So excited. New toy arrived today. Some people may have realised by now that I am a bit of a gadget geek. I love new bits of equipment. Well, I have enjoyed having my ipod and it has given music a new life for me, but I now hanker after my old albums. It would cost a lot to buy them all again though. So today I got a USB turntable. I can now transfer all my LPs and 12" singles onto the computer. Yeah. I had forgotten the intricacies of turntables however. I had forgotten the fine tuning to get the stylus arm correctly balanced, then the minor alterations to speed to get the timing right. I don't think "J" could quite understand why I was playing a clip of music on itunes to get the beat and then playing it on the turntable to see if the speed was perfect.
Oh, hours of fun.
{NOTE TO SELF - What I shouldn't admit here is that the song I am playing over and over to get the timing right is Abba's "Knowing Me, Knowing You", don't want Agnetha singing too quickly}.
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Oooh, I want one..details please...I have a lot of vinyl...
Well, first experience of this is fairly good. It arrived today and I have successfully managed to get an album downloaded (yes, Abba, Arrival) and on to itunes. It may take a while though, I have rather a lot to get through (Stranglers, Damned - try to get my street cred back up). My plan, once done, was to sell it on ebay, but offers happily accepted. Model is a Numark TTUSB
Turntable...? What...? Oh yes... records... my parents had some of those, I think...
Oh Squeak, that was just downright mean and cruel
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