A heads up: Audacity sucks. Check out Ocenaudio; it's also free, runs on Windows, Macs, and Linux, and has all of the features and a much, much better user interface. I digitize tons of music recorded in stealthy situations along with LPs and often need to adjust the quality of the sound quite a bit. Everything that was a miserable, frustrating chore in Audacity is fast and smooth in Ocenaudio.
@editorkid What we really need is a device that creates audio files onto SD card from the tape out of a preamp, Then I don't have to use an inferior turntable on my collection.
At first I thought it was red stapler and there would be 9999 pictures and quotes from "Office Space". Then I saw what it was and realized I couldn't make cats on turntables videos because they would keep getting knocked off. So meh for today.....
@Thumperchick I sure do. It's kinda neat but don't think i'd ever use it as a permanent player. Might consider it for the price though, i mean it's still red.
Already have a record player. And wayyyyy too many records, such as 300+ DJ/promo copies that I need to listen to. Actually found a couple in there that were worth $200 and $350. Mmm..vinyl.
@jenny You still get vinyl promos? Or are they just old? I was already getting as many downloads as CDs when I was a music director, and that was 7 years ago!
@Kidsandliz It has a headphone jack A.K.A. audio out port. Just use an audio cable to connect that to a computer's mic port, and record from there. That's what I plan to do in Linux.
@davidgro That might knock quality a bit, going from analog source to analog output before going digital, especially if theres internally a digital intermediate point before being output to the 3.5mm. If you're savvy enough to run linux you obviously enjoy self-inflicted pain, so spooling up a Windows VM would possibly be worth it.
@davidgro close; if you want to convert your vinyls to MP3s without using the special software, you want to hook a 3.5mm audio cable from the turntable into a "Line In" jack on your desktop computer, NOT the mic jack (something about how they operate on different levels or something). But yeah, from there you can just use whatever audio editor or sound recording software of your choice and record the vinyls that way.
@Kidsandliz Yeah, it's a really cool idea though. I work in audio preservation, and some of those machines are able to read cracked discs or others where the lacquer is peeling off of the core. Maybe they'll perfect the technology someday though!
@luvche21 What would you suggest I buy if I have several hundred records I'd like to digitize. I still have an old, midlevel turntable (was several hundred dollars at the time) and other components, etc. so what I need is either something to attach the turntable to my MAC directly or a decent turntable that won't trash the records to play them directly into the computer and then digitize them. I'd also like to do that with my tapes (again several hundred, have a dual cassette player for the same component system). I may have to replace the needle on my turntable but no longer know what is a quality one… Any suggestions appreciated. Also are there any forums where people discuss doing this where they know what they are doing?
@Kidsandliz For audio stuff, the best forum I know of is Hydrogen Audio- they are very hardcore on the software and the science of audio there. Can't remember if there's a lot of coverage of transferring audio from analog sources though.
@Kidsandliz Since I'm not one of the audio engineers myself, I don't know exactly what equipment they use. But, I do know they use good turntables, and some kind of pick up to run it through digitization software. I would recommend that since you have a decent turntable already (and a good tape deck), use those, and find the proper hookups. Sorry I couldn't be more help than that!
@jqubed I work for IU's digitization program (they just got funding to digitize over 600,000 recordings on campus since a lot of the formats are severely decaying and becoming more obsolete. It's a good gig, but sadly it's just part time. I just finished my Masters of Library Science a few weeks ago and I'm looking for a full time gig. Are you into something similar?
@luvche21 Not really, I work in TV and also was in college radio for a couple years. I was an audio guy for newscasts for a couple years, though. Preserving old recordings is something I'm very much in favor of, though.
@luvche21 Thanks. When I have money (do not have a job at the moment and so my purchases here are so I can give kids christmas presents as I will be out of money by then) I will save up to buy it. I'd so love to have all my records converted.
@jqubed Wow, I never got the Meh email saying you wrote back here and I just barely saw this... Sounds like fun work! The stuff we're preserving is definitely going to die in the near future--the LPs are probably the most stable, but other formats (open reel tapes, etc) have a very short projected life -- 10-15 years by some experts due to both degradation and obsolescence. I'm helping to save recordings from being unplayable, so that's pretty cool!
