How to rip from vinyl or tape

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Legal Net music romps ahead of DVD,
vinyl, tape

Legal Net music romps ahead of DVD,
vinyl, tape 02/10/2004 10:34 AM

How to rip vinyl, per the NYT

How to rip vinyl, per the NYT 01/03/2004 04:50 AM
The NYT has published a detailed how-to for converting vinyl LPs to MP3s or CDs. When Napster started, it solved two distinct problems. The obvious one was that you might not have the CD handy that you wanted to listen to (either because you hadn't bought it or because you'd left it somewhere else, i.e., at your parents' place while you went to college), but the more subtle one was that ripping CDs used to be really hard. You needed specialied software, tons of hard-drive space, and you had to title all those tracks by hand.

This meant that once one person had gone to the trouble of ripping a disc, it made a lot of sense not to replicate that effort: better to download someone else's rips from her Napster share than to go through that fooforaw on your own.

Today, ripping CDs is literally a one-click operation, but ripping vinyl is still very freaking hard. Newsgroups like alt.binaries.sounds.78-era often get nice payloads of ripped wax, shellac and vinyl, but the general attack on P2P means that this stuff is getting harder and harder to find on demand, which means that more and more of us are having to individually rip our music, one side at a time, in order to transfer and preserve it (80% of the music ever recorded isn't available for sale -- if you want to hear the song on that groovy LP through your iPod's headphones, you're gonna have to get ripping).

Some LP restoration software suites, including Pinnacle Clean Plus ($100), come with an external preamp that plugs into a U.S.B. port and works with your existing sound card. (Clean Plus and other software choices are described in more detail in the accompanying article.) There is also the iMic from Griffin Technologies ($40, www.griffintechnologies.com), a small input device that converts analog signals to digital outside of the computer, eliminating the possibility of electronic interference from other computer components...

You also need lots of hard-drive space, because sound files occupy about 10 megabytes per minute; that would be almost a gigabyte for all 77 minutes of Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band's "Trout Mask Replica."

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3M Canada | 3M Scotch® Duct Tape |
Duct Tape Workshop

3M Canada | 3M Scotch® Duct Tape |
Duct Tape Workshop 03/22/2005 03:17 PM
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Memories of vinyl

Memories of vinyl 08/22/2004 09:26 PM
I've been thinking about audio files lately. There are lots of interesting audio blogs these days and I realized that putting audio interviews for my shar ing economy research online would be a neat thing to do. For the last month or so, I've been diving into audio gear and software. (I'll write about all this in another post when I figure out what I'm doing.) During this journey into gadgets past, I stumbled into my vinyl records from my DJ days. Most are promotional records that Rockpool sent me when I was reporting my charts to them, but many were from Mark Stephens. Mark Stephens was my mentor and one of my best friends. He was also the first person I knew who died of AIDS. Mark received tons of promos and he would share some of the good stuff with me. He would jot things down on the record jackets or on little post-its. Since I stopped spinning records, I've allowed several DJs as well as my second-cousin Cornelius to go through my record collection and take what they wanted. What I have now is a 1000+ record collection, almost all from 1988-1990, 90% crap, with very high sentimental value. What do I do with them? I looked into software to convert vinyl to mp3's but it looked like a real pain. The other idea I had was browse my vinyl for stuff I liked, scan the notes and try to find the music on a file sharing network. I should know the answer to this question, but is this illegal?

I seem to be getting into these diary-like entries these days, but digging through old vinyl and reading the little notes from Mark brought back a lot of memories. I'm struggling with how to bring some of those memories into the medium I have today.

