.....get one with 4x or 8x recording capabilities!
>Don't bother with MP3s for now, as you want to be able to play your CDs in 
>any player, correct?
>If you don't want all of the above hassle, I can transfer the records for 
>you. You'll have to pay shipping both ways. Maybe you can trade something 
>for me doing it? Some blank CD-R media, or something?  ;)
>And if you want to donate the records themselves...well......!!
>Best Regards & Good Luck!
>Steven Lederman (Farfl's House)
>
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>> Subject: Transferring 78s to CD
>> Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 20:44:27 -0400
>> From: "Kame'a Media" <media (at) kamea(dot)com>
>> To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
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>> To the List:
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>> I want to transfer a collection of 78s onto CD.
>> I have a  Mac;  what do I need-  software, cables, etc?
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>> What kind of file is the music stored on?
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>> Can one put these files on a Zip Disk,
>> and have them burned onto CD ?
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>> Thanks.
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>> Wolf Krakowski
>> www.kamea.com
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