@Kidsandliz I'm in the same position as you (mostly jobless, just part time right now). I just finished grad school and I'm applying for jobs all over the US. I can't wait until I have a real job so that I can get one for myself--it's definitely going to be a hobby in the future.
@DaveInSoCal Or, you could hook it to that motion sensor we sold you the other day and have that vintage Star Wars LP start up when you walk out for breakfast.
@Eris Hey showoff, you can't bring your heavy ass turntable to go digging for more vinyl, but you can with this. Battery powered. You can listen before you buy now.
@Kyser_Soze $114.95. How does that compare to a $20 model so hip that you could strap your headphone on and cary it with you down the street while you bop you head and do the moon walk.
@ptbrown If you digitize your records to better quality than what you get with a CD, you can have the best of both worlds. You can enjoy the sound while keeping your records in pristine condition.
I like the KISS inspired Meh face.
@bluedog My thoughts exactly! :)
@bluedog Yes. It was. You get an Ada-Boy for that one (-; * not redeemable for cash or real Ada-boys.
Oh God, what did I just do. I don't even own ANY records.
"Glennnnnnnnnnn!"
@curtise I remember doing this with my brother as kids. Fun stuff.
@kylewood I did it too, only with pennies... ...until Mom caught me doing it. The 'rents were not pleased by the scratches.
A heads up: Audacity sucks. Check out Ocenaudio; it's also free, runs on Windows, Macs, and Linux, and has all of the features and a much, much better user interface. I digitize tons of music recorded in stealthy situations along with LPs and often need to adjust the quality of the sound quite a bit. Everything that was a miserable, frustrating chore in Audacity is fast and smooth in Ocenaudio.
@editorkid Thanks for the recommendation, I've never heard of it. Haven't touched Audacity for a while either (probably because it kind of sucks).
@editorkid What we really need is a device that creates audio files onto SD card from the tape out of a preamp, Then I don't have to use an inferior turntable on my collection.
@halnwheels Reply to self: Alesis Core-1
So will this play the Mr.T story from the kickstarter Fuku?
Is that Georgia red?
@khunjeff Maybe I'll buy one just to smash it for some satisfaction...
@khunjeff . . . you jest. It's not close
@jrwofuga it was worth a shot...
Does it play backwards? I need to find out who is dead! Gotta be old to get that one I'm afraid...LOL.
@beachhead SPOILER ALERT Paul is dead. Goo goo ka joob.
@beachhead It's Paul, duh! Turn me on, dead man...
At first I thought it was red stapler and there would be 9999 pictures and quotes from "Office Space". Then I saw what it was and realized I couldn't make cats on turntables videos because they would keep getting knocked off. So meh for today.....
This is worse than meh. This is awful.
@JazzyJosh I agree. This thing sucks. Especially for 180 and 200 gram vinyl.
"And every time you enjoy a record, it dies a little, eroding away with each pass under the needle."
Isn't that what makes it so nice?
@CowboyDann I'm concerned that you find killing things makes them nice.
Wow! I could play my old "Banana Bunch" 45s on this.
I've had my eye on one of these since I inherited a bunch of records earlier this year. For $20 I have no problems making this my first meh purchase.
@PanicSwitch One of us. One of us.
@G1 I, for one, welcome my new meh overlords. Still wish I would have gotten in on that fuku the other day though.
@cowboydann, you like vinyl, right?
@Thumperchick I sure do. It's kinda neat but don't think i'd ever use it as a permanent player. Might consider it for the price though, i mean it's still red.
Already have a record player. And wayyyyy too many records, such as 300+ DJ/promo copies that I need to listen to. Actually found a couple in there that were worth $200 and $350. Mmm..vinyl.
-The Dungeon Master
@jenny The Vinyl Dungeon Master ?
@ceagee That sounds oddly kinky. O_O
@jenny You still get vinyl promos? Or are they just old? I was already getting as many downloads as CDs when I was a music director, and that was 7 years ago!
@jqubed They are old ones my father-in-law gave me (from the 50s/60s). He knew I liked records and found 3 boxes for like $10 (for all) :)
meh is like a box of chocolates . . .
@KDemo
@denboy
I ordered it. For 20 bucks and free shipping, why the hell not?
Well first I ordered the black one. Then I realized I could probably do with some more pizazz, so I cancelled it and ordered the red one.
