On Jan 2, 2004, at 6:50 AM, Parkblue wrote: > A few of my precious old records (Morris Nanton and a 1957 > Rachmaninoff-recording are two gems that come to mind) are longing to > be > converted into digital format. How do I go about that? What equipment > besides the obvious (record player, iBook (600)) do I need, and what > do I > have to watch out for? > I'm about to take the same plunge myself with both vinyl and cassettes. Although I don't know all the cable requirements, here is a hardware solution from Griffin. http://www.griffintechnology.com/ http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powerwave/index.html And here's HITSQUAD, a all-around music software, tutorial, everything site: http://www.hitsquad.com/ And this is their Mac music software site: http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/mac/ A while back I moved some of my cassettes onto my Mac using SOUND STUDIO: http://www.felttip.com/ Just some resources Gene