Music Recording and Converting

In the past few years, after evaluating what is involved in using a computer for music recording and converting of LP's, cassettes, reel to reel tapes of music or midi files to compact disks, that I have never found a CD for in any music store, I decided to search the internet to find if there is software or a procedure to simplify the process. Guess what, there are several ways to do this.

Although there are numerous ways to accomplish this task and it does require time and effort, it can be done. Assuming your LP's or tapes are still in decent shape and do not have alot of scratches and they are not warped or brittle, there are companies that have software or a hardware gadget to do this and it all seems to be very reasonably priced.

Prior to purchasing any music recording or converting software, evaluate the condition of your records and tapes. If they are not in very good condition, then you might be wasting both time and money. If everything seems okay, it is advisable to clean the heads on your cassette deck or reel to reel and have something to clean the records before trying to record from them.

But even cleaning them will not remove the scratches. Your converted songs will only sound as good as the original. Now you are probably wondering, what are these pieces software called and where can you them.

For music converting from lp's, cassettes or reel to reel tapes to digital format, the company is
Polderbits Software

For music converting from midi files to digital format the company is
Digital Audio Restoration Technology

For creating and recording music if you have a digital piano (MIDI), the company is
PG Music Band-in-a-Box

For creating and recording music if you have a digital piano (MIDI), the company is
GVOX Master Tracks Pro

For burning your CD's, the company is
Poikosoft Easy CD-DA Extractor

These are all personal choices and yes, I did purchase each of them and recommend each for a specific task. It is a time consuming process and don't be discouraged if after you convert a song or songs from one of your LP's or tapes, that it does not sound very good. Try combinations of using the various filters and equalization to see what works best. But if your records or tapes are not in very good condition, it might just be a waste of time.

Music has succesfully been converted from several reel to reel tapes, that were 30-35 years old, to CD and the results were excellent.