Good luck Tom,
    I've been retired 20 years and haven't touched my slides yet.  Not 
enough time.   Jack

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 6:40 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Anyone familiar with "Spin It Again" Software to 
convert Lps a...


> Hi Steve:
>
> Most if not all standalone recorders let you set a "make-a-new-track here" 
> threshold. It's not perfect but it's another solution. In Soundforge, all 
> you do is put mark (the M key) between tracks then "convert marker to 
> regions" and "save each region as a separate file". Only takes as long as 
> to scroll thru the waveform and make the marks and then how long the 
> computer grinds.
>
> As for slides, you are very right that there is expensive outsourcing or 
> time-consuming DIY but nothing in between. My parents took thousands of 
> Kodachrome slides and they all are still vivid color but I have not had 
> the time to tackle that job yet. That will be one of MY retirement 
> projects.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Ramm" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 10:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Anyone familiar with "Spin It Again" Software to 
> convert Lps a...
>
>
>> Thanks guys! Somehow I thought I;d get answers like that knowing this a
>> highly "technical" group. I know I didn't want to transfer my Lps using 
>> one of
>> those cheap combo jobs.
>>
>> Actually at this point in my life - 62 - I'm spending so much time 
>> listening
>> to new releases of old material (for my monthly column in In The  Groove)
>> that I'm not about to build up a big library. Basically I want music on 
>> the go.
>> And, I don't want to be a "sound archive" as my materials isn't THAT 
>> rare!
>> Look, doesn't everyone have hours of old radio comedy shows? And after 
>> those of
>> us over 50 (60?) go no one will want them anyway.
>>
>> My problem with cassettes and reels is that I don't have time to figure 
>> out
>> where in the tape there is a song I want to hear. Looking at the demo on 
>> Spin
>> It  Again, I fugured I could set up a portable tape player next to my PC, 
>> run
>> the  tape through the software to the PC and it would pretty much 
>> separate the
>> tracks  between silence. Then I could index it and burn to CDs if I want. 
>> My
>> PC probably  has a decent sound card. Heck, I'm happy with the radio 
>> shows I
>> record with  Total Recorder - which at less than $20.00 is something I 
>> love and
>> it's easy for  a dummy like me to use.
>>
>> Tom, you pointed out value of time. I agree and that's why I wanted
>> something that would work quickly and easily and I'm not planning on 
>> doing it  for
>> anyone's ears but mine. I have mid range speakers on my stereo and my MP3
>> player. I'm into the content not whether the frequency is high or low. 
>> Spin it
>> again offers declickers in the software. It's low end I realize.
>>
>> I tried to use Audacity to cut up a long program once and got, not only
>> stumped, but it took time. It's way too technical for me. And my Dell PC 
>> cost
>> less than $500. without a monitor so I'm not looking to even put $75.00 
>> more
>> into a sound card. I just thought this might serve my purpose.
>>
>> If you guys want, maybe someone can go to their site and look at demo and
>> give me thoughts on the downside of using it ASSUMING you want dubbing 
>> for
>> dummies of mostly speech, voices and some live concert recordings - that 
>> will
>> eventually be discarded.. and not spend over $50.
>>
>> Though it's somewhat different, I've been reading a lot of articles 
>> lately
>> to transfer slides (Photo slides) to digital. I was one of those who only 
>> took
>> slides cause they were cheaper than prints. I have thousands. Well, the
>> consensus of all is that there is NO INEXPENSIVE way to do it. If you 
>> have done
>> by services it comes to about 50 cents per slide scanned. If you do it 
>> yourself
>> it will take at least 3 minutes per slide to scan and save PLUS the cost 
>> of
>> a  $100. scanner. Multiply this by time value and a few thousand slides 
>> and
>> you can  see it won't work. I have no heirs who will care anyway. But 
>> these
>> technological  changes have really moved fast in our lifetime.
>>
>> So thanks for the replies. I won't do anything right away but I might use
>> their free trial (which lets you record indefinitely but only burn three 
>> CDs or
>> or save 3 digital files.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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