Back up your vinyl with Magix Rescue Your Vinyl & Tapes

[HEXUS]

Laura talks to Tom from Magix about his gizmo for backing up your vinyl and tapes to your PC... What is this new fangled Em Pee three that he speaks of? Damn youngsters... Vinyl was good enough for my father's father you know!

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[TAKTAK]

oooh, i could digitalise 'tie me kangaroo down'

[DataMatrix]

Waste of money. You can get converters to change RCA cables into minijacks and record the input...

[Kshaky]

Hi DataMatrix,

Could you expand on your suggestion a little bit, for the benefit of this 'Numptie', i.e. what exactly do these leads connect, and do they plug into standard sockets/ports available on all PCs and Turntables? What do you then use to convert/edit/save [software and application wise] the transferred analogue data from the turntable, to then be able to burn it to CD or DVD etc or save it on a HDD as an MP3 file or any other chosen file format? Can you recommend anywhere in particular to purchase this combination of leads?

Is the 'leads scenario' just as easy and versatile to utilise as the "Magix Rescue Your Vinyl & Tapes" package?

All of the above questions are asked because I'm considering buying "Magix Rescue Your Vinyl & Tapes" as a Christmas present for my Brother, who isn't overly PC literate, and I can currently purchase MRYV&Ts online for £36.69.

Okay, I'm finished with the questions already . . . Cheers [in anticipation] DataMatrix.

Kev'.

[Michael H]

Considering the lower quality recordings you'll be left with, unless you have some seriously rare vinyl, just buy the CD's

[TAKTAK]

Hi DataMatrix,

Could you expand on your suggestion a little bit, for the benefit of this 'Numptie', i.e. what exactly do these leads connect, and do they plug into standard sockets/ports available on all PCs and Turntables? What do you then use to convert/edit/save [software and application wise] the transferred analogue data from the turntable, to then be able to burn it to CD or DVD etc or save it on a HDD as an MP3 file or any other chosen file format? Can you recommend anywhere in particular to purchase this combination of leads?

Is the 'leads scenario' just as easy and versatile to utilise as the "Magix Rescue Your Vinyl & Tapes" package?

All of the above questions are asked because I'm considering buying "Magix Rescue Your Vinyl & Tapes" as a Christmas present for my Brother, who isn't overly PC literate, and I can currently purchase MRYV&Ts online for £36.69.

Okay, I'm finished with the questions already . . . Cheers [in anticipation] DataMatrix.

Kev'.

you could just use one of these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...f460e4ffe01ccc

hook the phonos up to the amp output (ideally run through an amp, otherwise the signal may be a bit weak) and then the 3.5mm jack to the mic input/line in, and then any microphone recording software will do the trick, the extras that you get with the MRYV&Ts is that the software can cancel the noise out a little better, but there will be software on the internet that does it for cheaper/free...

or alternatively, a funky gadget... a USB turntable