How to transfer vinyl records to your PC with Audacity

[Windows Central]

Want to get your old vinyl records onto your PC? Here's how you can do it.
If you bought a fancy new turntable with a USB output, you might also have a piece of 'special software' included that can help you record your classic sounds to your modern PC.
But that's not the case for everyone. Many won't have a USB output and many more won't have any software to digitize their records with. Hopefully, that's where this guide can help.
Thanks to a free piece of software called Audacity, anyone can transfer their vinyl records to their PC, not fancy USB-equipped turntable required.

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[O W Jones]

Why can't you just use RCA out to mic in on pc via amplifier if turntable doesn't have enough output?

 

[raycpl]

Bring back memories..... of saving my cassette tapes of music (pre-napster/audiogalaxy days!!).
The stereo was in an adjoining room, I had to punch a small opening through the wooden walls to reduce the distance to the PC as RCA cables were kinda short!!!
It was analogue to wave file and finally to mp3....

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