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Vinyl to CD / MP3 the easy way.
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"Ion has created the worlds first USB turntable allowing you to convert
your old vinyl collection directly to CD or MP3 with the included
recording software - with no special drivers required. The ION USB
turntable includes Audacity software for Mac/PC for recording as well as
a trial of Bias Soundsoap 2 for cleaning and restoring vinyl.
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Does the supplied software comes on vinyl?
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Don't know but Whinging Courier might if it was the right design of
settee.
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This turntable also has line level output for connecting to any home
stereo with CD or auxiliary (AUX) inputs.
Looks like an interesting bit of kit for £119.
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*Very* interesting I'd say.
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But but but Champ and I [1] achieved the same thing this morning by
connecting the "line-out" from his amp into the "line-in" on his PC and
running a bit of software on the PC to record it.
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Swot I fort. It's easy enough to achieve without any special kit
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OK, not quite as neat a solution as the Ion, but as I suspect you would
use this kit once per album to create a CD copy rather continue to play
vinyl through your PC, the straight forward line in and record approach
is a much cheaper way for Champ to re-media his Cameo 12-inchers.
Now if the Ion played both sides like the old Sharp and Sony turntables,
and had a built in CD writer so it was a one-touch operation, that would
be a far better proposition, especially if you had a lot of records.
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It would also be better if it was a half-decent turntable. if you get
the enhanced package it has a 'replacement stylus twin pack'. Hardly
sounds like a 'quality' piece of kit really.
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[1] Champ was in the role of doing, I was in the role of standing and
asking "are you sure?" every few minutes
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What you want is some proper boys toys instead from Ion, like the electronic
pad drum kit I bought. (IED01, ~IRO £230).
Not the best kit to look at in your home, not the best electronic drum kit -
or aimed at any kind of pro level perhaps, and won't last forever.
On the plus side, reasonably quiet (compared to a full drum kit), quite
cheap, and really quite good fun and stress relief !!
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I feel a need for one. It might have to wait a while but it'll happen.
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