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Ripping Vinyl Via Your Scanner?

Posted by chrisd on from the wax-cylinders-are-next dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This site describes a method of extracting audio off of scanned images of vinyl records. Kazaa vinyl swapping is on it's way!" While this method creates exceptionally noisy samples, you can definitely hear the underlying music.

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  1. Of course it's a hoax by wackybrit · · Score: 3, Flamebait

    I can't believe the amount of morons that have fallen for this story yet. The explanations the guy gives are shoddy, and logically it makes no sense.

    Not only that, but he's extrapolating a higher amount of data from a smaller amount, and that just does not work people! Listen to that MP3 on his site. That is just a recording of a record playing.. there are no hideous artefacts or giant gaps.. all of which would be expected with such a crazy new idea like this. It reeks of a hoax.

    Just because it's not April 1st doesn't mean you haven't been fooled, folks! I have to give the guy credit for trying though.

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  2. Yeah right, and the Hubble can see my penis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    1) LPs have features with 0.001 mil resolution (that's 1/1000000th of an inch). Source: Encyclopedia Brittanica, Vol 17, p772Fd, 1962 edition. Got a 10 MILLION DPI scanner? (UW-SCSI for reasonable scan times, I guess.)
    2) Got a scanner with a 12x12 inch platen?
    3) As a previous poster stated, stereo grooves are recorded with 90 degree quadrature, ie there's a horizontal and a vertical (depth) component.
    4) LPs are far more complex than CDs to figure out. CDs are almost child-like in comparison.
    5) For the fucking BILLIONTH TIME, it's spelled D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y.
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  3. Re:looks possible by Ctrl-Z · · Score: 1, Flamebait


    Huh?

    If you want to turn a vinyl collection into MP3 tracks, why not just use a turntable like the rest of the world?

    This seems like an awful lot of fuss to go through.

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