Teac Machine

teac machine
Taking music off vinyl onto CD is it best via laptop or ‘shopbought’ kit?

For Computer/Music Buffs. I have a Samsung x20 laptop.
I also have about 200 Vinyl Lps, many of which I would like to transfer onto CDs.

I could buy that machine by TEAC which plays LP’s and CD’s and lets you record Vinyl onto CD format.

Or I could do it through my laptop.

2 Questions,
(1) would I get better results through the laptop and if so what extra kit must I buy. ( I have no turntable. . amps . . ZILCH

(2)If I get the TEAC machine will all the scratches still be there. I believe that through the laptap I can use progs to reduce if not eliminate them.

Please help – my Leon Russell LP’s haven’t been played for years!!!!

USE YOUR LAPTOP. There are a lot of software options (some free others not) that let you not only rip the track but also clean it so that there are no more crackles, pops, hisses and other breakfast cereal sounds on your music. The best thing is that you could get it all for free. I recommend using Audacity. It’s a free (and open source) audio editor with all you need built in. It’s really easy to use and did I mention FREE?
Just one thing. If you remove the noise you remove some of the music so be carefull and keep a backup of the originals.

PS: here’s the link to audacity if you want to check it out.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

PPS: if you want to export to mp3 you’ll need to install an encoder like lame