Audigy 2 ZS & Vinyls

I have a fairly large collection of vinyl records and I would like to be able to convert them to mp3 format and to burn them to cds. My laptop is my only computer right now and I'm using my integrated sound card and a free program called Audacity to convert them to wav format. The problem is the sound quality isn't that great and I want something that can remove unwated noise (pops, hiss) and that has a higher sound quality input. A friend of mine recommended the Audigy 2 ZS and he said he was pretty sure it work for me.

So my question is has anyone tried anything like this and how did it work?

I know I could probably get a USB sound card but the price is right and I like the fact that its pcmia. Any advice is appreciated.

 

Hi, I used the card for the same purpose and the results are great.
Of course use a good turntable and styles.

 

Sweet thats what i hoped to here. How is the provided software, once you record something can you break the recording into multiple tracks? Or do you have to record one song, stop, reload, and then record another (thats what i've been doing so far and its a pain getting the timing right).

 

Unless you have a really good turntable, you won't get good quality.
I would not recommend the Audigy cards for recording. The EMU cards are considered some of the best but are expensive. Just find a card with a high SNR rating for recording. You'll probably also need a preamp.

 

Does your laptop have an expresscard slot or a PCMCIA-slot? If it has expresscard, you can't use the Audigy ZS.

 

I've never had a laptop before so I can't tell which slot is which by just looking but I'm pretty sure my laptop has a pcmia slot and an expresscard slot 34 (smaller one). I'm not sure if I have a "good" turntable or not, probably not since it was only $100 but it sounds good enough for me. I just want a cheap soundcard (less than $100) that can convert my vinyls to mp3 or similar foramt and can remove unwanted noise. Amerks said that he used the Audigy for that successfully so I'm going to buy it unless someone knows of a better card in the same price range, preferably pcmia or usb. Any more advice would be appreciated, thanks.

 

Yup, it's got both. So you can use the Audigy ZS.

 

How cheap is it? It should be fine since the turntable will be the bottleneck anyways.

 

Creative has the card on sale for $80 right now, which is cheaper than Newegg. I'm going to look around a little more and see if I can find it cheaper but just haven't felt like it yet (I'm lazy). Here is the address of my turntable, like I said I'm not sure how good it is but it sounds good to me.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...table&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1051384499984

 

I don't know much about turntables. Mine from the late 70's or early 80's. And i need to repair it.

 

I used the sl1200 with stanton styles; don't forget to put the the rubber plate under the record to avoid rumble from the record.
I am using Adobe Audition to edit the recorded tracks