11/06/2011

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1a.

Re: vinyl/CDs to iPod touch?

Posted by: "Rex Neff" rn@essex1.com   ian000

Sat Nov 5, 2011 4:47 am (PDT)



Once they are on your Mac import them into iTunes.
Then synch your iTouch (with iTunes).

rn

On Nov 5, 2011, at 12:40 AM, Bill Brown wrote:

I've got some older CDs as well as some old vinyl records I'd like to put on my
iTouch. I've got a turntable and software to get the records into digital form
on my Mac.

What do I have to do to transmorgify the resulting files into something the
iTouch can play, and how do I download them to the iTouch?

TIA!
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1b.

Re: vinyl/CDs to iPod touch?

Posted by: "Denver Dan" denver.dan@verizon.net   denverdan22180

Sat Nov 5, 2011 10:44 am (PDT)



Howdy.

From a 33 1/3 record to digital is not terribly complex but it is very
time intensive.

1. Hardware.
You need a device/gadget to connect to the L-R output from turntable to
a USB port on the Macintosh. The Griffin iMic is one such device that
I've used. Not very expensive. There are many other devices like this
and some are better quality. The Griffin iMic comes with software also
for about $35.00 USD.

<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812778002&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-NA-_-NA>

2. Software.
The iMic comes with software. Roxio's Toast Titanium also comes with
recording software called SpinDoctor.

The software is used to do basic audio editing for the tracks that are
digitized from the LP to hard drive. It may also have the ability to
reduce scratch, hum, rumble, and hiss and to name the tracks and to
adjust time between tracks.

3. RIAA curve. RIAA Equalization.
You may want to learn a bit about this topic.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization>

A power amp has this feature built in. Some of the digitizing software
has the RIAA Curve and some does not. If the software DOES NOT have
this feature then you have to connect an amp between your turntable and
the Macintosh. If your software HAS the RIAA curve in the program then
you do not need an amp between turntable an Macintosh.

Note that the Toast Titanium CD/DVD/BD burning program comes with:
-Disc Cover (for printing labels on to CDs/DVDs or on paper/sticky
labels, jewel boxes, etc.
-DiscCatalogMaker (to index the CD/DVDs you burn or have).
-Get Backcup (a backup program).
-Mac2Tivo (self explanatory).
-Spin Doctor.
-TiVo Transfer
-Toast Titanium

I've converted about 40 vinyl LPs to digital and then made audio CDs.
Did my two record HS band record and made some nice audio CD copies
with jewel boxes and all for a class reunion and gave them away to
all. They went like hot cakes. I was surprised.

But the problem everyone faces is realizing that I could spent 8 hours
a day for the next 10 years trying to convert all of my old vinyl to
digital and never see the end of it. Not worth it for a lot of stuff
but is certainly can be for special records!!

Good luck.

Denver Dan

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:40:51 -0700, Bill Brown wrote:
> I've got some older CDs as well as some old vinyl records I'd like to
> put on my
> iTouch. I've got a turntable and software to get the records into
> digital form
> on my Mac.
>
> What do I have to do to transmorgify the resulting files into something the
> iTouch can play, and how do I download them to the iTouch?
>
> TIA!
> --
>
>
> --+---+ \/ -bill

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Re: vinyl/CDs to iPod Touch

Posted by: "John Ferman" johnferman@iphouse.com   ferma001

Sat Nov 5, 2011 9:53 am (PDT)



I have been doing this for years now. My audio digitizing software converts the audio-in feed into an AIFF file that is saved to a HD location. Then, in iTunes I do add to library and manuever to the AIFF. iTunes yanks it in to the library and you can later change it to AAC format. Then you can add it to the Touch in the usual way.

Sent from my iPad
John Ferman
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On Nov 5, 2011, at 6:15 AM, macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> 7. vinyl/CDs to iPod touch?
> Posted by: "Bill Brown" gearedloco2001@yahoo.com gearedloco2001
> Date: Fri Nov 4, 2011 10:40 pm ((PDT))
>
> I've got some older CDs as well as some old vinyl records I'd like to put on my
> iTouch. I've got a turntable and software to get the records into digital form
> on my Mac.
>
> What do I have to do to transmorgify the resulting files into something the
> iTouch can play, and how do I download them to the iTouch?
>
> TIA!

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3a.

Re: Wire Tap Studio

Posted by: "Andrew Buc" andrewbuc@staxman.net   andrewbuc

Sat Nov 5, 2011 12:12 pm (PDT)



On Nov 3, 2011, at 1:06 PM, GayleB wrote:

> Is anyone running Wire Tap Studio with Lion? If so can you record
> music from the internet?

No personal experience with your exact situation, but I did use
Wiretap Pro, the predecessor to Wiretap Studio, with Tiger. If your
question is whether it's basically the right kind of app to record
music from the Internet, the answer is yes. If you haven't chosen an
app yet, I'd urge you to take a look at Audio Hijack Pro also. I used
Wiretap Pro for a while, wasn't entirely happy with it, and switched
to Audio Hijack Pro.

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4a.

New Macs with Snow Leopard--how much longer?

Posted by: "Andrew Buc" andrewbuc@staxman.net   andrewbuc

Sat Nov 5, 2011 12:15 pm (PDT)



Or has the ship already sailed? I ask because I thought I was going
to get a new Mac around the end of 2011, and now the timetable has
been pushed back. As it happens, my copies of Word and Excel are PPC-
only, and I'd have to spend some real money (on top of the cost of
the new Mac) to upgrade to Intel-compatible versions. At least I'm
not a Eudora user!

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4b.

Re: New Macs with Snow Leopard--how much longer?

Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com   todhop

Sat Nov 5, 2011 12:37 pm (PDT)



I don't know about ordering a new Mac with SL, but you can still buy the SL "upgrade." If you own a copy of Leopard on disc, you can use that upgrade wherever you need it. I leave it up to you to worry about the licensing particulars.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA

As to when SL will be EOL'd, who knows. Right now to upgrade to Lion requires SL. All existing Leopard users will be cut off from Lion upgrades if SL is pulled, so Apple is likely in no hurry.

cheers,
tod

On Nov 5, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Andrew Buc wrote:

> Or has the ship already sailed? I ask because I thought I was going
> to get a new Mac around the end of 2011, and now the timetable has
> been pushed back. As it happens, my copies of Word and Excel are PPC-
> only, and I'd have to spend some real money (on top of the cost of
> the new Mac) to upgrade to Intel-compatible versions. At least I'm
> not a Eudora user!
>

Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com

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4c.

Re: New Macs with Snow Leopard--how much longer?

Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com   jimdoc01

Sat Nov 5, 2011 2:19 pm (PDT)



>> Or has the ship already sailed? I ask because I thought I was going to get a new Mac around the end of 2011, and now the timetable has been pushed back. As it happens, my copies of Word and Excel are PPC-only, and I'd have to spend some real money (on top of the cost of the new Mac) to upgrade to Intel-compatible versions.
>
> I don't know about ordering a new Mac with SL, but you can still buy the SL "upgrade." If you own a copy of Leopard on disc, you can use that upgrade wherever you need it. I leave it up to you to worry about the licensing particulars.

Another, cost-added, option is getting Snow Leopard Server, and running that on a Lion machine under virtualization.

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5a.

XTools download?

Posted by: "DaveC" davec2468@yahoo.com   davec2468

Sat Nov 5, 2011 2:31 pm (PDT)



I went to the XTools page in the App Store and clicked the "Free"
button which turned into an "Install App" button. I clicked that and
2 seconds later it turns back into the "Free" button, and ... nothing.

I always monitor my bandwidth activity, and there is no activity
associated with the XCode download.

I rebooted, but nothing's different.

I'm told that one indication of XTools installation is a large
"Developer" folder at the root level of my boot drive. No such item
there.

Am I doing something wrong?

Is there a direct download installer for XTools?

Thanks,
Dave
--
2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 / 4 GB / 750 GB
OS X 10.7.2

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5b.

Re: XTools download?

Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com   jimdoc01

Sat Nov 5, 2011 3:03 pm (PDT)



> I went to the XTools page in the App Store and clicked the "Free" button which turned into an "Install App" button. I clicked that and 2 seconds later it turns back into the "Free" button, and ... nothing.

If I search in the Mac App Store for XTools, I find nothing.

Do you mean "XCode"?

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5c.

XCode (was: XTools download?)

Posted by: "DaveC" davec2468@yahoo.com   davec2468

Sat Nov 5, 2011 3:07 pm (PDT)



> > I went to the XTools page in the App Store and clicked the "Free"
>button which turned into an "Install App" button. I clicked that and
>2 seconds later it turns back into the "Free" button, and ...
>nothing.
>
>If I search in the Mac App Store for XTools, I find nothing.
>
>Do you mean "XCode"?
>Jim Saklad

Doh!

Of course I did. XCode.

Dave

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6a.

Re: New (refurb) early 2011 MacBook Pro 2.0 Quad Core: 1 surprise, 1

Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net

Sat Nov 5, 2011 9:20 pm (PDT)



I have an early 2008 MBP, so I can't try out what I am saying.

Bill,

Like I said before, you can not install an OS earlier that the original for the particular Mac. After looking at MacTracker, the earliest OS shipped with the early 2001 MBP is 10.6.6. That is why you were not able to boot from your 10.6.3 disc, but Jim was able to boot from his 10.6.8 drive

Jim,

Try using SuperDuper to clone your 10.6.8 drive to the partition, if there is the room for it.

One caution, I used SuperDuper to clone my internal 10.6.8 to an external drive while sharing all my stuff on the internal drive. I then updated internal 10.6.8 to 10.7. Everything worked fine, with one major exception. Lion updated the format of my Mail database, and was no longer useable by 10.6.8. If you don't link the two, you should be ok.

I have since cloned a minimal copy of 10.6.8, to an external drive, without sharing my stuff, so that I can easily use the couple of PPC apps that have not replaced, yet.

Brent

On Nov 4, 2011, at 7:22 AM, Jim Robertson wrote:

> On 11/4/2011 6:54 AM, "Bill B." <bill501@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > If you succeed, please let me know how you did it. I cannot get a new refurb,
> > this same machine, to start up with the retail version of Snow Leopard 10.6.3
> > DVD even though it the early 2011 MBP originally shipped with Snow Leopard.
> >
> > I am wondering if a clone of a SL 10.6.8 install would work?
> >
> > Bill
>
> What I can tell you so far is that the machine will start up from an
> external FW drive that's loaded with 10.6.8. Next step is to figure out how
> that leverages me into getting my old Mac's stuff into a 10.6.8 install on
> the new machine.
>
> I haven't even considered the possibility that I couldn't boot the new
> refurb from my SL retail install DVD! I made the assumption you did, that SL
> WAS the latest/greatest when the machine shipped originally, so SURELY a
> retail SL DVD would boot it. Not true!
>
> Holding down the "C" key at boot brings up the SL DVD as a choice for
> booting the machine, but if I select it the DVD drive grunts a few
> reads/writes, then it's kernel panic time, with the first line of the
> onscreen report including "unsupported CPU."
>
> I've discovered that I CAN boot from my FW 10.6.8 "utilities" drive, launch
> the SL installer from the retail DVD, and select my empty partition on the
> internal drive as a destination for a SL installation, but I've not tried to
> RUN the installer yet.
>
> --
> Jim Robertson

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