Retro Turntable

The problem then becomes converting your existing investment in often-rare vinyl into a quality-sounding digital audio file. One http://www.gracedigitalaudio.com/victoria-classic-records-to-usb-p-6.html solution is to purchase a high-quality micro audio card, recording software, and a phono-to-line preamp that can bridge between the antiquated phono outputs of your existing turntable and the newfangled line inputs of your micro audio card. However, USB-compatible turntables like the Stanton T.90 ($435 list, $399 street) offer a much tidier solution by combining a turntable, computer audio card, phono-to-line preamp, and bundled recording software all in one product.

The T.90 comes bundled with two programs, Audacity and Cakewalk Pyro 5. Audacity is a free, open-source audio recording and editing program available for both Mac and Windows. It has a powerful determined of features but it's not designed for novices. Users looking for the shortest route to recording their vinyl will want to install Cakewalk's Pyro 5 software (Windows only). Pyro is both intuitive and streamlined specifically to users looking to archive LPs, CDs, cassettes, and DVDs.