Tom, Jack and all retirement hopefuls, I'm a youngster...only 55. An 83 year old ex-photog / audio friend of mine told me recently, "I don't know when I ever found the time to work!" I hope I'm half as involved and on the ball as he is... next week! Lou Lou Houck Rollin' Recording 208 River Ranch Rd. Boerne, TX 78006 (830) 537-5494 (830) 537-5495 [ fax ] [log in to unmask] www.rollinrecording.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Palmer" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 12:19 AM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Anyone familiar with "Spin It Again" Software to convert Lps a... > 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ************************************** See what's free at >>> http://www.aol.com. >>> >> >> >