.
I've searched the 'net and read many articles on this subject,
but I'm still not clear on what might be the *best* way to do this.
Some have said that one can plug a turntable or cassette player
directly into a mini "line-in" jack on a laptop computer and use
'audacity' to record, clean-up noise, edit tracks, and burn CDs.
Others have said that one must use (but be careful using) amplified
output from a stereo amplifier or headphones output or through a
mixer to a "line-in" jack on any computer sound card to do this.
Also, saw link:
http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Rip/rip-analog.html
Today, my son pointed me to a nifty turntable that plugs directly into
a computer usb port to do this. Investigating further, I found a small
box called "ADS Instant Music RDX-150" for $39.95 that claims to allow
plugging in a turntable, a cassette player, and other devices and
then plugging that item into a USB port to convert analog music
to digital MP3, WAV, WMA, and/or AAC files.
It's available from here:
http://www.meritline.com/ads-instant-music.html
There seem to be several different brands and models of this item
(i.e. from Tiger Direct and others) that do essentially the same thing,
but I can't tell if there might be an important difference in the
quality or capability of some of these items.
So, before I order one of these, I thought I should ask my trusty
PLUG friends for advice and wise counsel.
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