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Anyone who has tried to archive a cherished record knows how quickly a small tracking error turns into a permanent flaw in the digital file. The stylus…
Around Australia, vinyl has worked its way back into living rooms in suburbs from Newtown to Fitzroy, and plenty of people who stacked milk crates full of…
Vinyl crackle, loud pops and cassette dropouts can distract from an otherwise enjoyable transfer. Once the music has been recorded as a WAV file, software can…
Transferring vinyl to a CD is a careful listening job as much as a technical one. The aim is to make a clean digital copy that preserves the character of the…
Turning an LP into a CD is a satisfying way to preserve records that may be scratched, difficult to replace or simply too valuable for regular handling. The…
A 33 RPM LP can be transferred to an audio CD with ordinary hi-fi equipment, a computer and a little patience. The process involves playing the record through…
In Australian slang, to “punt” is to place a wager, and live roulette gives that wager a streamed casino setting. Instead of playing against a computer…
Transferring vinyl records to CD may appear straightforward: connect a turntable to a computer, press play, and record the music. In practice, the signal…
Converting cassette tapes to digital audio is a practical way to preserve recordings that may be fading, stretched or difficult to replay. A computer, a…
The humble cassette tape dominated home audio recording for decades, yet the terminology around different cassette sizes remains surprisingly confusing for…
