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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. Laser Turntable by ArchieBunker · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Serious audiophiles would simply buy a laser turntable to minimize the wear and tear. Although it probably sounds more like a cd than anything.

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  2. The angles of stereo records are well known by isdnip · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The original author failed to research how vinyl records work, something that "everybody" knew 20 years ago, before CDs.

    Now to see if my memory still works. Mono LPs used horizontal modulation; the needle moved back and forth within the groove. Stereo can be viewed two ways. Vertical is difference (L-R), horizontal is sum of the L+R. Viewed differently, the two diagonal walls of the groove are the two channels.

    A flatbed scanner can only see the horizontal, so it might work a bit with mono, but it won't work too well! However do note that some very, very expensive ($10k+?) new turntables actually do use optical "needles" to track the groove without touching it. Talk about low tracking force!