Convert your Vinyl LPs, cassettes or tapes to CDs or MP3 files
Converting your LPs, cassettes or tapes to CDs is a great way of storing and playing
your favourite music. You can now listen to your LPs in the car, on the computer
etc. - anywhere you have a CD player - and the sound quality does not deteriorate
like it does with vinyl or tape.
If you convert to MP3, Windows Media (WMA) or a similar compressed format you can
store the equivalent of a dozen LPs onto a single CD. With a software
MP3 player like WinAmp or a portable MP3 player, like the Apple iPod, you can play
any mix of tracks you like.
Either way, you can play your music as often as you like, without damaging the originals.
If you have already tried to do this you'll have discovered how fiddly and time-consuming
it is, recording each track as a WAV file to record to CD or converting it to an
MP3 file.
LP Ripper is a Windows program that makes the task much easier and quicker. Just
record each side of your LP as a single WAV file on your computer using a program
like LP Recorder. LP Ripper automatically splits the file into a separate WAV file
for each track. If you have a command-line MP3 or WMA Encoder, LP Ripper will use
that to produce an MP3 or WMA file for each track.
Features
Listen to previews of the tracks.
Adjust the fade-in / fade-out of selected tracks – useful for live recordings.
Replace the hiss between tracks with silence.
Copy / Paste / Edit Tracks names from track listings
Save editing progress between sessions.
Use LP Recorder .TRK files for fast operation
Designed for Microsoft Windows XP and compatible with Windows 98, ME and 2000.
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Visual Track Trimming
Trim the start and end of each track visually to a precision of 0.1 seconds by dragging
the track marker on the graphical display. The upper display shows the recording
level of all of the tracks, highlighting the track you are trimming. The lower display
shows the track you are trimming in detail.
Instant Analysis
Track detection is lightning fast. You can experiment with different sensitivity
levels and numbers of tracks in seconds.
Insert silence before and after tracks.
Save editing progress between sessions.
Optionally store MP3 album title, track name etc. (ID3 Tags) with the MP3 file.
Control MP3 or WMA Encoder quality with a slider control.
Download the trial copy of LP Ripper. It includes
all features of the registered full version for you to use for an unlimited time
except that it only saves the first two tracks.
How do I use it?
Connect the tape output of your stereo to the line input of your soundcard.
Use LP Recorder, Cool Edit or similar WAV file recorder to record the whole of
each side of your vinyl LPs as a single WAV format file.
Run LP Ripper on the WAV file. It will automatically split the file into tracks
by looking for the gaps between the tracks.
Adjust the track times and names if you need to.
Save each track as a separate WAV file.
If you have a command-line MP3 encoder like the freeware FastEnc, LP Ripper will
automatically call it to convert each WAV file into an MP3 file.
Alternatively, use your CD Writer software to copy the WAV files to an Audio format
CD which you can then play on a standard stereo or car CD player.