I've picked up a Duet (again) and would like to start playing around with ripping vinyl. Could one of you chaps who've already been down this road please point me in the direction of some decent software for the Mac to facilitate the process? Workflow tips also welcome!

Thanks very much.

This is a job for JP#'s.

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's RIPPER MAN!

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's RIPPER MAN!

a/k/a Mr. CanJam.

Wave Editor for $79 or Peak le for $99. Peak is easier to break up tracks and burn CDs but WE sounds better and has better sample rate conversion and dithering tools.

Ingwe's needle drops on his Macbook using Audacity and the Duet were most impressive....

(Audacity being the best option for "free".)

I have Audacity to record (free) and I am going to try my GEMSound USB A/D this weekend with my Macbook Pro. You could try that.

My A/D box came with Soundsoap 2 SE to clean up the pops and crackles if needed, so that might be fun to try too. Don't know if it will muck up the sound or not, or if is even worth the $49 it would cost if it didn't come with the GEMSound for free. I doubt it will sound as good as the Apogee A/D.

Ingwe's needle drops on his Macbook using Audacity and the Duet were most impressive....

X2, quite nice.

Thanks all. I'll start with the Audacity tutorials and go from there.

X2, quite nice.

x3, got a listen at the ATL meet.

Click repair is the way to go to declick an LP

Ingwe's needle drops on his Macbook using Audacity and the Duet were most impressive....

X2, most impressive

How can Wave Editor "sound better" than Peak on the same hardware?

How can Wave Editor "sound better" than Peak on the same hardware?

Different DSP algorithms or implementations?