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Question

Recording software

Aug 9, 2011 12:13PM PDT

Can anyone give me an idea of a recording program that will let me record from LP records, and cassettes to mp3 or wave on the mac?

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Audacity works well,
Aug 9, 2011 9:58PM PDT

You will still need a method of getting the audio into the Mac though.

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Recording
Aug 10, 2011 5:23AM PDT

Thank you all for your help

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I use iMic from Griffin
Aug 25, 2011 10:31PM PDT

I think it's Griffin Technologies.
The software I use is Final Vinyl, which came with the iMic, but is also available for free online.

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Here's how I do it
Sep 10, 2011 6:04AM PDT

I have a Canopus Analog-to-Digital converter box that I've used to convert the RCA Video-Out from VCR to Firewire-In on my Mac. So instead of a VCR, I connect the RCA-Out from a turntable to the same Canopus and I then use QuickTime Pro. QT Pro has a pull-down menu function called "New Audio Recording". It's a little clunky, and it doesn't have the finess that Audacity has, but for simple Record and Save, it works and it saves in AIFF which is raw audio data. I can then take each saved audio file into Audacity to trim,equalize, etc. for finishing. So you ask, why not just use Audacity to record? Just because QT Pro is a quicker, simpler method to get the files recorded. For me, anyways.