Hi All,  All the talk about CDs got me thinking about one of my
projects for this year: recording LPs and 78s to CD for preservation,
sharing and enjoyment.  I've moved all my LPs from my parent's house,
sorted through them and all the 78s I've accumulated over the years
and now I'm ready to record them.  I found a great Dual 1229 3-speed
turntable, the one I wanted in college but couldn't afford back then.
I have both a vintage Sony amp/receiver and a new Bose home audio
system.

Any suggestions from anyone about the best way to digitize them?
Is there a good software program for accomplishing this?  Is there
additional hardware of value to consider?  I'll certainly also look
into a Philips CD recorder and the "MAM-A CDR Digital Audio" disks.
I'd appreciate any thoughts from our collective brain trust.

Happy New Year from sunny So Calif.

Marc J. Sachnoff
Los Angeles, California

 [ One critical component (besides the turntable, pickup and preamp)
 [ is the analog-to-digital (A-D) converter (digital audio converter),
 [ which must be shielded from noise that induces phase distortion
 [ into the sampling clock signal.  "Sound Blaster" products, for
 [ example, place the oscillator and A-D components inside a can or
 [ similar metal enclosure for electric field isolation, but magnetic
 [ fields generated by nearby circuits are still bothersome.
 [
 [ Modern recording studios generally have a dedicated A-D box in
 [ the studio by the microphones and well away from the electric and
 [ magnetic radio frequency noise generated by computers.  Consumer
 [ units are available now that send the digitized signals via USB
 [ or FireWire cable to the computer.  Some representative makers are
 [ Creative Labs, Edirol, E-MU, Lexicon, M-Audio, MOTU, RME.
 [ -- Robbie