Tim Buckley's Nine LPs 1966-74

Notes on converting the Tim Buckley LPs.



Converting was casual.

I did nothing to get rid of pops which are very few.

I did not label the tracks except by album portions.

You will have roughly the LP experience

which I?ve had for the 35years or so since I bought them.



Lots of included printed materials make it convenient to know what?s going on ?

AMG album descriptions, track listings with times, complete lyric sheets,

pictures of Tim, and essays by his lead guitarist Lee Underwood.



I have an Ion USB turntable, costing $100 and change, plugged into my computer.

I use a cloth diaper to wipe off the LP.

I use FREE Audacity downloaded software.



I export as wav from Audacity,

since Audacity apparently does not have an mp3 license.

I do not save in Audacity.



I convert from wave to 256kps mp3 using

FREE ?Switch? by NCH Swift Sound.

I delete the wav files.



I have thousands of LPs, as well as CDs.

I enjoy hearing them again while they are converting

and while I am using the computer to do other things at the same time.



I have a 931GB Western Digital ?My Book? external hard drive for archiving,

and a 320GB Western Digital ?Passport? pocket USB plug-and-play hard drive

for using, sharing, and collecting, without need for outside power.



I highly recommend all of this equipment and software.



What I would like, and do not have,

because amazingly it does not seem to exist,

is a way to plug and play my external hard drives

through an audio or DVD system

without going through a full-feature computer.



My pocket drive should be able to bury i-scams and existing mp3 players.

Western Digital is missing a great bet here.



Let me know if there is something you want me to do better.