3 Stupid Questions About Converting Analog Vinyl To High Res Digital

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Upsamplers, DACs, jitter, shakes and analogue withdrawals, this is it.

1. I keep reading about downloadable aps, or other online sources, that allow you to use an ap as a phono preamp. But, doing a Google search for that only brings up actual, physical preamps. So, what are the aps that are available for RIAA EQ and all of the things that are needed to play a vinyl record? What are the names of those wonderful aps?

2. Then, you also hear about hi-res conversions to digital. 24/96, 24/192, DSD, or whatever. Maybe even 32 bit word lengths. What aps are available for that? What aps can convert my analog phono signal to digital?

3. Finally, the most basic step is connecting a turntable to a computer. How's that done? I understand that that it maybe done by using a sound card, but that presents 2 big problems:

a] There don't seem to be many [if any] sound cards around anymore

b] Even if you can find a sound card, they use a mini-phono jack input for a mini-phono plug. That's a pretty low-fi way to go. What I mean is, if I've got a fairly decent turntable and cartridge, and I've spent extra money on output cable from my turntable to whatever it's going to be hooked up to, it's really, really, really self defeating to funnel that into some low-fi, humble mini phono plug. Kn ow what I mean?

So, are there any other ways of plugging a turntable [or line-level pre-amp out, for that matter] into a computer?

Thanks in advance for your time and expertise.

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Topic - 3 Stupid Questions About Converting Analog Vinyl To High Res Digital - Newey 10:10:22 01/05/17 (9)

TASCAM UH-7000 interface - PaulN 15:17:12 01/07/17 (0)

Cards and software - zelig 05:12:17 01/07/17 (0)

Much Thanks To All for Clearing This Up - Newey 20:03:47 01/06/17 (2)

but now with MQA now on the horizon, that may not be a wise decision. - Roseval 10:24:42 01/08/17 (0)

RE: Google is your friend - Jeff Starr 21:39:00 01/06/17 (0)

RE: 3 Stupid Questions About Converting Analog Vinyl To High Res Digital - sjg 05:37:55 01/06/17 (1)

Another Thumbs Up for the Tascam DA-3000 - Rushton 09:44:06 01/07/17 (0)

RE: 3 Stupid Questions About Converting Analog Vinyl To High Res Digital - kh6idf 15:35:39 01/05/17 (0)

Here's my approach... - E-Stat 12:51:03 01/05/17 (0)

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