Digitizing Vinyl

HungLikeJesus · 04-18-2010, 11:45 AM

We have a bunch of vinyl records that I've been considering digitizing. One of my neighbors was freecycling a Technics SL-BD20D automatic turntable and I just picked that up.

Now I just have to figure out how to make that interface with my laptop computer.

Any suggestions?

glatt · 04-18-2010, 12:21 PM

What kind of audio input jacks do you have on the laptop? A stereo input? A mono microphone input?

You need to pre-amplify the turntable signal before sending it to the PC. An old amp with a phono setting will do this, or you can buy a special pre-amp.

When I did it, I ran my old turntable to my old amp the way I always used to, then I plugged an RCA cable into the "tape out" jacks on the amp, and the other end of the RCA cable had a jack that plugged into my PC's audio input. So if you do similar, you would want a cable with RCA connectors on one end and a mic jack on the other.

Like this.

HungLikeJesus · 04-18-2010, 02:35 PM

I'm considering getting this:

It's about $34 at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-UFO2...NA56CF83KR4W24

Gravdigr · 04-24-2010, 04:30 AM

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04-18-2010, 12:21 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	What kind of audio input jacks do you have on the laptop? A stereo input? A mono microphone input? You need to pre-amplify the turntable signal before sending it to the PC. An old amp with a phono setting will do this, or you can buy a special pre-amp. When I did it, I ran my old turntable to my old amp the way I always used to, then I plugged an RCA cable into the "tape out" jacks on the amp, and the other end of the RCA cable had a jack that plugged into my PC's audio input. So if you do similar, you would want a cable with RCA connectors on one end and a mic jack on the other. Like this. Attached Images

04-18-2010, 02:35 PM	#3
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I'm considering getting this: It's about $34 at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-UFO2...NA56CF83KR4W24 __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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