Thread: A computer cum music query.

Maybe this?

https://www.ramelectronics.net/howto-pc-audio.aspx

Gene

Art, you will probably be looking for software to rip the usb output to hard drive. I haven't attempted that but I've used audacity to rip CDs. A brief search shows up audacity also might work for the usb turntables...
https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-t...-collection/2/

Use the software you're currently using to rip the vinyl to CD. Use rewritable CD's to prevent waste.

Once you have an album on CD, use CDex (CDex | Free CD to MP3 converter, ripper, FLAC, M4A, WMA, OGG, CD extractor) to rip the CD to MP3. Store these on the computer, logically ordered in a set of directories.

Hook the PC up to the stereo system - use the speaker output on the PC which will be a 3.5mm stereo plug to whatever input (AUX) you have on the Yamaha.

Simultaneously hook the PC up to your TV using HDMI so you have a display.

Install Winamp on the PC (or other MP3 player of choice), and bingo.

Alternative to hooking up the PC is to buy a Sony Walkman or similar, and hook that into the Yamaha as a source.

If this is confusing, please don't hesitate in asking questions - I'm horrible at explaining stuff in text!

There are any number of programs out there to manage music and you do not need to pay for them as they are free for home use. Can you rip to a USB stick? I would rip either as a FLAC file or a WAVE file if it were me. The reason for that is that ripping to an MP3 even at 320 bits means the music file becomes compressed and you permanently lose information from the file and the sound quality becomes poorer for it. Once you have a FLAC or WAVE file which is the same as the original or near enough if you want to an MP3 version you can get that without converting the original file. With big hard drives these days MP3 is beginning to wane and I saw something recently where it was not going to be supported for much longer.
MP3 is officially dead as founders terminate licensing program - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Originally Posted by Fuzzie

Art, you will probably be looking for software to rip the usb output to hard drive. I haven't attempted that but I've used audacity to rip CDs. A brief search shows up audacity also might work for the usb turntables...
https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-t...-collection/2/

Audacity works very nicely with my USB turntable. It's free, but has a bit of a learning curve. I've also added LAME (Lame Ain't an MP3 Encoder) for .MP3 support, but for the reasons Chris P mentions I rip to .WAV first and only re-encode to .MP3 for "travelling music" where qty stored on media is more important than quality...