[Cube] Cube - Transfer songs from record to CD

[atoa at krak.net]

Does it really work with a turntable directly, or only through some sort 
of phono stage?

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 Peace54 at aol.com wrote:

> About a year ago I bought an Edirol UA-3 USB Audio Interface at an Apple
> store.   Although I have only used it to copy audio cassette to my Cube's hard
> drive, it should also work for any device, including a turntable, which has two
> RCA audio jack outputs.   An RCA cable runs from the stereo or cassette player
> to the Edirol UA-3, then a USB cable goes from the Edirol to the hard drive.
> You still need software to capture the audio input; I have used both Sound
> Studio and CD Spin Doctor to do this.   I'm sure there are many other apps that
> could do it all as well.   I use Roxio Toast to make the CDs.
> I have used this method to record a number of different audio cassettes.
> Mostly I have recorded songs for plays my wife does with her first graders; it's
> much easier to cue up these songs on a CD than to rewind the tapes.   The
> results have been great.
> As I said, it should work just as well for a stereo with a turntable as it
> does from a cassette player as long as you have the RCA out jacks.   (For those
> who don't know, RCA jacks and cables are pretty much the standard cables used
> for audio and video transfers.   An RCA jack - male - has a round metal outer
> edge and a solid metal pin in the center; female jacks are receptacles for the
> male.   Sorry, ladies, I didn't invent the terminology.)
> Phil Holmer
>