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- Miguex0
nothing sounds like [insert favorite medium here]
(adjust attitude here)
- DRIFTMONKEY0
Samurai's right. If you want your vinyl only stuff digital, why not just get a USB turntable?
- Miguex0
No, they dont have to be vinyl rips. But alot of the stuff i have is deep house that wasnt released digitally. I used to use soulseek for pc. That had alot of the stuff i have.
I used to think this same thing 5 years ago, but these days there is WAY MORE stuff released digitally than on vinyl.
Between mastering and cutting a dubplate you can pay between $40 - $100 per track, a digital release cost nothing more than your own sweat (and studio gear) these days.Don't search for "vinyl rips" search for "mp3s" and I'm sure you will find most of your old tracks, unless they are suuuuuuuuper rare dubplates that were given to you by the producers themselves, you can always just rip those yourself or look at the producer's site to see if he has it released digitally and where to buy it
- SrSamaurai0
I just bought an ion usb turntable $79 and it has built in software that automatically downloads it into your itunes. Then i can screen each one for pops and scratches and sell the super rare ones on ebay. takes a bit of time but i am finding some of my vinyl are going for $20-75 on ebay so for me it is worth it and it is fun.
- BaskerviIle0
I know there was. I own vinyl myself, and still have audio cassettes, some great mix tapes that I made in my youth.
I've actually done quite a bit of recording audio-in and splitting up tracks before. I saved a rare Chick Corea tape for a friend that was about to wear-out by digitising it.It's not you, I just hate audio snobs who simply must have everything in FLAC etc. To me music is so much more about the message than the medium. I'm not a fan of having nostalgic attachment to a medium, it seems strange to me.
BTW have you looked for the albums you own on something like spotify? there is a huge catalog on there and it's pretty simple to record music direct to mp3, much like taping from the radio. and it doens't feel ileagal or traceable like bit torrent.
there, a serious reply!
- fair point, but to me music is about the medium too. The artwork, the tangability of owning a peice of music. You can never truly own an mp3, your computer owns ittoe_knee
- can never truly own an mp3 as it sits in a digital domain. I still buy vinyl and I love it. Maybe nostalgic, but also for the love of the mediumtoe_knee
- of the mediumtoe_knee
- nothing sounds like vinyl..mikotondria3
- and nothing sounds like the actual mixdown on a pair of ns-10 before sending it to cut eitherMiguex
- toe_knee0
Baskerville, there was a time before mp3's ya know. When you had to actually go to a shop to buy your music.
Why does vinyl bother you so much? Its an awesome medium for mixing. Shit most DJ's still use technics to mix mp3's cause its a lot more fun that a cdj or even laptops
- toe_knee0
Thanks all. I guess the soulseek days are over.
Jimbo82, I have a recording device and have recorded a few but its taking forever.
The one thing that pissed me off about audacity is that you have to record, then convert that recording to mp3. I wish you could just record directly to mp3 to the hard drive.
- BaskerviIle0
speaking of which. Anyone got any hi-res scans of classic Penguin novels?
I've got tons of books but I want to read them on my iPad. Just can't be bothered to scan each page of each book and turn them into a pdf
- Come on mate, you're not getting this are ya?! The tracks were never released digitally.Jimbo82
- HahahahahaRuffian
- seriously dude stfu.toe_knee
- oh come on, I'm just kidding with you. Good luck finding digital versions, it's the same for some rare blues I have. I just bit the bullet and recorded myselfBaskerviIle
- bullet and recorded them into my mac myself. frustrating but you have total control on the plus sideBaskerviIle
- BaskerviIle0
the most pointless thing in the world. Just buy the albums online
- very helpfultoe_knee
- ^Jimbo82
- one thing I leaned about technology is that it always moves forward, gotta roll with the timesBaskerviIle
- no point getting attached to a medium. I realise this doesn't help. but the whole vinyl thing annoys meBaskerviIle
- Why does vinyl annoy you? I bought all mine before MP3 mixing, not as some "cool" retro thangJimbo82
- auxillary0
Vinyl rips? Yeah good luck with that ....
- toe_knee0
No, they dont have to be vinyl rips. But alot of the stuff i have is deep house that wasnt released digitally. I used to use soulseek for pc. That had alot of the stuff i have.
- <Jimbo82
- SoulSeek was fantastic. I used it religiously when I had a PC, too.Continuity
- slsk! those were the days!Thelonious_Funk
- Jimbo820
I did this a while back and it takes a while. Got myself a Numark deck that plugs into my laptop via usb, downloaded Audacity and then began the painful process.
It takes ages.
- Ruffian0
I think it might be faster and less painful to rip them yourself. Vinyl rips are heavy and not that popular.
- BaskerviIle0
serves you right for owning too much vinyl
- ORAZAL0
¿Cómo?
- ckentish0
mediafire