Turntable advice needed...you know the old record players/Vinyl/Wax

[Blue Meanie]

OK, looking to start to convert some of my old vinyl to CD's...especially all of my old Bootlegs (Live and unreleased studio recordings). Having a difficult time in deciding what turntable to buy, It has to have a USB connector. So far the 2 machines that have kept coming up are the Numark TTUSB Turntable and the Ion iTTUSB. Any other input is gladly aprreciated. Thanks.

[Mikey]

When my nephew converted all his records to CD's year ago, he used his old junkie K-Mart special Sounddesign everything in one stereo.
It must have had all the ports needed for him to do that so early on--- about 10 years ago.
I'd say see if you can find one in a second hand shop.
They're probably really cheap today.

Edited to add......
He did go from Stereo to Computer first, though

[Blue Meanie]

I was thinking of getting one of the Crosley all in one vintage looking CD Recorders. Bounce down to a re-writeable and then clean it up in the computer...just seems like these direct to computer jobs might be a better bet. Only problem with the direct to computer jobs is that they don't have 78 speed. They have a program that comes with the Turntable that can adjust a 45 speed to 78 speed.

[Hulk]

The turntable isn't really the difficult part of the equation. If you have a good one already, it should be perfectly suitable for the job. A USB connector really isn't necessary either. You should be taking the RCA jacks and plugging them directly into a sound card. That is where you should be looking at putting the investment in, as well as software. You can either buy a sound card with a phono pre-amp built into it, or you can buy one fairly inexpensively from a stereo shop or radio shack for about 30 bucks. You need to convert the low phono output to the higher "line" levels needed for good output (this is what the "phono" jacks were for on older amplifiers).

Once you have that worked out, you want some software that will convert your album's output into separate tracks. When you record one side of an album, it will result in one long file. The software will show you where the white noise spaces are so you can create files for each song. Better software will also help you identify hiss, pops and crackles so you can filter / eliminate some of that without (noticeably) degrading the quality of the recording (although you may be looking to keep some of that for nostalgia's sake). It all depends on the amount of work you want to put into it, but you should separate the tracks at a minimum, if you are going to listen to them on your PC or MP3 player.