@Eris If we all examine ourselves..who couldn't do with a little more pizzazz? Or pizzas, for that matter?
@jenny OR a presto pizzazz rotating pizza oven...which this item resembles...
@nicemarmut my god...
I expect it to suck, but I've got about 500 records and the idea easily bringing this and a record anywhere and playing it is too tempting for $20.
@dunda It has decent reviews on amazon
ATTENTION! Meh has gone hipster. Attention, Meh has gone hipster.
Next thing you know they'll start selling skinny jeans and pork pie hats.
@BillLehecka I think scarfs have taken over the hat as hipster symbol.
@dave Absolutely
@BillLehecka Pork pie hats! Pork pie hats!
@pitamuffin Nope. It's the scarf, like @dave and @jsh139 said. And that's the end of that chapter.
@pitamuffin Goodbye Pork Pie Hat?
@jqubed
In for one, my first meh. It begins...
@retswerb Cooool. time to hit half Price Books for those LPs that bring back the past.
bah - windows only according to an answered Q on amazon. I have several hundred records I'd like to convert but have a mac.
@Kidsandliz It has a headphone jack A.K.A. audio out port. Just use an audio cable to connect that to a computer's mic port, and record from there. That's what I plan to do in Linux.
@davidgro That might knock quality a bit, going from analog source to analog output before going digital, especially if theres internally a digital intermediate point before being output to the 3.5mm. If you're savvy enough to run linux you obviously enjoy self-inflicted pain, so spooling up a Windows VM would possibly be worth it.
@davidgro close; if you want to convert your vinyls to MP3s without using the special software, you want to hook a 3.5mm audio cable from the turntable into a "Line In" jack on your desktop computer, NOT the mic jack (something about how they operate on different levels or something). But yeah, from there you can just use whatever audio editor or sound recording software of your choice and record the vinyls that way.
@Ringold If you're saving to mp3, you aren't worried about the loss of quality from analog to digital and back.
Is vinyl anything like latex? Can I play latex on it?
I would get this if you had the green.
@darksaber99999
@denboy @darksaber99999
I sure hope these sell out so they don't end up in the Fukubukuro. Boy does this item suck, I have absolutely no need for this! MEH!!!
@Stallion A subtle ploy to have one tossed into his Fuku bag. I say do it meh-nions, but be sure it's irrevocably broken!
No Georgia Red. . . for that alone, meh.
@jrwofuga What exactly is Georgia Red?
@dashcloud I assume they mean this particular shade.
@dashcloud I don't know, but I guess it's popular in Georgia. I've seen this comment on pretty much every item offered that isn't red.
@pitamuffin Did this start when that speaker offered in a LOT of college colors came is several shades of red, and maybe didn't include Georgia red?
Your vinyl doesn't have to degrade with each playback if you've got this fancy machine:
ELP Laser turntable player
@dashcloud My work's audio digitization lab has a similar one, but the quality was horrible. They're cool though!
@luvche21 and expensive nearly $5000-7000
@Kidsandliz Yeah, it's a really cool idea though. I work in audio preservation, and some of those machines are able to read cracked discs or others where the lacquer is peeling off of the core. Maybe they'll perfect the technology someday though!
@luvche21 What would you suggest I buy if I have several hundred records I'd like to digitize. I still have an old, midlevel turntable (was several hundred dollars at the time) and other components, etc. so what I need is either something to attach the turntable to my MAC directly or a decent turntable that won't trash the records to play them directly into the computer and then digitize them. I'd also like to do that with my tapes (again several hundred, have a dual cassette player for the same component system). I may have to replace the needle on my turntable but no longer know what is a quality one… Any suggestions appreciated. Also are there any forums where people discuss doing this where they know what they are doing?
@Kidsandliz For audio stuff, the best forum I know of is Hydrogen Audio- they are very hardcore on the software and the science of audio there. Can't remember if there's a lot of coverage of transferring audio from analog sources though.
@Kidsandliz This will do the job for turntable (RIAA output) and cassettes (line-level output): http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/USBPhonoPPS
@luvche21 That sounds like a good job. Are you in a library or university or something like that?
