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Product Description:
Golden Records is software that helps you to convert your vinyl LP records, tapes or cassettes onto CD or to wav or mp3 files on Mac OS X. It is designed specifically with records and cassettes in mind and has been developed to make the conversion process as easy and intuitive as possible. Just install the software and follow the step-by-step wizard.
Features:
~ Convert audio from vinyl LP records and audio cassette tapes into CD or Wave/MP3 format.
~ Comes with a full set of audio restoration tools to clean up damaged audio.
~ Simple wizard utility to walk you through the conversion process.
~ Encodes into mp3 or wave files with the ability to add mp3 ID tags to converted files.
~ Automatically normalizes recordings.
~ Automatically applies dc offset correction recordings.
~ Click / pop elimination when recording from vinyl records.
~ Automatic hiss and noise reduction.
~ Automatic 'phono' RIAA eq correction (if your old record player does not have a preamplifier).
~ Can convert 78 records playing on a RPM player.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Mac OS X 10.3
- Mac OS X 10.2
Additional Requirements:
- About 600MB hard drive space for every album you want to convert.
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Has potential, but not quite there yet 
- Version: 1.16, 2/17/2008 12:00AM PST
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gwg76
Has potential, but not quite there yet - Version: 1.16, 2/17/2008 12:00AM PST
gwg76
If you're like me and are searching for a quick and easy way to rip vinyl, keep searching. Golden Records is probably the closest to the ideal that I've seen, but still, it's not perfect. Recording quality is sub par compared to other options (e.g. Sound Studio), and many of its features aren't perfected quite yet. For example, many of the "filters" for better audio quality resulted in even worse sound quality, the ability to rip 33 records by playing them at 45 RPM resulted in many bad tracks, and it can't quite find the right place to insert splits into files. After playing with it for a few weeks I found myself giving it as much effort as I had with less "automatic" options. That, plus a few crashes, makes me not quite ready to give this app my full support.
It's entirely possible that a version 2 will address a lot of these problems, and I look forward to revisiting the software as newer versions emerge.
It's entirely possible that a version 2 will address a lot of these problems, and I look forward to revisiting the software as newer versions emerge.
It's entirely possible that a version 2 will address a lot of these problems, and I look forward to revisiting the software as newer versions emerge.