Hi,

>My family has a collection of old records, mostly 45s and LPs but a
few old
>shellacs.
>I would like to archive these on to CDs.


You can try LP Ripper. As they said in the help files:

>Are you converting your vinyl LPs, tapes or cassettes to CDs or MP3
Files?
>
>You have probably discovered how time-consuming it is, trying to
record >each track as a separate WAV or MP3 file.
>
>LP Ripper makes the task much easier. Just record each side of your
LP as >a single WAV file on your computer. LP Ripper automatically
splits the >file into a separate WAV file for each track, and
optionally calls your >MP3 Encoder to produce an MP3 file for each
track.
>
>Additional Features
>
>· Listen to any track before you process it using the preview.
>
>· Use the visual editing feature to trim the start and end of each
track >to a precision of 0.1 seconds.
>
>· Replace the hiss between tracks with silence.
>
>· The MP3 encoded LP takes up about 30-40 Mbytes. Typically you can
store >the equivalent of 2-3 LPs on a 100Mb Zip disk or more than a
dozen LPs on >a single CD.
>
>· Track names can be edited using the full 255 characters of Windows’
long >file names even if your MP3 Encoder does not support them.

You simple plug your turntable into the input of your audio card, and
that's all.

You can download it at
ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/mmedia/lpripp31.zip

It's about 450 kb

I hope it helps,

Greetings

Jorge

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