@SSteve @dashcloud thanks
@Kidsandliz Since I'm not one of the audio engineers myself, I don't know exactly what equipment they use. But, I do know they use good turntables, and some kind of pick up to run it through digitization software. I would recommend that since you have a decent turntable already (and a good tape deck), use those, and find the proper hookups. Sorry I couldn't be more help than that!
@jqubed I work for IU's digitization program (they just got funding to digitize over 600,000 recordings on campus since a lot of the formats are severely decaying and becoming more obsolete. It's a good gig, but sadly it's just part time. I just finished my Masters of Library Science a few weeks ago and I'm looking for a full time gig. Are you into something similar?
@Kidsandliz The preamp/audio interface that @SSteve shared a link to looks like it would work perfectly for what you're looking to do!
@luvche21 Not really, I work in TV and also was in college radio for a couple years. I was an audio guy for newscasts for a couple years, though. Preserving old recordings is something I'm very much in favor of, though.
@luvche21 Thanks. When I have money (do not have a job at the moment and so my purchases here are so I can give kids christmas presents as I will be out of money by then) I will save up to buy it. I'd so love to have all my records converted.
@jqubed Wow, I never got the Meh email saying you wrote back here and I just barely saw this... Sounds like fun work! The stuff we're preserving is definitely going to die in the near future--the LPs are probably the most stable, but other formats (open reel tapes, etc) have a very short projected life -- 10-15 years by some experts due to both degradation and obsolescence. I'm helping to save recordings from being unplayable, so that's pretty cool!
@Kidsandliz I'm in the same position as you (mostly jobless, just part time right now). I just finished grad school and I'm applying for jobs all over the US. I can't wait until I have a real job so that I can get one for myself--it's definitely going to be a hobby in the future.
Bought one for the mother-in-law. Does that make me the best S-i-L, or the worst?
If you put a circular saw blade on this it would be a great obstacle in round 2 of Roomba Wars.
@DaveInSoCal Or, you could hook it to that motion sensor we sold you the other day and have that vintage Star Wars LP start up when you walk out for breakfast.
@kylewood Brilliant!
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where is iphone speaker dock !! omg
Now you can digitize your vinyl master pieces, who would have thunk it!
I have a Technics SL 1900 direct drive turntable. I think it might be better than this turntable.
@Kyser_Soze ok Mr. Fancypants. But is it red? Does it have USB? I didn't think so.
@Eris Hey showoff, you can't bring your heavy ass turntable to go digging for more vinyl, but you can with this. Battery powered. You can listen before you buy now.
@Kyser_Soze I've come across a few vintage higher end turntables/cartridges but I always end up selling them for profit to people who are REALLY into sound quality. For me, I just have one of these http://www.hayneedle.com/product/crosleymusician5in1entertainmentcenter.cfm?redirect=false&source=pla&kwid=Jukeboxes_CRY056&tid=CRY056-1&adtype=pla&kw=&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=CRY056-1&gclid=Cj0KEQjwy_SgBRCxhsqc3prt8rQBEiQAHI_9GW0zAiyvg6oswny592QFxyhEn0knMc81TvLp1Slu5SUaAgHR8P8HAQ
@Kyser_Soze $114.95. How does that compare to a $20 model so hip that you could strap your headphone on and cary it with you down the street while you bop you head and do the moon walk.
Apparently this isn't selling in Korea. Interesting that now you can see who's buying in the US.
@KDemo looks like folks in Ohio love their vinyl
@KDemo Am I missing something? Is there a certain state all the Korea buyers use?
@dashcloud The most common ones I see are Delaware, California, New Jersey, and Oregon.
I would rather have a iphone docking station
Only $29.99 at Amazon in green.
@phatmass but does it have the super hipster meh behind it? I think not.
Meh, where I go for all my Christmas shopping!
This makes the speaker dock seem like high tech! Meh squared on this. I predict this is fuku bound for sure...
I foresee a lot of Turntable Saturdays in our collective future. These are selling like notcakes.
No 70 RPM? Nevermind then.
But the people who have records are the ones who say analog sounds better than digital. Doesn't this defeat the purpose of owning vinyl?
@ptbrown yeah, can't play my old 78 rpm opera records
@ptbrown If you digitize your records to better quality than what you get with a CD, you can have the best of both worlds. You can enjoy the sound while keeping your records in pristine condition.
This thing sucks.
@NSFolsom A compact $20 USB turntable sucks? No way.