Whats the best way to digitise your vinyl?

[miss kosmix]

they make specific needles for recording vinyl to digital, check out ortofon arkiv for example: "reference-quality stylus & cartridge for professional/recording use, ideal for recording vinyl to digital"

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/273587-01.htm

[JamieBall]

Nah, as long as it's freshly boiled it'll be fine. Best thing is to get a BIG pot of boiling water, keep it on the heat and just drop all the vinyl into it.

[the_psychologist]

BTW any old setup will *not* result in quality sound! some soundcards will have a lot of noise, while some will be cleaner. that alone is reason enough to seek better ripping gear. you really want to start with the best recording you can afford, since that may be the one you're stuck with going forward. processing the tunes from a mediocre rig can only do so much for them.

just comparing my integrated soundcard rips to my coaxial-->external card rips tells me all i need to know.

i guess it depends on how much of an audio whore you are...

[davethedrummer]

Nah, as long as it's freshly boiled it'll be fine. Best thing is to get a BIG pot of boiling water, keep it on the heat and just drop all the vinyl into it.

chuck a couple of onions in there and some fresh limes
they'll come out good as new