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64 bit VIA Vinyl Audio driver out now

64 bit VIA Vinyl Audio driver out now 06/22/2005 02:16 AM

With a Nod to Vinyl, CD's Take Over the
Turntable

With a Nod to Vinyl, CD's Take Over the
Turntable 09/23/2004 12:41 AM
New York Times Sep 23 2004 4:47AM GMT

"gebrauchte Vinyl-Platten"

"gebrauchte Vinyl-Platten" 06/25/2004 08:56 AM

From Vinyl to Digital, Hold the Crackle

From Vinyl to Digital, Hold the Crackle 01/02/2004 02:23 AM
New York Times Jan 2 2004 1:45AM ET

"create images of wax cylinders and old
vinyl"

"create images of wax cylinders and old
vinyl" 06/04/2004 08:14 PM

Downloads outsell DVDs and vinyl

Downloads outsell DVDs and vinyl 02/10/2004 10:39 AM
Legal music download sales reach a new high to become the second most popular singles format in the UK.

"From Vinyl to Digital, Hold the
Crackle"

"From Vinyl to Digital, Hold the
Crackle" 01/03/2004 10:00 PM

Streaming rip of Tiki Room vinyl

Streaming rip of Tiki Room vinyl 08/03/2004 11:00 AM
BasicHip Oddio is featuring streaming audio of the old Enchanted Tiki Room vinyl. Bummer that it's only available as a stream -- I'm recording it with AudioHijack right now for my archive. Streaming M3U Link (Thanks, Matt!)

car designers upset over blingin' vinyl
tops

car designers upset over blingin' vinyl
tops 07/07/2004 09:33 PM
i am suspecting that german car designers are also not familiar with spinning rims

eBay Today: Christmas DVD, CD, And Vinyl
Album

eBay Today: Christmas DVD, CD, And Vinyl
Album 12/25/2003 02:04 AM
Celebrate a Merry Christmas with Star Wars video and music. You'll be rewarded with laughter and cheer because of the absurdity of it all!

More kitschy Star Wars holiday vinyl

More kitschy Star Wars holiday vinyl 12/26/2004 01:14 PM
Xeni Jardin: Following up on this previous BoingBoing post, reader Sewer Urchin says,

The Rebel Force Band isn't the only rare Star Wars music out there. As scary as it may sound, there was a Star Wars Christmas album, and as you will hear, it's probably the worst holiday music ever recorded.

With songs like "What Can You Get A Wookiee For Christmas (When He Already Owns A Comb?)" and "R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas" performed by a pre-fame Bon Jovi, your ears will be begging for mercy. The force was definitely not with the creators of this album.

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Japanese Vinyl Boba Fett Exclusive

Japanese Vinyl Boba Fett Exclusive 05/24/2004 03:43 PM
Sirtan from Japan Star Wars.com has sent in the above images of Medicom's VCD (Vinyl Collectible Doll) Boba Fett. This 18.5 cm exclusive will be limited to 2004 pieces and will only made available at the World Character Convention 18 (June 6th) in Japan. For more information visit Medicom Toyshop.

eBay Today: Vintage Vinyl Caped Jawa

eBay Today: Vintage Vinyl Caped Jawa 08/06/2004 04:42 PM
The most sought-after scavenger of them all...

Salon: Grokster means the freedom to rip
your vinyl and own your data

Salon: Grokster means the freedom to rip
your vinyl and own your data 03/30/2005 04:32 AM
Cory Doctorow: Salon's Andrew Leonard has posted a great editorial on Grokster:

If the entertainment studios had their way, every time a format changed, you'd have to buy all your records all over again. In their ideal world, we would hold restricted licenses to our content, not ownership. Digital rights management would cripple our all-powerful computers, creating backups would be impossible, and the basic human impulse to share the wealth of information that helps define who we are would be beset with obstacles. This is not paranoia. At every step of the way, intellectual-property-right holders have resisted technological innovations that give ordinary people more scope to enjoy and consume music, television, movies or any other content.

That's why MGM vs. Grokster is so important. The deeper we get into the digital age, the more we will be defined not by our relationships with physical objects but with the data that we have accumulated in our journeys through life. If we lose the right to own that data and do what we want with it, if the power of the computer, and the Net, is taken from us, we're at risk of losing a lot more than a few files -- we stand at risk of losing the evidence that tells us who we are.

