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USB Turntables Available in the Market

Numark TTX USB Digital Direct Drive Turntable

This device has the premier torque professional grade turntable with USB. The turntable has a USB cable for connections for direct audio transfer and Audacity software for PC and Mac. It features variable torque motors with the settings 2.5, 3.7 or 4.7 kgfcm, improved target light cooler operation for greater reliability, and a DSP Motor Control System for more accurate speed controls.

The turntable also has an intuitive interchangeable toneram system, LCD display with BPM or Pitch info and 33-45-78 RPM speed, including adjustable start-up and break and reverse.

Stanton T92 USB Turntable

This professional class turntable has high-torque direct drive motor and USB output. With a Key Lock built-in, disc jockey can adjust the tempo of the record without affecting the pitch, while the S or PDIF and USB digital outputs can make the turntable great for archiving vinyl. It features Cakewalk Pyro 5 music, sound editing software, Stanton 5004 cartridge, 3 playback speeds and slip mats as well as cloth dust. It also features 2 Start and Stop switch for mix or battle setup.

Numark TTi USB Turntable with iPod Dock

This turntable has a built-in dock for your iPod in order to easily transfer old vinyl collection to iPod. It also has a software archive for your records to be transferred to MP3 or CD. The integrated line-level output of this turntable allows easy and quick connections to any mixer for direct playback from vinyl records or iPod. A pitch control is included to allow adjustment of playback speed.

This device features EZ Vinyl Converter 2 for PC and EZ Audio Converter for Mac and 33 and 45 RPM belt-drive. The EZ Vinyl Converter 2 of this turntable features Gracenote MusicID technology that analyzed your vinyl collection and mechanically retrieves song information, artist and album for you.

Turntable Tips

There are tips on how to add a turntable to a stereo system. Get your hands on the turntable in one of numerous ways. Ask your parents or friends if they have an old turntable that they could sell with a low price or you could shop for used or new turntables online or at local electronic dealers. Try to buy a turntable that has built-in pre-amplifier.

Plug the 2 output cables into the stereo receiver’s input terminals or AUX. If you do not have those terminals, use another input including TAPE or TV. Switch the receiver input to setting that you connected the turntable.

Place the record on the turntable. Turn the power on for the receiver as well as the turntable and then cue up the stylus. If the record plays with sufficient sound and volume quality, your turntable and stereo are set. Otherwise, you have to add the phono pre-amplifier.

Shop around for a phono pre-amplifier if your record is not playing with enough volume. Phono pre-amplifiers are available at record and music stores, several electronic dealers and on Internet sites. The Phono pre-amplifier’s price ranges from 30 US dollars to more than 10,000 US dollars for disc jockey systems. You cannot be content with the lowest-priced unit, so be prepared to spend about 70 US dollars to 100 US dollars.

Plug output cables in the input receptacles on phono pre-amplifier. Plug also output cables from the phono pre-amplifier into AUX input receptacles. Power up the stereo system and play a record.

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I am putting together a recording studio...?

What else should I add to my list of things that I am going to buy? (let's pretend I already have an isolation booth)
Lexicon Omega Studio USB Audio Interface, Behringer HPM1000, Behringer MS16 Active Personal Monitor System, Audio Technica AT2020, Cakewalk Software Pyro, Reason 3.0, Akai MPD16 USB MIDI Pad Control Surface, Alesis Multimix 8 USB Mixer with USB Audio, Ultra 6350BK Microphone Stand with Boom, Peavy Dual Delta Fex Stereo Effects Processor, RaXXess Stoppit Pop Filter with Goose Neck (6 in.)

With this equipment and software, you may only have the capabilities to do personal guitar and vocal work. Aside from the computer, the most expensive and powerful toys of digital recording should be the software and interface hardware.

The Lexicon is a good starter interface, to get yourself practice recording. I strongly suggest getting something besides cakewalk. Cakewalk substitues abilities for being over-user friendly. Meaning a child could program it but it can't do much. I suggest using the Cubase LE software that came with the Lexicon.

Your Peavy effects rack will not be used much once you see all the VST effects on board Cubase. External effects should be something specificly off-the wall. Cubase already has reverbs, delays, chorus's, etc.

Once you practice with the Lexicon, upgrade to something with 6-8 simultaneous inputs. The omega has 2 XLR's. With 8 you can practice drums or full bands.

*look into what your computer needs for a dual monitor system. It makes life so much easier.

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