LP Records

[Eddie Armstrong]

Fred Schuelzky wrote:
>
> Thanks, Eddie, your input is truly appreciated
>   

Fred
You're welcome - I am doing a similar thing with old albums -  You may 
already have a collection on your pc but if you are just starting here 
are some more tips:
    I also arranged a directory structure thus: 
Music/Artist/AlbumYear-Title/TrackNo-Title; this helps to automate 
tagging in EasyTag and is a useful way of referencing your collection.
    cleaning them is most important (Google it -but most optioms are too 
expensive),
     think about adding another Hard-drive: a .wav file takes about 30MB 
for a 3 minute single - the average LP hold 12, say, that = 360MB (third 
of a Gig for one LP), a FLAC file is about 56% of that. My Collection 
took well over 250GBs which I got to under 150GB by using FLAC. 
Obviously mp3 would be smaller but I am not interested in losing any 
quality.
In addition once everything is tagged etc you should consider the value 
of all the time/work you've invested and keep a backup (depressed yet?  
:-)    )
But all the advantages of digital music are worth the effort IMHO
I can now take my whole music collection with me if I wish on a pocket 
HDD, plus carry flac quality on compatible PMP (portable music player 
no, not an ipod - a Cowon), later I'll arrange to stream it around my 
house,
I too have 30 year old LPs - who'd have imagined when I bought them what 
they would be doing in 2001?
Good luck and enjoy the music.
(3rd time I've tried posting this - it was bounced by Amarok spam filter 
twice)
Eddie