Music Information

Album art seach.

http://albumart.org/

 

Gracenote music search.

http://www.gracenote.com/music/index_old.html

 

 

Hardware

ESI.   Juli@ sound card and other studio-grade audio hardware.

http://www.esi-audio.com/products/julia/

 

LP Gear.  On-line store for turntable products and parts.

http://www.lpgear.com/ 

 

M-Audio.  Revolution 5.1 sound card and other studio-grade audio hardware.

http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=products.family

 

Needledoctor.  On-line store for turntable products and parts.

http://www.needledoctor.com/Welcome

 

 

Software

Adobe Audition.   Integrated audio recording, mixing, editing, and mastering software.

http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/

 

Audacity.  Free, cross-platform sound editor.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

 

Roxio RecordNow.  Record, editing, and burning software.

http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/recordnow/recordnow.html

 

Sony Creative Software.  Sound Forge and other audio processing software programs.

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/default.asp

 

 

Publications

Sound Forge 8 Power!: The Official Guide, Scott R. Garrigus.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/159200539X/compmediaA/

 

 

Technical Articles

This is a list of articles that provide additional detailed information regarding digitizing records and restoring music quality.

 

Transferring LPs to CDR: Some Advice, Clive Delback: 

http://www.delback.co.uk/lp-cdr.htm

 

How to Begin Restoring Old Records, Alan Reny: 

http://www.a-reny.com/iexplorer/restauration.html

 

Primer on Digital Audio Restoration

http://www.highcriteria.com/Primer%20on%20AR.htm

 

Seven Steps to Noise-Free Digital Audio, Bruce Fries

http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/06/22/noise.html

 

Digitising Vinyl

http://www.orthogonal.com.au/music/digivinyl/index.htm

 

Archiving and Restoring Old Records, Brian Davies.

http://wwwmaths.anu.edu.au/~briand/sound/