Also does anyon know of a program out there that gets rid of the pops and hiss and scratches that accompany "records". I'm pretty sure they exist cuz I'e got a cd that boasts having used one.

The quality depends on your soundcard, as I keep saying, standard soundblaster cards don't have a good A/D converter and produce much hissing noises when recording from external sources. Of course, an amplifier with digital out and a newer soundcard with digital in would solve this problem, or you could get a souncard with a good converter, but those are expensive. Just try it with your card to hear if the quality is good enough for you.

As for software, CoolEdit Pro and Steinberg Wave Lab are very good audio editing programs. Plug-ins for noise removal exist for both, but as the programs, I think they are commercial. I once found a link to CoolEdit for those who don't mind to use pirate copies, but it doesn't seem to work anymore.

There are also several less expensive programs written particularly for transfering LP's to CD's, so you may want to check out one of those.

Good luck.

I'm not sure I have a soundcard cuz I gots a laptop. Hmmmm.......

Here's the burner I purchased...
http://www.micro-solutions.com/product_info/cdrw/m190130.html

As far as my fussiness...I'd like my cd copies from LP to sound JUST as good if not better than from the record. Just as good is fine with me.

In the back of the burner there is a slot that says "remove to install sound option".
There's also a little female end that looks like a headphone jack that says "cd audio".
I tried using the SOUND RECORDER that comes with Windows but it sounded horrible. I figured i was doing something wrong.

Thanks in advance for your help.

If you want your CDs to sound as good as the LPs, you will have to use either a digital connection or a good soundcard. My AWE64 produces easily noticeable hiss noises - the reason why I haven't yet made a CDR from the isolated Matrix DVD score. Ripping doesn't work well with this one, and my soundcard is too bad.

I have a computer with a line-in, adjust the PC's playback to record, set up a folder on my desktop into which I record all tracks, adjust the balance and line-in volume, and start recording. Almost always sounds good.

sabbey,
was I supposed to send you my CD transfer of John Barry's Petulia ? Or did I do that already? It's been awhile, and this thread got me to thinking.

Man, I'm so ethical sometimes, I could kill myself.

NP -- Copycat Main Titles; from my private Chris Young compilation

Here are the LP's that I have that I'd like to transfer to CD...do u have any of these?

The Amityville Horror
The Black Hole
The Black Stallion
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Creepshow
The Final Countdown
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (remake)
Popeye the Movie
Psycho 2
Return to Oz
Twilight Zone the Movie

Thanks in advance!

Hey, I'd like Return to Oz myself, I've heard so many good things about it.
Was there a CD release? anyone? anyone?

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Originally posted by jonathan_little:
Window's Sound Recorder is probably going to record at 8 bit, 11025Hz. These files are going to sound horible.

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Windows (since version 95) uses Audio Codecs for playback and recording. The Sound Recorder depends on them, too, so it can record with any quality your soundcard is capable of. Recording with 16 bit @ 44 KHz should be no problem, I think. But, of course - the program is crap

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Originally posted by meegle:
"But of course...the program is crap."

Thanks Marian, I couldnt stop laughing!!!!

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Feel free to expand that comment to more or less anything Microsoft ever made, except for my mousepad and the Age of Empires games. Although they didn't write those, of course, only bought them.

In the "sound-recorder" that comes with Windows98, how do u change the length/duration of a new track/folder? If I press record it defaults at a minute I think. I have to press record again for it to be longer. The longer the track gets the longer it takes to make the track longer i.e. my computer "thinks" for about 2 minutes and then only adds about 15 seconds.

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Originally posted by JJH:

sabbey,
was I supposed to send you my CD transfer of John Barry's Petulia? Or did I do that already? It's been awhile, and this thread got me to thinking.

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I don't think so! You might have me confused with someone else, since all you needed to do was Supergirl, which you sent several months back.

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

I just want thank everyone that posted on this board for helping me. I owe ya'll!!!

Laterz!

PS. On that Goldwave...what's up with that "toll" thingy? Am I gonna get some kinda bill in the mail after I use it 50 times???

I found this rather annoying about Goldwave. That, and I couldn't read the damn thing anyway if I wanted to make edits.

There are plenty of other programs out there that do the same thing, so be sure to look here and there for one that you like.

My first transfer is going to be "Breakheart Pass."