Conversion to digital format

[MrD1955]

I have a vast collections of LP's (33, 45's and 78's over 7500) and a cassette collection of 1500. My problem is finding the BEST conversion method to (MP3 or WAV) files. I currently own a T 120 turntable (I would like to be to use for LP's and a Nakamchi LX-5 to play the cassettes) AGAIN, my biggest problem is determining the best process to convert my collections.

I currently have a small portion of my music collections (converted CD's on my NAS drive -- with about 36Tb of storage. I also collect and convert my movies (CD/Blu-ray) to MKV and MP4 files on a separate share on the NAS.

If I can't use the equipment above, any suggestions would be appreciated. My thoughts were:

1. Converting the LP's via some type DAC and then into my computer via a USB device
2. Converting the cassettes with some type of software using a USB connection ((concerned about the quality of the conversion)) -- then doing the editing with the songs, time, album and label stuff.

IF anyone has any suggestions I'm open Thanks appreciate the HELP

 

[lovinthehd]

If going to the effort of ripping your vinyl, I'd use a lossless format (FLAC rather than WAV if wanting to save file space). An ART Phono Plus is what I got to do it with, but found I really didn't want to spend so much time doing so. Never did anything but make my own mixtapes with cassettes....never even thought of saving them digitally....I think you could possibly do that with the ART Phono Plus, too, but I'd have to review the manual.

 

[trochetier]

Late 1990's I used one of these to digitize my cassette mix tapes. I am holding on to mine to convert LPs to FLAC

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[WaynePflughaupt]

Wow, that’s a huge number. I assume you know there’s no quick and easy method to convert these formats to digital – it’s a real-time, one-at-a-time proposition. Hope you have perhaps years to do all this (assuming you aren’t retired).

If you get an audio interface and an audio editing program like Audacity you should be able to record straight to your computer. You’ll need a phono pre-amp for the TT.

I got a head start by replacing any LPs or cassettes that I cared about with CDs. For the ones I couldn’t find on CD, I bought a ’90s vintage Pioneer CD recorder on ebay, along with some music CD/RW discs that I could re-use. Then I recorded the LP / cassettes to the Pioneer. The beauty of this method was the assurance that the Pioneer had excellent A/D converters to insure the best sound quality, and it could be done without tying up my computer, which I could use for other purposes while the discs were recording. The discs could then be ripped to my computer, and then cleaned-up in Audacity.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[trochetier]

I forgot to mention, assuming your reciver has phono input and has pre-outs or a tape loop you can take the output from either to feed the A to D converter. I am planning to use the pre-out when I digitize the LPs.