LP to CD on a Mac?



well yes, but i was looking for software. found Spin Doctor...




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dave


Widescreen DVD - Because a superior format requires superior formatting.

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I'd go with a full-blown program like TC Works' Spark (or preferably Spark XL) from
http://www.tcworks.de


I have a lot of experience using a variety of Mac- and PC-based DAWs, and Spark is very well put-together. The tick & pop-reduction module in SparkXL is amazingly good, but it unfortunately doubles the cost of the software (from about $250 to $500). A lot depends on how much flexibility, features, and speed you want in doing this stuff. Don't forget that you'll need fairly massive drives to handle these projects -- the rate is about 10 megs/stereo minute of 44.1 kHz 16-bit sound, and you need even more for copying, creating "CD image" files, and other necessities. I've got about 100 gigs of storage now, and I still run out of room on occasion.


Lately, I've been doing all my vinyl-to-CD restoration projects in ProTools, which is a whole order of magnitude beyond this. It's overkill, but the plug-ins let me do a lot of tweaking to the sound when necessary, and the final results are improved quite a bit.


For more advice, you might ask around over on the Usenet group


rec.audio.pro


where all the pro (and serious amateur) recordists hang out.

--Marc Wielage

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