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I made good on my long standing threat and purchased a USB turntable, so I can easily turn vinyl ino CDs or MP3 or WAV files.
I got one that's not top of the line, but seemed to get good customer reviews.
Whatcha do is install the audio program Audacity and do it through that. (plus, hey, now I have Audacity, and could become the next Mash-up king if I wanna).
Like with all new things I get, I just wanted to dive in and do everything at once (remember my old story of being a tiny kid and gathering all my stuffed toys and diving into them all at once in an orgy of fun because I wanted to play with them all at once?).
So what I did first was take out all my vinyl--you may also remember that A-N survived the fire, plus i've bought a few more since then..but I've not listened to a record since May 2005.
I then said "I'll test this whole thing by making a mix".
And so, I present to you THE FIRST MIX I'VE EVER MADE BY TURNING VINYL INTO MP3 (mostly because I think as a mix, it's pretty amusing):
Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft---Klaatu
When the Morning Comes--Hall & Oates
Wantin' Ain't Gettin'--The Association
How to Write a Song--Harry Nilsson
Are You Ready to be Heartbroken--Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
And More--Love
The Imposter (live)---Elvis Costello and the Attractions
You're So Good To Me--The Beach Boys
Midnight at the Oasis---Maria Muldaur
Beautiful Noise--Neil Diamond
Gotta Get Away--The Blues Magoos
Teenage House Party---Sandy Nelson
Let's Work Together(Live)--Canned Heat
Room Service--Kiss
Burn Down the Mission--Elton John
It's a fun thing to have. I'm glad I got it. I hope to get better at it, or learn more tricks. Audacity does stuff like isolates the frequency of the pops and scratches and thus things sound smooth..but I worry that said feature also can take some of the life out of the sound.
1 comment:
I remember the closet episode- you used the phrase "Yummy toy goodness."
All the teachers' computers here at work have Audactiy installed on them and the program that removes unwanted sound works splendidly; however, what I normally deal with are things like getting rid of hiss and computery digital whine on stuff students record with computers and so I appreciate that feature and how effective it is. But my own aesthetics would dictate that hearing some of those pops and light scratches are part of the pleasurable experience of listening to vinyl so removing that crackly LP goodness would just be a shame, innit?
Hall & Oates, eh? Don't know that track but there are a number of obscure gem-like ditties on Private Eyes and H2O that support the contention that there was more to them than their hits. "Looking for a Good Sign" is manna to a Motown admirer like me and there are a few cool hooks embedded in their awkward stabs at new waviness on H20 as well.
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