In Ian Molton writes:

Paddy wrote:
(totojepast) wrote in message . com...

please could you recommend me a software which is able to capture a
music from an LP being played on a gramophone and convert it into
MP3's?


Theoretically at least, you should be able to scan the grooves with a
laser micrometer arrangement and make a computer model of your LP.

Thats been done, although I dont recall the product ever reaching the
marketplace...

Are you refering to the Finial Technology laser turntable?
Here it is:

http://www.elpj.com/

HTH

~~~~R.T.S.
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:55:20 +0000, Rogue Terrorist State wrote:

In (Paddy) writes:

(totojepast) wrote in message . com...
please could you recommend me a software which is able to capture a
music from an LP being played on a gramophone and convert it into
MP3's?

Theoretically at least, you should be able to scan the grooves with a
laser micrometer arrangement and make a computer model of your LP.
You could then process that map to extract the wav content of the
sound.

Your biggest problem might be in choosing an encoder to convert the
wav to mp3.

Interesting idea...has anyone actually accomplished this?

Yes...

http://www.elpj.com/
The ELP Laser Turntable (laser gramophone ;-) ).

--
Michael Turner
Email (ROT13)

Rogue Terrorist State wrote:

Thats been done, although I dont recall the product ever reaching the
marketplace...

Are you refering to the Finial Technology laser turntable?
Here it is:

http://www.elpj.com/

Oh that is so cool. Thats the one - I saw t on tomorrows world years
ago. Nice to see it come to market.

I wonder how it measures...

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 02:56:12 +0000, Ian Molton wrote:

Rogue Terrorist State wrote:

Thats been done, although I dont recall the product ever reaching the
marketplace...

Are you refering to the Finial Technology laser turntable?
Here it is:

http://www.elpj.com/

Oh that is so cool. Thats the one - I saw t on tomorrows world years
ago. Nice to see it come to market.

I wonder how it measures...

Very badly, because it tracks specks of dust impeccably, leaving your
speaker cones in a neat pile on the carpet.................
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

In Stewart Pinkerton writes:

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 02:56:12 +0000, Ian Molton wrote:

Rogue Terrorist State wrote:

Are you refering to the Finial Technology laser turntable?
Here it is:

http://www.elpj.com/

Oh that is so cool. Thats the one - I saw t on tomorrows world years
ago. Nice to see it come to market.
I wonder how it measures...

Very badly, because it tracks specks of dust impeccably, leaving your
speaker cones in a neat pile on the carpet.................

Cite please? Methinks you're exagerating a bit.
Yes, Finial used to (still does?) include a packburn noise-suppression unit
as part of the package.

And the machine does have a reputation for being finicky when it comes
to any dust/foreign matter in the grooves.

But can you cite some evidence that it's a "speaker-destroyer"?

~~~~R.T.S.
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On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:32:21 +0000 (UTC),
lid (Rogue Terrorist State) wrote:

In Stewart Pinkerton writes:

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 02:56:12 +0000, Ian Molton wrote:

Rogue Terrorist State wrote:

Are you refering to the Finial Technology laser turntable?
Here it is:

http://www.elpj.com/

Oh that is so cool. Thats the one - I saw t on tomorrows world years
ago. Nice to see it come to market.
I wonder how it measures...

Very badly, because it tracks specks of dust impeccably, leaving your
speaker cones in a neat pile on the carpet.................

Cite please? Methinks you're exagerating a bit.
Yes, Finial used to (still does?) include a packburn noise-suppression unit
as part of the package.

And the machine does have a reputation for being finicky when it comes
to any dust/foreign matter in the grooves.

But can you cite some evidence that it's a "speaker-destroyer"?

Poetic licence, hyperbole for effect. Stone-draggers don't *need* a
music-suppression unit. :-)
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

michael turner wrote in message ...
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:55:20 +0000, Rogue Terrorist State wrote:

In (Paddy) writes:

(totojepast) wrote in message . com...
please could you recommend me a software which is able to capture a
music from an LP being played on a gramophone and convert it into
MP3's?

Theoretically at least, you should be able to scan the grooves with a
laser micrometer arrangement and make a computer model of your LP.
You could then process that map to extract the wav content of the
sound.

Your biggest problem might be in choosing an encoder to convert the
wav to mp3.

Interesting idea...has anyone actually accomplished this?

Yes...

http://www.elpj.com/
The ELP Laser Turntable (laser gramophone ;-) ).

That's the one. But the technology can't cope well with the usual
vinyl imperfections.
What I would like to do is scan the groove to a CAD image. Correct
that image manually, and then convert the image to wav. Naturally,
when I say manually, I mean with a good suite of editing tools.

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:32:21 +0000 (UTC),
lid (Rogue Terrorist State) wrote:

In Stewart Pinkerton writes:

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 02:56:12 +0000, Ian Molton wrote:

Rogue Terrorist State wrote:

Are you refering to the Finial Technology laser turntable?
Here it is:

http://www.elpj.com/

Oh that is so cool. Thats the one - I saw t on tomorrows world years
ago. Nice to see it come to market.
I wonder how it measures...

Very badly, because it tracks specks of dust impeccably, leaving your
speaker cones in a neat pile on the carpet.................

Cite please? Methinks you're exagerating a bit.
Yes, Finial used to (still does?) include a packburn noise-suppression unit
as part of the package.

And the machine does have a reputation for being finicky when it comes
to any dust/foreign matter in the grooves.

But can you cite some evidence that it's a "speaker-destroyer"?


Because I said so and I can afford to pay other people to say so too?

"Paddy" wrote in message
om...

That's the one. But the technology can't cope well with the usual
vinyl imperfections.
What I would like to do is scan the groove to a CAD image. Correct
that image manually, and then convert the image to wav. Naturally,
when I say manually, I mean with a good suite of editing tools.

I recommend using an ordinary turntable with a stylus. Use Waverepair
to make a wav file, and to fix the defects.

Norm Strong

In message m7Knd.643951$8_6.322225@attbi_s04, normanstrong
writes

"Paddy" wrote in message
. com...

That's the one. But the technology can't cope well with the usual
vinyl imperfections.
What I would like to do is scan the groove to a CAD image. Correct
that image manually, and then convert the image to wav. Naturally,
when I say manually, I mean with a good suite of editing tools.

I recommend using an ordinary turntable with a stylus. Use Waverepair
to make a wav file, and to fix the defects.


If you have an old turntable I would recommend getting a new stylus for
it, pref an elliptical

--
leo