ION USB turntable - direct to PC recording
 

Recently picked up an ION USB turntable that enables direct recording via USB to a PC.

Sweet little unit. I'm finally able to start converting all my favorite old vinyl to MP3s.

Anyone else checked these units out? Opinions?

Still a meter maid?

Im gonna check it out. I should get it for my dad :). Im not old enough to have records

two turntables and a microphone...

Still an asshole? :1orglaugh

Asshole.? Me..? Never...!






So... Are you still a meter maid or not.?

Im pissed off I threw out all my vinyl year ago. Man I could of had a incredible mp3 collection on my computer.

I'm thankful I never got around to tossin' them out from the basement.

Although I replaced many of the vinyl over the year with cd copies - many of the old albums were never issued on compact disc (or are very hard to find).

Wow. Now I can get all of the pop and hiss from my soundblaster that I used to need an external amp for. :thumbsup

don't know what you're talking about, but bump

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Nothing personal Silent, but turntables have always been "direct to PC"... It's called an "audio cable" ? :)

Technics has a new digital recordless turntable, wouldn't allow you to get your records recorded, but it's pretty fucking sweet nonetheless. :)

And just how do you plug that "audio cable" in to a laptop without an audio-in jack on the computer?

That was one of the first things I thought of when contemplating buying the unit, thinking of what condition the old LPs were in to begin with and whether they were even worth salvaging.

However, for the most part I've kept the collection in good shape over the years...only a few of them were party casualties back in the day. And secondly, there's quite a few 'obscure' ones that simply weren't released on compact disc format - and unavailable on any P2Ps.

There's a ton of software out there too that does a fairly decent job of filtering out the pop and hiss if you know how to tweak the recordings. The ION itself comes with Audacity (a freeware app - not the greatest but it gets the job done).