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Gae
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Just thought I'd share my recent experiences of digitizing my old Lps and see if anyone else does the same.
I have hundreds of soundtrack LPs sitting on my shelves at home and quite frankly, I haven't got to know a lot of them as much as maybe I could have. Recently I got into the habit of digitizing some of these LPs for a "closer listen" so to speak. The process is quite simple really. While playing a soundtrack on my record deck (yes I stll have one and it sounds great) I take a jack plug out of it and plug it into the "line in" of my comp. Using a program such as "WaveLab" or "Sound Forge" I then record the LP, at peak level and save it as a wav file. After a bit of editing I cut the wav file down to the track components and name each one. To save space I usually convert to a CD quality MP3 file. My reasons for doing this are the following:-
1)I have a Digital backup of the LP.
2)My computer is connected to a Dolby Surround setup so anything played through it sounds better.
3)Listening to this digitized version saves wear and tear of the LP
4)I listen to music more on my Computer than I do on my Hi-FiRecent "digitized" Lps I've done are "Charade" and "Arabesque" (Mancini) and "Obsession" (Herrmann) and I'm getting to know these albums like I never did before. Suffice it to say, they are all excellent.
As far as I know, doing this isn't infringing any copyright as I am just making a "backup" of music I already own. Can anyone validate that?Gae
posted 10-08-2006 04:21 AM PT (US) Vinylscrubber
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Gae, unless you start selling copies of your efforts on eBay, I think you're safe. (And, judging by the vast array of "booted" stuff and "limited editions" for sale on eBay these days, I kind of even doubt you'd attract much attention there.)BMI and ASCAP have bigger fish to fry--like calling up unsuspecting receptionists at companies and museums and bushwacking them with the question, "Your company uses music at events, right?" and then harassing them to purchase annual licensing agreements. This was reportedly a technique being used about 5-6 years back.
You're right about rediscovering things on record though. I recently cleaned up my copy of Quincy Jones' MACKENNA'S GOLD and rediscovered an old gem. (That song, "Ole Turkey Buzzard," is STILL running through my mind.)
[Message edited by Vinylscrubber on 10-08-2006]
posted 10-08-2006 09:25 AM PT (US) Gae
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Yes VinylScrubber,
Revisiting old gems is, indeed, fun. I've never been one of these people to listen to what everyone else is listening to just to be "in" with the crowd and contemporary and so it makes sense to make better use out of my collection. It saves a few pennies too. I tend to enjoy doing my own thing and music is no exception. Most of the time, listening to Music is a very personal thing anyway isn't it?Gae
[Message edited by Gae on 10-08-2006]
posted 10-08-2006 01:10 PM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB