Daddy Dee Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Having a conversation with a buddy today, he mentioned having seen a reference to a digital turntable. It had us scratching our heads wondering about what is a digital turntable. This may show a lack of current knowledge in my ignorance, but I am curious. Anyone familiar with the term? Does it refer to a somewhat conventional turntable, with perhaps a digitally controlled motor or such? Is it a DJ CDPlayer or some such? Any help is appreciated. Ignorance is bliss, usually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmboydoug Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Was he thinking of these? http://www.elpj.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efzauner Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 that thing is neet! However I disagree with the statement that the separate click and pop remover product is "first time ever". This sort of product to remove impulse noise was around before, in the late 70s early 80s. I remember reading a review of one in Stereo Review. You may also be thinking about DJ CD players like this one http://www.pioneerprodj.com/ that allow you to manually spin the CD thru a big dial thingy like you would an LP. It is of course all done digitally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubeGuy Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Efzauner, your memory is good. In the late 70's DBX and Phase Linear both made these type of products. I had a Phase Linear 1000 II, purcahsed in 1980. Had a compander function for recording and an "autocorrelator that removed record surface noise and pops & clicks. It worked as advertised, but as my system became more high resolution, I noticed it's affect on the music. Needless to say it's gone now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 that thing is neet! However I disagree with the statement that the separate click and pop remover product is "first time ever". This sort of product to remove impulse noise was around before, in the late 70s early 80s. I remember reading a review of one in Stereo Review. Ahhhhh, the good old SAE 5000A Impulse Noise Reduction System. They sold thousands of em' from the DAK catalog for about $150. I still have mine in near-mint shape (stored in the basement). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Richard (it won't let me write d-*-c-k) Burwen, had a click and pop machine out that was a cut above the SAE, it reduced the "wow" effect the SAE tended to produce when cutting a pop or click. that was pretty high-end...my SAE 5000a is still being used by my dad (quite happily) in his system. I also remember seeing a web site where a guy had written a program, to play LPs simply from b&w scans. that was cool, unfortunatley I lost the link. he was german if I remember correctly. tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Sounds like all the disadvantages of LPs rolled up and combined with all the disadvantages of CDs. Sweet!!????!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artto Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 This thing has been around (on & off) for almost as long as CD has been around, seems to get revived every so often. It's never lived up to its promise as far as I know. Bart pretty much hit it on the head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 I could be way off base here, but my notion of a "Digital Turntable" is a device that is used by club DJs to play CDs and DVDs that allows the user to interject their own brand of audio and visual effects on the disc being played such as special cue-points, scratching, scrubbing, strobing, etc. CD versions have been around for quite some time. The DVD models are fairly new. Products are made by many manufacturers including Pioneer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 this is the digital LP player in question I found one article on LP scan to sound via software here: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~springer/ I will keep looking for the more sucessful german one... tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 http://www.s3.kth.se/signal/edu/projekt/students/03/lightblue/about.html this is a site using an off shoot of the first link above. better samples and description. great docs in .pdf (11megs!). Remember we are talking about playing sound from simply taking a photo scan of an LP. cool! tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Why not just listen to a CD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarence Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 too easy. come on, richard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 why not just listen to cd? as the articles stated they primarily were interested in archiving 78s...I also suppose that there are people out there with vinyl that is not available on CD yet...I also think it is nifty to play with technology in this way...The idea of playing LPs without a needle dragging down the groove and inevitably wearing away the record is attractive, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted May 9, 2006 Author Share Posted May 9, 2006 Yeh, playing vinyl without dragging a stylus on it is attractive indeed. I can remember reading about the development of the technology in the mid-seventies as a college student. A fabulous idea, I thought. Would love to have the opportunity to hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmboydoug Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Ya know, it could be he heard about this TT with a usb out. http://www.vinylengine.com/library_model.php?make=Numark&selected_model=TT%20USB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 dee, I heard a demo in NYC of the ELP unit, it sounded just fine...sensitive to dirt though..... I love the mp3s on the sites I posted, it is amazing they can extract music from a photo scan! tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOOTERDOG Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 How about this one? Now iit's easy to convert your LP's to a disc scooter ION has created the worlds first USB turntable allowing you to convert your old vinyl collection directly to CD or MP3 with the included recording software. (NO SPECIAL DRIVERS NEEDED).The ION USB turntable includes Audacity software for Mac/PC for recording as well as a trial of Bias Soundsoap 2 for cleaning and restoring vinyl.This turntable also has line level output for connecting to any home stereo with CD or auxiliary (AUX) inputs.This product is compatible with any software that supports USB audio input sound cards. + Includes: Adjustable Pitch Belt Drive Turntable Vinyl recording software USB Cable Cartridge with Stylus 45 Adapter CD with Mac/PC recording software + 33 1/3 and 45 RPM.Software allows for 78 RPM conversion + Adjustable Anti-Skating control for increased stereo balancing + High speed vinyl recording + Line level RCA outputs + Adjustable Pitch Control +/- 8% + Computer Requirements: PC running Windows 98, 2000, or XP Mac running OS9 or greater One available USB1.1 port Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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