How To Transcribe From Lp To Cd With Spin Doctor?

[Robert J Sunde Jr]

I'm attempting to use CD Spin Doctor 6 and an EyeTV 250 Plus box to transcribe from LP phonograph record to CD on my Intel Mac with OSX 10.5.6, and I'm getting nowhere.

 

Has anyone succeeded in doing this? Does anyone have a source for step-by-step procedures?

 

Going from my amp through the EyeTV box I get no signal at all (yes, it's plugged in and lit up, thanks). Going direct to the Mac's external microphone jack, Spin Doctor detects the signal and sound comes out of the Mac speakers. When I click record, I get "Unable to Record (see Help for possible solutions)." Clicking "CD Spin Doctor Help" brings me to Roxio.

[tsantee]

I think the iMic was the problem. Maybe just the poor performance of the USB interface, so I'll try the direct input if I can access that from Spin Doctor. BTW is that your Austin Healy 3000/6 or just a dream? My first car was an MG TF1500

Ooooh, an MG TF1500! That's a very cute car and not such a dog compared with the TD. I liked the sloping back end and the wire wheels, too. Mine is a 1958 100-6 2-place that I bought in 1972.

[tsantee]

The EyeTV can only capture via the EyeTV software and it isn't designed for high-quality sound recording (it records audio in a compressed MPEG format that is used with nothing other than MPEG 2 video).

 

If yours is a conventional turntable then it outputs its audio at a level that requires a phono equalization device such as exists in a stereo receiver that has a special phono input for turntables. Then connect the stereo receiver to your Mac's audio input.

 

The Griffin iMic comes with an application called Final Vinyl that can do the phono equalization via software. After capturing with that application you can open the saved audio file in Spin Doctor for track marking and filtering.

[abclar]

The Griffin iMic comes with an application called Final Vinyl that can do the phono equalization via software. After capturing with that application you can open the saved audio file in Spin Doctor for track marking and filtering.

 

I have used Final Vinyl and the the Griffin iMic but there was some latency issues as well as regular small dop-outs in the captured audio which made the whole idea useless. I have a turntable with built-in RIAA preamp (line level output) and I use an Intel Mac Mini with Snow Leopard. I am thinking of buying Toast Titanium 10 and attempting this again with Spin Doctor. Will the same thing happen or will it work professionally as everything did back in the Mac OS 9 days when Apple provided serious audio porting on their computers?

[tsantee]

I have used Final Vinyl and the the Griffin iMic but there was some latency issues as well as regular small dop-outs in the captured audio which made the whole idea useless. I have a turntable with built-in RIAA preamp (line level output) and I use an Intel Mac Mini with Snow Leopard. I am thinking of buying Toast Titanium 10 and attempting this again with Spin Doctor. Will the same thing happen or will it work professionally as everything did back in the Mac OS 9 days when Apple provided serious audio porting on their computers?

The latest update to Spin Doctor is working very nicely for me. I can't say whether it is better to use the USB iMic or to connect directly to the Mac's audio input port but Griffin has claimed its analog-to-digital hardware is better than Apple's so I'd use the iMic since you have it. You don't need Final Vinyl because Spin Doctor can do the capturing.

[abclar]

The latest update to Spin Doctor is working very nicely for me. I can't say whether it is better to use the USB iMic or to connect directly to the Mac's audio input port but Griffin has claimed its analog-to-digital hardware is better than Apple's so I'd use the iMic since you have it. You don't need Final Vinyl because Spin Doctor can do the capturing.

I think the iMic was the problem. Maybe just the poor performance of the USB interface, so I'll try the direct input if I can access that from Spin Doctor. BTW is that your Austin Healy 3000/6 or just a dream? My first car was an MG TF1500