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Evolution Vinyl Works Unveils New
Accessory Stickers for the PSP� Handheld

Evolution Vinyl Works Unveils New
Accessory Stickers for the PSP� Handheld 03/27/2005 03:11 AM
Evolution Vinyl Works is proud to bring you their Game Console Stickers� for the newly released Sony� PSP�. [PRWEB Mar 27, 2005]

Evolution Vinyl Works Unveils Giveaway
for a Brand New Sony� PSP�

Evolution Vinyl Works Unveils Giveaway
for a Brand New Sony� PSP� 03/27/2005 03:11 AM
Evolution Vinyl Works is going to give away a brand new Sony� PSP� to 1 lucky person. All you have to do is visit their website between March 25, 2005 and May 6, 2005 to be eligible to win. [PRWEB Mar 27, 2005]

Griffin offers Final Vinyl 1.1,
turntable connection cable

Griffin offers Final Vinyl 1.1,
turntable connection cable 03/06/2004 02:09 AM
Griffin Technology today announced the release of Final Vinyl 1.1, the latest version of its utility that allows the recording of vinyl records using just the Griffin iMic or PowerWave and a turntable...

Wave Corrector - Process Vinyl Records
and Cassette Tapes on your PC

Wave Corrector - Process Vinyl Records
and Cassette Tapes on your PC 04/17/2004 03:39 AM
Cybergrass Apr 17 2004 8:21AM GMT

Griffin offers Final Vinyl update, new
turntable cable

Griffin offers Final Vinyl update, new
turntable cable 03/06/2004 01:55 AM
Griffin Technology Inc. has announced the release of Final Vinyl v1.1, an update to their vinyl record recording software for Mac OS X. They've also released the Turntable Connection Cable, an accessory for attaching your record turntable to your Mac.

Cutting Edge Nintendo DS� Skins Revealed
by Evolution Vinyl Works

Cutting Edge Nintendo DS� Skins Revealed
by Evolution Vinyl Works 12/19/2004 03:10 PM
With 100�s of radical and extreme Nintendo DS� Skins to choose from, it�s easy to see why Evolution Vinyl Works is the leader in game system Skin design and production. [PRWEB Dec 2, 2004]

New Accessory Skins for the iPOD Shuffle
MP3 Player Unvailed by Evolution Vinyl
Works

New Accessory Skins for the iPOD Shuffle
MP3 Player Unvailed by Evolution Vinyl
Works 02/05/2005 09:28 PM
Evolution Vinyl Works, the Skindustry leader announces the release of their iPOD Shuffle� line of vinyl skins and wraps. [PRWEB Feb 2, 2005]

EMC gives in to tape

EMC gives in to tape 06/10/2004 04:10 PM
EMC has decided to offer an enterprise-class tape library as part of its product line and will begin reselling ADIC's tape libraries next month.

Red Tape from Red Square

Red Tape from Red Square 12/18/2003 03:35 PM
Red Tape from Red Square. Russian and Soviet cartoons. An interesting collection, despite a couple of broken images.

Duct Tape

Duct Tape 08/09/2004 06:39 PM
Duct Tape - The first Doom 3 Mod .. first user add-on for Doom³

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Transfer Tape to CD

Transfer Tape to CD 07/22/2004 11:47 PM
G4 Tech TV Jul 23 2004 4:09AM GMT

I got 500 2 gig drives and some tape!

I got 500 2 gig drives and some tape! 08/05/2004 05:07 AM
Bored? Flame Wars got you down? Got extra Hardw are? This guy has an idea what you can do with some of those old hard drives. Or maybe you would fancy a 3 D Display? And these guys have my favorite summer project of all. (Props to Boing Boing)

Red tape isn't my color

Red tape isn't my color 02/10/2004 02:42 AM
I'm learning that when dealing with a car accident you really should be trained at jumping through hoops. I'm on...

ticker tape

ticker tape 01/18/2004 01:38 PM
500+ The U.S. military death toll in Iraq surpassed 500 this weekend, roughly matching the number of U.S. military personnel who died in the first four years of the U.S. military engagement in Vietnam.

