Many people have boxes of old 78 rpm records just gathering dust. With a little bit of know-how and some time, those old records can be easily copied onto CDs so they can be played in any CD player. Converting a record to CD format requires playing the record, recording it on a computer, and then using the computer to burn the music onto a CD.
Instructions
1. Connect the record player to the amplifier using the RCA cable, making sure to use the Phono input. Connect the amplifier to the computer's audio input using the RCA to 1/8 inch mini plug cable.
2. Start the Volume Control application in Windows by double clicking the speaker icon in the system tray (the lower right corner where the clock is). In Volume Control, choose Properties from the Options menu. In the "Adjust Volume For" section of the properties screen, choose the Recording option. In the area below, make sure that "Line-In" is checked and click OK. Slide the volume slider all the way down for the Line-In channel, then check the select box for line-in. Start playing a record. As the record plays, slide the volume control up until the level meter is in the green and jumps into the yellow. If the meter jumps into the red, the recorded sound can be distorted.
3. Open the audio recording software and create a new file that is 10 minutes long. If given a choice, make sure the new file is set up to be 44100 khz stereo--this is the format of CD audio. Click the record button and then start playing the record. When the record is finished, click the stop button. Use the audio recording software to remove the extra silence at the start of the recording by highlighting the area to be removed mouse and pressing the delete key. Do this again with the silence at the end of the recording. Save the file to the hard drive in WAV format. Repeat this process for each record to be converted.
4. Insert a blank CD into the computer's CD drive. Open the CD burning software included with the CD Writer drive on the computer and start a new Audio CD project. Add the files created above to the project as separate tracks on the CD. Click the Finalize or Burn button to write the songs onto the CD.
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