Digitizing LPs

I use a Mac Mini w/2nd storage drive and Magix Samplitude Pro X2 software, connected to my preamp. Every time I play an album I record it, I do my editing when I want to here that album again or when I have spare time. Some albums I just want certain tracks.

Look at the Sugar Cube. It declicks as it works, so you can eliminate at least one step of the conversion process. Analogplanet has a favorable review of it up now.

@echolane - here’s a sweet little unit that converts to a sample rate of 16/44 and comes with software to record to a computer via USB and slice and dice into tracks for just $46
- other than this unit you just need an analogue output at line level fom your pre or amp.
- or you could insert it between the phono stage and the amp - it has "passthrough" outputs
- it also has headphone output with volume

https://cosmomusic.ca/interface-behringer-uca222-usb-audio-w-software-bundle.html

It’s from Berringer, who produce lots of professonal studio hardware.

I have been using this unit for over two years.

The quality of the sound is amazing and doing an A/B compare by switching between inputs while playing both digital recorded version and the actual vinyl - I find it impossible to tell the difference i.e. on my system.

Friends I’ve performed the same A/B test with cannot tell the difference between analogue and digital

I use it to record a complete side of vinyl and then if inspred to do so, I simply "slice" it into tracks using the software provided.

Hope that helps - Steve

I ripped 4,000 CDs in my collection and it took me a long time (I did it while watching TV in the evenings).  No way would I want to rip in actual time on a turntable.

If someone comes up with a laser player like the Finial that rotates the laser read head instead of the LP and can do it at several times normal play speed - taking maybe 3 minutes a side, I might be on board. OTOH, I LIKE spinning records - when I have a rip of the same recording in digital as I have the LP, it is usually the latter that I play. 

The only thing I really value with my digital collection is being able to search and find things and not having to refile piles of LPs!

Wow, I'd like to digitize some of my LP collection and all of my 78 rpm collection but that would take the rest of my life.  I have 25,000 lps and 7,000 78s.  I digitize for musicians/conductors who want to hear rare and obscure performances/works using an Alesis Masterlink.  I intend to digitize all of my 78s and noisy lps using the Sugarcube SC2 which has a direct USB out.  That will really benefit the 78s although I have many mint 78s which don't have snap, crackle or pop, just background surface noise (especially those vinyl 1940's 78s).