<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Other poeple will come through with lots of suggestions, but remember, if you are talking about old 78's from before the 60's, you need a special stylus for your turntable cartridge. Most cartridge manufacturers, such as Shure, will have them listed on their web pages.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>David Crandon</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV>On Dec 22, 2005, at 4:59 AM, <A href="mailto:ARounce@aol.com">ARounce@aol.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT face="arial,helvetica"><FONT color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2"><BR> Hi, Can anyone tell me what would be required to convert old 78 records to CD on iMac. Right now I have a 10.2.8 but I am planning to upgrade.<BR> <BR> Would Sound Studio do the job? What kinds of leads do you need to connect the turntable to the computer? Also, recommendations on Turntables? <BR> <BR> Would Toast 7 be better? <BR> <BR> I read something about Sound Soap 2 to clean up the scratches etc. But, I can't find it at the Apple Store.<BR> <BR> This is for Christmas present. :-)<BR> Thanks for any help in advance!<BR> Arlene<BR> </FONT><FONT color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2"></FONT></FONT><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">X-Newbies mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com">X-Newbies@listserver.themacintoshguy.com</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies">http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><A href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984">http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>