Want your vinyl collection on your MP3 player?
Some people curse the digital age & will swear by their vinyl collection ‘till they’re pushing daisies. Analog mediums such as vinyl & magnetic tape have a beautiful tone that many producers seek to replicate in contemporary recordings, but the unfortunate truth about vinyl & cassette is that they actually wear out as they’re played.
Temperature changes in the home or storage cause vinyl to expand & contract, while the needle of a player operates on principles of friction & inherently ages the record. Magnetic tape is pulled thru a tape machine by a motor & over time this can warp the plastic coating the iron oxide thereby shifting the delicate magnetic particles.
One of the best things you can do to preserve your collection as it sounds right now is a high-quality digital transfer into uncompressed .WAV files for archiving. These transfers are derived from the very same electrical signal that would be sent to your speakers & leaves the original tones completely unaffected. Those songs can then be remastered for any digital medium including CDs & MP3s for enjoyment in your car, at the gym, on that long plane ride to Paris...
