[ChrisMcQueen007]

Sweet, you got one with the OBI!! Looks rad

Yeah, bought it 2 years ago from a Japanese seller. Sleeve is a little worn, though (I hardly have this with LPs from Japan as those people seem to take extremely good care of their records). He graded it VG which is an honest grading, so all good.

[Bezulsqy]

Nice spins Chris! Love that Tentacoli!

[ChrisMcQueen007]

Thanks, Bez! It is a favourite of mine.

[static14]

Finally picked this up.

[ScoJo]

...funny how secrets travel....

[static14]

@scojo next Friday The Man Who Fell To Earth! :) i'll be able to retire your home made.

[static14]

[bpwlogan]

@ChrisMcQueen007-Troll 2 is well worth picking up. The record sounds great, and the overall design of the jacket and insert is really cool. A great release to start off the new year:) Enjoy!

[static14]

[static14]

Still maybe my favorite movie and score of the past 20 years or so.

[Hatter313]

Can't post a pic right now but carpenter brut has landed!

To those who got the red in white haze, BEWARE it is one of the grittiest haze jobs I've ever seen, like sandpaper at first, seriously. I'm going to get new inner sleeves for them but I had to clean each disc for about 6 minutes each (hand brush, need to invest in a cleaner) before I was ok enough with it to put it on the table. That being said, the sound on these is fantastic for such a color treatment and I'm just more thrilled than anything else to finally have this on wax.

[tonyandrewgiles]

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This is a lovely afternoon listen, some really great swing/big band tracks.

[Bezulsqy]

Yesterday I tried to record some records on my laptop. And I was successful :-)
The B side of this 7" wasn't available on Youtube. Only the A side. But this side is much better!
Francesco De Masi - Qui Squadra Mobili


If someone wants the mp3, please let me know.

[Mateo Sanboval]

This is really cool, Bez. What software/setup do you use for ripping wax?

[ScoJo]

Thank you Bezza! Very nice and very smooth....reminds me a lot of Travajoli.

Speaking of which (and since we're sharing...) get your ass round THIS monster!

[ScoJo]

@scojo next Friday The Man Who Fell To Earth! :) i'll be able to retire your home made.

Don't do it sir! My handmade is 'complete', many and much Magic Musics missing from the Universal release :D

[static14]

@scojo thanks for the heads up. It'll keep its spot on the shelf then!

[Bezulsqy]

This is really cool, Bez. What software/setup do you use for ripping wax?

It was actually easier as I expected. I connected my phono pre-amp with an RCA to jack cable to my macbook. Using Garageband to record the music. On youtube I saw people use Audacity as well.
The sound quality could be better if I had a decent record cleaning apparatus and a better stylus on this record player. But for me the quality is decent enough.
I have no idea how to use my better B&O system as a source because I do not know how to connect my receiver to my laptop.
But if your record player has a built in amp or you use a pre-amp it is very easy to connect that with an RCA to jack cable.
To create the youtube clip I had to combine an image with the audio in iMovie to create a movie file. Youtube doesn't let you upload audio files...
I might upload some more unavailable stuff at a later time.

[Bezulsqy]

@ Scojo: that's one excellent monster!

[Mateo Sanboval]

This is really cool, Bez. What software/setup do you use for ripping wax?

It was actually easier as I expected. I connected my phono pre-amp with an RCA to jack cable to my macbook. Using Garageband to record the music. On youtube I saw people use Audacity as well.
The sound quality could be better if I had a decent record cleaning apparatus and a better stylus on this record player. But for me the quality is decent enough.
I have no idea how to use my better B&O system as a source because I do not know how to connect my receiver to my laptop.
But if your record player has a built in amp or you use a pre-amp it is very easy to connect that with an RCA to jack cable.
To create the youtube clip I had to combine an image with the audio in iMovie to create a movie file. Youtube doesn't let you upload audio files...
I might upload some more unavailable stuff at a later time.

Thanks for the info, Bez. I find the whole thing quite intimidating.

[Bezulsqy]

@mateo
When I condense the above chunk of text to:

Record player - pre amp - rca to jack cable - laptop/pc - GarageBand

Those this make it less intimidating?

[Mateo Sanboval]

Hahahaha. Your description was teriffic and appreciated. It's not so much the process as the execution that I find daunting. But as we used to say back on the Orchard before the Sun came up with a long day in front of us, nothing to it but to do it.

[texasvinyl]

Mateo I have a little box called an "audio interface" that acts as a bridge between my computer and my mixer. It's an old m-audio FireWire interface, I'm sure there are newer USB units these days and maybe newer computers with RCA inputs wouldn't even need one. I can also use it to connect midi devices like keyboard to the computer.

So basically I have a normal red/white plugs RCA that goes from the mixer output into the interface input. And the interface is connected to the computer with a FireWire cable.

I turn on the interface, set my mixer EQ to desired levels, and then open up a free program called Audacity. I hit "record" and drop the needle. Then when done export the rip to a .FLAC or .Mp3 file.

I don't screw with track separations but I think that's fairly easy to do if you want.

All in all it was a breeze to setup, and once it's all plugged in it really is as easy as clicking 'record' and dropping the needle. I don't ever post them though only swap rips privately with a few collector friends...

[Mateo Sanboval]

Thanks, Tex. I may check that out as well. There seem to be quite a few ways to skin this cat.

[chiefbrody]

Mateo, I have no idea what Bez is on about, so that's my level of audio mastery. I own one of these, which might be like what Tex is describing?

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/art-usb- ... 250466-01/

Easy to connect up - red/white from turntable, USB to laptop. It came with software that's no longer supported, but I think it now comes with Audacity. One only used it a few times, but it's user-friendly and I was happy with the results. I'm a bit like Tex, I've not went out of my way to get perfect 'rips', I'm just happy enough to get to listen on the go.