Grip-tape for your mouse

Grip-tape for your mouse 04/29/2004 07:41 AM
Mousegrips are peel-and-stick rubberized decals that you can attach to your mouse to absorb hand-goo, sweat and burger king. When Apple switched from the old, integrated-handle "toilet seat" iBooks to the white, smooth, seamless EZ-fumble models, I went out and bought a bunch of crazy skateboard liners and cut-and-pasted them onto the chassis to give my clumsiness a fighting chance against the iBooks' inherent fragility. Link (via Gizmodo)

Sony launches AIT-4 tape

Sony launches AIT-4 tape 07/26/2004 05:31 PM
Sony Electronics of America has released the latest generation of its Advanced Intelligent Tape drive, following through on its plans to double the speed and throughput of its lower-end tape storage technology.

Clear duct tape

Clear duct tape 04/13/2004 03:44 PM
3M has shipped tranparent "Scotch" duct-tape. Kevin Kelly's been playing with it and he says it holds up as good as the silvery stuff, but strong uptake would obviate my favorite Star Wars joke: "Duct tape is like The Force: It has a dark side and a light side and it holds the Universe together." Still, we could sub in "Duct tape is like the good government: It is perfectly transparent and it holds the nation together." Link (via Cool Tools)

New tape could solve JFK mystery

New tape could solve JFK mystery 08/05/2004 08:55 AM
A digital copy of a tape of JFK's murder may prove whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.

Contractors need red tape knowledge

Contractors need red tape knowledge 09/15/2004 05:53 AM
It's not like the 90s now, you know...

iPod vs. Cassette tape

iPod vs. Cassette tape 08/12/2004 03:21 PM
iPod vs. Cassette Tape: a comparitive study in pictures.

Tories pledge to cut EU red tape

Tories pledge to cut EU red tape 08/18/2004 04:51 AM
Britain needs to stop implementing EU business rules more strictly than its competitors, say the Tories.
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Sony to Launch Latest Gran Turismo
Software in Dec (Reuters)

Sony to Launch Latest Gran Turismo
Software in Dec (Reuters) 09/24/2004 03:32 AM
Reuters - Sony Corp. said on Friday it would launch the latest version of its blockbuster racing game software "Gran Turismo" in December in a potentially strong boost for holiday sales of its PlayStation 2 console.

Salling releases software for Sony
Ericsson K700, S700

Salling releases software for Sony
Ericsson K700, S700 08/09/2004 06:54 PM
Salling Software today released Salling's Remote Basics 1.0, a set of free remote controls for popular Mac applications that work with Sony Ericsson's K700 and upcoming S700 models...

Fastrax Develops New Edition of iSuite 3
Software Development Kit for Sony GPS
Chipsets

Fastrax Develops New Edition of iSuite 3
Software Development Kit for Sony GPS
Chipsets 03/14/2005 05:26 PM
Fastrax Ltd., a leading provider of open and portable OEM GPS Software Development Kit environments and programmable OEM GPS receivers, today announced that Fastrax will add support for selected Sony GPS chipsets to the iSuite 3 Software Development Kit (SDK), and that this new iSuite 3 SDK version has been licensed to Sony Corporation. [PRWEB Mar 10, 2005]

Sony to Shrink PlayStation 2 September
17 - 12:18 PM ET News in Brief | Sony
Computer Entertainment is set to

Sony to Shrink PlayStation 2 September
17 - 12:18 PM ET News in Brief | Sony
Computer Entertainment is set to 09/17/2004 12:34 PM
BetaNews Sep 17 2004 5:16PM GMT

Sony and MBNA Launch the SonyCard, the
Official Sony Credit Card in the
Republic Of Ireland

Sony and MBNA Launch the SonyCard, the
Official Sony Credit Card in the
Republic Of Ireland 07/15/2004 03:32 AM
Sony and MBNA Ireland today announces the launch of the SonyCard Credit Card (www.SonyCard.ie) in the Republic of Ireland. [PRWEB Jul 15, 2004]

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