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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: brianb22 on October 29, 2013, 09:01:01 PM
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I have a nexus 7 2nd Gen and am wanting to convert some vinyl to mp3. The turntable I bought came with audacity software and I was going to use that with my laptop until it broke. Wanted to see if anyone out there has found a way to use USB connection from turntable to tablet and a different program that can do this or is it going to require a standard PC OS?
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Your probably going to need a regular PC. You can probably pick up a good working used computer for under $100 that can achieve this purpose. If you find a used computer for sale and are not sure if its a good buy or not, link its specs here and we can tell you if its a good deal or not for the price being offered. The turntable likely had drivers that allow it to function that are specific to running on a PC, and this is going to be a problem with that tablet. *Also if the turn table is powered off of USB 5 volt power source to spin the record etc you will run into an issue where you dont have the amperage to drive the motor that spins the record.
The closest thing you might find for the tablet is a format converter such as Wave to MP3 etc, but not a turn table connection to the tablet and have it work.
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Amazon and others have things to expand the MIC input of iPhone and android devices. They are mono.
Do your need stereo?
You can get a stereo to USB device also.
Never used one.
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Hi
To use the usb turntable if it is powered from the usb port you would need a powered usb hub.
And a OTG Cable like this one.
http://www.amazon.com/SainSmart-Samsung-Galaxy-Toshiba-Archos/dp/B005OOJPKS
For software try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.extreamsd.usbaudiorecorderpro
Thank you
Lisamaree
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The OP mentioned Audacity, a general purpose stereo editor.
Audacity can be safely downloaded from Source Forge.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Note this is the windows version.
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Hi
To use the usb turntable if it is powered from the usb port you would need a powered usb hub.
And a OTG Cable like this one.
http://www.amazon.com/SainSmart-Samsung-Galaxy-Toshiba-Archos/dp/B005OOJPKS
For software try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.extreamsd.usbaudiorecorderpro
Thank you
Lisamaree
I already have one of the micro to USB cables. I haven't downloaded the app yet but am going to now. Have you used it much? If so any tips on how to proceed
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Lisa maree your idea worked great. It creates an wav file so now I need to transfer that to a thumb drive and convert it to an mp3 file. I have roxio I think and Nero. I'm pretty sure one or both of those will do the job
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Glad it helped
Perhaps try this on the tablet https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MediaConverter&hl=en
I tried on my Nexus with this program and it works a treat
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I'll give it a try. Thanks again
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I have converted many vinyl albums to mp3. I prefer Wavosaur. It captures the audio as a WAV & does the conversion to mp3. I capture one side of the album as one wav-file, then split into songs, then the conversion to mp3.
http://www.wavosaur.com/
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So there is settings on there to break the songs up? I was thinking I would have to keep recording and stopping after each song. Does it have a setting that automatically converts to mp3 as its recording? Do you do this with a tablet or laptop?
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So since it's windows based I'll have to transfer them from my tablet like before then use that software to divide the songs and convert to mp3
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1. So there is settings on there to break the songs up?
2. I was thinking I would have to keep recording and stopping after each song.
3. Does it have a setting that automatically converts to mp3 as its recording?
4. Do you do this with a tablet or laptop?
1. Autodetect may or may not work depending on how silent between tracks; most albums are not silent. You can see & listen to the breaks. You cut out the tracks using mouse. Also can see any pops & can be cut out, too. Some software will only break out the tracks if already converted to mp3 format (Nero).
2. No.
3. Export each song (track) to mp3
4. Laptop. 14 year old laptop with Win2k works fine. I have vintage stereo & have no need for USB turntable. Connect stereo line in cable from receiver line out to computer line in. 2-RCA plugs on receiver end & 1/8" mini plug on computer end. Listen to record through stereo and/or laptop. If your tablet is Windows & not Android, it should work, Wavosaur has very modest hardware requirements.
http://www.wavosaur.com/features.php
How is any of this going to work on a Nexus 7? Tablets are for consuming content, not creating content.
So since it's windows based I'll have to transfer them from my tablet like before then use that software to divide the songs and convert to mp3
Unless there is an Android app to do it.
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It works on nexus 7 via micro usb to USB adapter. The program Lisa maree listed above worked great. I recorded the wav tracks to tablet, transferred those to my thumb drive, transferred again to my PC and used Nero to convert to mp3. I only did two tracks and stopped in between each one. Didn't think I could do the whole side and go back and separate after. My PC has Windows 7 so not sure wavosaur will work since it doesn't run on 7 according to the site. My other issue I was trying to find info on was converting the wav files to Windows lossless since I use a zune. Found a few things but ran out of time so didn't get very far
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I used to use Nero but their mp3 add-in costs extra. With an album I did a long time ago, Nero split the tracks automatically. When I upgraded Nero, it wouldn't work anymore or was limited in file size, don't remember. Wavosaur is better, wav is lossless, mp3 is compressed (lossy). You can split the wav, but not the mp3, so cutout the songs from the big wav file & then convert wav's to mp3. I "cold store" the wave files from each album side.
If you install MP3Tag, it will tag all the songs for you automatically. It links to internet databases. You can name the files A1, A2, A3...B1, B2, B3... If they are in order the tags won't be mixed up.
Wavosaur works on my Win7-64 laptop. Read the online tutorials, FAQ's, etc.
There is no installer & no registry keys written.
http://www.wavosaur.com/faq.php
http://www.wavosaur.com/forum/ripping-vinyl-a-mini-tutorial-t317.html
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Sounds like some good ideas. Being the first time doing this in sure it's going to be some trial and error for awhile. Glad to see wavosaur works on 7. I'll definitely try it out
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There is no installer, just the exe file. Audio capture requires less cpu power than almost anything else, editing a little bit more. Note, the developers are doing this themselves on their own time, so don't expect support. They may not answer on the forum for months at a time.
I captured the audio on my old laptop, transferred to a flash drive & did the editing on my desktop.