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Converting LP to digital. Advice please...

I am looking to archive some vinyl onto a hard drive that I can then transfer to CD. I would like to take it from line level output to a A/D convertor then store it on a computer hard drive. Then have a program that will allow me to take each LP side and dive the songs into individual tracks. Suggestions on a/d conversion and software would be appreicated greatly
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hockeydoodle
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I use a dedicated hard drive/CD recorder, high-end, the Alesis Masterlink. It is a dream. I record album sides (or tapes) from my TT/preamp setup to hard drive at 24bits, normalize, separate tracks, (takes 5 mins or so) and burn to CD. If you do it right, you look at the CD in your PC/Mac with iTunes, and the CDDB database will automatically identify the track names/album, like magic. After that you can use Audacity for click/pop removal or other editing. The Masterlink is pricey but the rest is free. BTW, nobody has talked about normalizing here, but if you don't want to blast your speakers because some recordings are louder than others, it is a mandatory step.
hockeydoodle
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I record at 24 bits with the ML-9600 in case I want to archive (stellar recordings) but make a redbook CD normally which is 16-bits. That is how CDDB can recognize the track titles, etc, since it is in redbook format. 96 or 88.1 sample rate doesn't seem to matter, up to user I think.
Note that in the gap since my last post I discovered ClickRepair software as well which works fantastic, now I burn CD-RW and clean up on the PC, then burn a final CD.
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