Digitising My Old LPs

[Russell...@hotmail.com]

Hi All - I want to finally get around to digitising my 500 or so LPs & transfer to my B2 - preferably to WAV.  Having not used a USB turntable before I wonder if there is any of you who think there is a good model or option for purchase. It will be likely that the turntable will be used to do this once and not really used to play the LPs themselves, so I am happy to pay for a quality item but want to bear in mind it's only for digitising purposes so don't need to head into stratospheric cost.  Audio-Technica keeps coming up in reviews has anyone used this brand. I am thinking of using Audacity s/w to accomplish the task. Cheers Russ

[Daniel Taylor]

Audio-Technica has a good reputation.  If they have more than one unit that will accomplish the task, I'd probably not get the cheapest one.

Audacity is a great choice.

[Russell...@hotmail.com]

Hi Daniel - Thanks and I think Audio-Technica is the way I will go + looking at "What Hi-Fi" reviews I will base my model choice on a couple they have mentioned that seem just the ticket for my needs. Cheers Russ

[John Lang Wilson]

Audacity is a great choice, as with any software there is a learning curve. You could get to know it now using another music source.  

[Russell...@hotmail.com]

Hi John -  Thank you - and that is exactly what I'm doing now - well learning Audacity and re-learning French on the laptop (I was hoping to be on holiday in Normandy right now - c'est la vie !!) Cheers Russ