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Does anybody know how to hook up a record player to a computer?

March 2nd, 2010 by admin

I have an old record player that has no outputs other than the plug. Is there anything I can hook up to connect it to my computer? Is there something that can splice the speaker cables and connect it to my microphone on my PC? Or is there some sort of special needle I can buy that has a microphone output? Somebody Help!!!

In short, no, there is not.

Sounds like you have an all in one record player, where the speaker is part of the box. Technically, with the correct external hardware, you could splice into the speaker wire to convert to an analog electronic signal. From that, you could hook it into a properly equipped sound card, or use an adapter to convert to a 1/8 jack and use the microphone input. However, this is very technical, and is not easy to do. Not to mention the horrible sound quality you will have.

If your goal is to get all of your records into digital format, I suggest finding a company locally that will do it. You will find DJ companies would be willing to do it. I do it with my DJ company, I charge $5 per record, the pricing should be about that.

Good luck!

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2 Responses to “Does anybody know how to hook up a record player to a computer?”

  1. #1
    Justin M
    March 2nd, 2010 1:48 pm

    No there is no way to hook a record player up to a computer, your talking about old technology that was in the era when computers were very primitive. The only way is if you know someone who knows how to alter or change the record player to be able to play or hook up to your computer. Other then that there is no way.
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  2. #2
    jejgop
    March 2nd, 2010 2:22 pm

    In short, no, there is not.

    Sounds like you have an all in one record player, where the speaker is part of the box. Technically, with the correct external hardware, you could splice into the speaker wire to convert to an analog electronic signal. From that, you could hook it into a properly equipped sound card, or use an adapter to convert to a 1/8 jack and use the microphone input. However, this is very technical, and is not easy to do. Not to mention the horrible sound quality you will have.

    If your goal is to get all of your records into digital format, I suggest finding a company locally that will do it. You will find DJ companies would be willing to do it. I do it with my DJ company, I charge $5 per record, the pricing should be about that.

    Good luck!
    References :

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