I saw a notice at a Kansas City auction site, via Crate Kings, that the contents of the Music Exchange – an icon on the KC music scene for decades – are going to be auctioned off in July: Due to the death of The Music Exchange owner Ron Rooks and the subsequent closing of… Read More Music Exchange, RIP
At the 2008 Summer NAMM Show, Numark introduced LP 2 CD,a professional tool for fine-quality conversion of vinyl recordings to CD, WAV or MP3, with or without a computer. LP 2 CD is an all-in-one system with internal flash memory, so no computer is required to digital recordings from vinyl or any other analog source… Read More Numark Introduces High Resolution Vinyl-To-CD Turntable
This deliciously retro video, for the “coming soon” bicplastics.com, revisits the sci fi movies of the 50’s.
2008 Summer NAMM Show: Numark’s PT-01USB is a convenient tool for converting vinyl records to digital WAV or MP3 files for use on CD, iPod, hard disk player, or computer. Numark’s EZ Vinyl Converter 2 software is included. EZ Vinyl Converter 2 automatically separates individual tracks and comes with a free download of features Gracenote—… Read More Numark PT-01USB Converts Vinyl To Digital
2008 Summer NAMM Show: Numark announced that it is bundling EZ Vinyl Converter 2.1 with all of its USB turntables. Version 2.1 of the software reads incoming audio from a turntable, listening for spaces between songs and automatically breaking the album into individual tracks, freeing the user from standing by the turntable as the record plays… Read More Numark Bundling EZ Vinyl Converter 2.1 Software With Its USB Turntables
According to the Recording Industry Association of America, shipments of vinyl LPs jumped more than 36 percent from 2006 to 2007, growing to more than 1.3 million. Shipments of CDs dropped more than 17 percent during the same period, to 511 million, as they lost some ground to digital formats Nearly 450 million CDs were… Read More Vinyl Sales Up By 36%
Stanton has introduced the Stanton SC System, a new set of digital controllers for the professional DJ. Stanton doesn’t explain what “SC” stands for – but “sexy control” comes to mind. The system is made up of the SCS.1d deck and the SCS.1m mixer. Each component of the system (mixer and deck) can be used… Read More Stanton Intros SC Digital DJ Controllers
Channel D has released Pure Vinyl 2.2, an update to their suite of audio applications designed for the digital playback and transcription of vinyl LP records. Pure Vinyl 2.2 is a suite of audio applications designed for high-resolution digital playback, editing, and archival of vinyl records. It includes real-time playback monitoring, recording of dry or… Read More Channel D Updates Vinyl Record Playback and Transcription Software
Cartoonist Robert Crumb knows a bit about what’s creepy, and he’s got a great take on the strange obsession of record collecting (which I admit I have!): “Collecting is creepy. Record collectors put each other down for their various fixations. Everybody is convinced that his way of collecting is superior. They look down on casual… Read More Robert Crumb On Record Collecting
If you’re going to make an LP out of pot – what do you think the album should be? Rita Coolidge’s All Time High? John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High?
