Is vinyl ripping possible on notebooks running Vista?

[Jolo0924]

Hi. I am researching the internet to find a Laptop with suitable sockets for connecting to an external source so I can rip my large collection of vinyl, but I have only found them with Microphone sockets and no line-in sockets.

I read some disturbing information that Microsoft has instructed the sound card manufactureres to disable this option for copyright purposes in Vista.

1) Now, I know that New desktop PC's running Vista still have a Line-in socket, but will it work?

2) Has anyone here purchased a New laptop in the last 2 months and has successfully recorded through the Mic-in socket

Thanks in advance.

[Alec124c41]

Does anything work in Vista?

Alec, Mac user

[JaS]

Hi,
To be honest, if you don't have a line in socket you would be better off getting an external usb sound card.

Regards,
JaS

[07bloomfieldb]

The sockets are dual roll. If you look closely next to it you see a picture of a mic and some brackets, with an arrow pointing in. They are still rubbish.

A better proposition would be to buy a project phono box II usb. £70
Czech it out - http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=PROJ-PHONOBOX-USB

[Jolo0924]

The sockets are dual roll. If you look closely next to it you see a picture of a mic and some brackets, with an arrow pointing in. They are still rubbish.

A better proposition would be to buy a project phono box II usb. £70
Czech it out - http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=PROJ-PHONOBOX-USB

Thanks, but I have a Technics Amplifier with a very good phono stage, so I will invest in a good quality external USB sound card.

Thanks for all your advice.

[RETRODISKO]

nO DOUBT BUY ANY GOOD usb PORTABLE iNTERFASE, i USE m AUDIO FAST TRACK PRO, WITH PRETTY GOOD REULTS.

ups caps,,

But there are better brands, Presonus have some interesting models, also check Focusrite,

You only need 2 inputs and 2 ouputs to do the job,


I ise a Toshiba laptop

[marcz]

Does anything work in Vista?

Alec, Mac user

I rip to my Macbook via a mixer and an M-Audio Firewire 410. This happens to be the basis of my studio with the bonus that I can get some of my vinyl digitised as well.

[Alec124c41]

I tried ripping to a Macbook Titanium through the Finyl Vinyl USB adapter. The signal path seems not to be well enough shielded, and there was noise...
I run shielded cables to the mike input of one of my Powermacs. I might resussitate an upgraded 8500, which has real RCA inputs, for the purpose.

Cheers,
Alec

[tdat7192]

If you rummage through these posts, many people find usb converters that are satisfying.

On strereophile.com I also read where they tested some pc cards. Some of the cards were somewhat pricey, but Echo seemed to make cards that were more affordable.

This is not an approach I have tried (yet) but looks fairly simple and promising.

[Projector]

I read some disturbing information that Microsoft has instructed the sound card manufactureres to disable this option for copyright purposes in Vista.

1) Now, I know that New desktop PC's running Vista still have a Line-in socket, but will it work?

2) Has anyone here purchased a New laptop in the last 2 months and has successfully recorded through the Mic-in socket.

Sounds like an urban myth.

My brand new Sony Vaio with Mic input works just fine. All you need is
1) a Y-connector cable that you plug into your Tape Output (or Play) to the Mic input of your laptop.
2) software to record it. I just use a free software called Audacity. It even supplies you with a link to download another free program to convert whatever you record into MP3s.
Couldn't be easier.

If you want to go more high-end, invest in the Pro-ject pre-amp with a USB output and maybe an off-the-shelf program for better file processing.

Just so you know, there is no need to buy a USB turntable if you already have a conventional one. My Lenco is about 30 years old.

[freecom2]

It's probably worth looking at a product like the e-mu 0202.

[ebj29]

Little warning here,
Vista defaults the inputs to mono and you need to dig around to get it into stereo.

[BenWaB3]

I have an Acer Aspire 6930 running Vista at 64 bits. It has a stereo 1/8" line-in along w/ the mic-in. I was running DAK & am now running Magix Audio Cleaning Lab 15 with no problems. Actually I've been doing mainly cassettes w/ the laptop & vinyl w/ the desktop but am sure the laptop would do vinyl just as easily. I didn't run into the problem of it defaulting to mono either. It was pretty much just load & run the software, plug in the line-in cord & go.

Ben