URLⁱ links from Larry Taylor / Mark Stevenson presentation

Meeting Date: Thursday, June 22nd 2006
Location: CompUSA at Park Meadows
Guest Presenter/Live Demo: Larry Taylor(with additional insight by Mark Stevenson)
Topic:Converting Analog Audio (Your Old Tapes & Vinyl LPs)To Digital Files, to CDs and into iTunes

Agenda

• What equipment is needed to connect a tape player or record player to your computer
• Making digital music files from analog tapes or records
• Burning music files to CD or moving them to iTunes
• Cleaning up noise, crackles, pops and other imperfections

Live demos of the following software:

• Audio Editing: CD Spin Doctor, Audacity, SoundStudio
• Noise claen-up: SoundSoap, Soundtrack

Links to all products demoed and discussed tonight:
(prices are MSRP, and do not reflect possible discounting):

Roxio CD Spin Doctor 3.0.2 ($40 by itself, or can be purchased as a part of Roxio Toast 7, $80) http://www.roxio.com/en/products/cdsd/features.jhtml

Roxio Toast 7 is a bundle of applications containing:

• Roxio Toast 7 http://www.roxio.com/en/products/toast/index.jhtml
• CD Spin Doctor 3.0.2 (developed by Deep Blue Sea software)
• Magic Mouse Discus (a basic version of a CD label program, which can be optionally upgraded – for $20 – to a full version containing a greater selection of stock art [disk backgrounds])
• LQ Graphics Motion Pictures HD 2.1.1 (a program for making movies from still images, similar to what can be done with iMovie) http://www.roxio.com/en/products/mp/index.jhtml

Roxio Tutorials: http://www.roxio.com/en/support/toast/articles_cdspindr.jhtml
CD Spin Doctor Tips’n’Tricks: http://www.deepseasoftware.com/tipsntrix/

Magic Mouse Discus 3.10: ($39 or a basic version comes as a part of Roxio Toast, see above) - http://www.magicmouse.com/h_discus_detail.html

Ambrosia Software’s Wiretap 1.2: ($19) - http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/wiretap/
Griffin Technology iMic: ($40) - http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imic (comes with free access to Griffin’s Final Vinyl)
Griffin Technology Powerwave 1050 PWV: (no longer in production but available on eBay and such, for about $90) – example: http://www.shentech.com/powerwave.html

Ion iTTUSB - USB Turntable: ($140, note free shipping available from Amazon) http://ion-audio.com/products/turntables/iTTUSB.html (comes with Audacity 1.2.4b, a freeware sound editor - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - and a trial version of Bias SoundSoap 2)

Freeverse SoundStudio3: ($80) - http://www.freeverse.com/soundstudio/

Bias SoundSoap 2: ($99) cleans up noisy files - http://www.bias-inc.com/products/soundsoap/
Bias SoundSoap 2 Pro: ($599) - http://www.bias-inc.com/products/soundsoappro/order.php

Apple Soundtrack Pro: (a part of Final Cut Studio 5.1, which is $1,300) - http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/soundtrackpro/