Has anyone successfully transferred their vinyl to MP3 using this turntable?
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Yes. The machine works fine but the process is time consuming. There is no way of getting around spinning the LP's, which take about 20 minutes each. Then you have the option to enter the meta data (album title, artist, track, etc.). The application they provide is about as efficient as possible, in that you only have to enter unique data once, but it still takes time.
1048317
Hello, yes it does, although sadly most of my music files are in the mp3 format, the ones I have in FLAC worked like a charm syncing with winamp...
1394305
I am not constantly playing my old vinyls, which are not in pristine condition to begin with, so I really cannot answer. I haven't transferred anything to CD yet either.
1086619
I don't know. I could never get the software to work. If you look for turntables that run w/ the software called Audacity then the answer is yes.
204881
Yes, there are several places that transfer vinyl records to CD's. There is guy in Ohio that did a great job for me. "DLF Music". You can google it.
1799059
No, it's not--you can digitize your vinyl for use on your devices (basically converting the music on your records into mp3s), or just play your vinyl on old school with the audio coming through the built-in speakers. What would make it better is if it had Blue Tooth (so it could be played through external wireless speakers). But being able to capture songs from vinyl and turn them into mp3s for your devices is still pretty cool--that and the built-in speakers were all I was looking for.Hopefully this helps!
599374
amazon says no, they say you need a special little goober that they sell for $18. You might want to research this farther, but I just put transfer vinyl to computer into my search engine and the first page included a link to amazon with many gizmos for sale to do what you want, the cheapest I saw was for 18. good luck. harry
1936751
the Ion turntable is designed to perfectly transfer your records onto the computer in MP3 format. everything it records, will be on the mp3.
928115
Honestly, I've never used the software. In the past I've used Quicktime on the mac to convert vinyl with a portable Ion record player I have. And that worked fine. But I'd say give it a shot and see how it works. Sorry I couldn't be more help. T
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You leave a lot of questions as to what you are doing. I personally don't use the ION software and iTunes. I use Audacity and another MP3 player. I've converted over 600 cassettes so far. With Audacity you can do a lot of "cleaning up" of the tracks like "noise removal", "normalize", "amplify'', etc. Let us know what you are doing.
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I agree with the statement that MP3's are horrible. I've tried to convert. Just doesn't happen. What I have found is that music meant for CD, sounds better to me on CD. Music initially recorded on vinyl sounds better to me on vinyl. I kept my records. But I do have an extensive CD collection. I find Vinyl at charity shops and second hand shops for as little as $.25. When buying old records, remember to look for warping, scratches, dirty patches--which may cover hidden damage--, crayon drawings (who hasn't seen this?). In other words look them over carefully.
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I use mine just to transfer to MP3's so the quilty is dropped, and this on does work fine for that but.... If you really want quilty the AT-LP120-USB or Pro-Ject Debut Carbon is a better sounding for the low cost Here is a good artical on turntables http://www.crutchfield.com/S-n9AFgf2O75T/learn/learningcenter/home/audio/turntables.htmlGood lock
1637995
yeshe Executive USB Portable Turntable easily takes your favorite vinyl and converts them to digital files. Simply plug in the USB cable, play your record and watch as the Executive creates digital files on your computer.
694547
We love this machine and are converting all our vinyl records to digital. We have not yet tried the cassette conversion, but, according to the manual, it can be done just as easily at the vinyl records. There is a cassette player in the machine, and I imagine you just change the setting from record to cassette.
204490
Hi, I'm not familiar with that turntable, but if it accepts a USB connection, I would think so. Hope this helps.
379418
Yes, absolutely. Just plug into the phono input of your receiver and you'll be listening to the sweet warm feeling of vinyl. By the way, this turntable has some great features for the money. I upgraded the platform to an acrylic platform, replaced the mat with a cork mat, and swapped the stylus for an Audio Technica AT440MLA Dual-Moving Magnet Phono Cartridge and it sounds amazing.
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yea... maybe we should put up an award for answering our question... how about we both chip in 100 bucks. I bet you by tomorrow morning we'll have dozen new answers!I want this thing badly, but if I can't listen to it NORMALLY using my stereo... then I'm not going to buy it. While I want to rip my LPs into MP3s, I also want to listen to them FROM the turntable.