ADS Instant Music Vinyl & Cassette Ripper to mp3, ipod or cd

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Just plug the Instant Music into a USB port on your computer and you are ready to begin recording from any analog audio source into the most popular digital audio formats available such as MP3 WAV and WMA (Windows Media 9 Audio) and AAC. Once in a digital format you can create Audio CDs MP3 CDs or have the audio ready to be played for your personal music enjoyment on a variety of MP3 player devices. Features Record Your Old LPs and Cassettes to Audio CD and MP3 Save music as MP3 WAV WMA and AAC (iPod) audio formats Burn professional quality CDs Capture from any audio source: cassette turn table TV radio DVD Mac Users can use Instant Music with Garage Band or Sound Studio 2.1 Technical Specifications Audio Specs: Capture: 16 bit Sampling Rate: 8 11 16 22.05 32 44.1 or 48 kHz THD+N = 0.01% SNR= 89dB Playback: 16 bit Sampling Rate - 32 44.1 48 kHz THD+N = 0.005% SNR = 96dB Includes : Audio IN: RCA Stereo (Left and Right); SPDIF (Toslink) Audio Out: RCA Stereo (Left and Right); SPDIF (Toslink) Power: USB bus power (no external supply needed) USB: USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 compatible as a Full Speed Device An available USB port CD-ROM - for software installation CD burner - for making VCD's or burning video files to CD-writable discs System Requirements : For Windows PC: Minimum CPU - Intel Pentium 3 500 MHz or faster Windows 98SE WinME Win2000 WinXP (Home or Professional) 256 MB of RAM Macintosh: Apple G4 MAC OaS 10.X An available USB port Garage Band or Sound Studio 2.1 Package Dimensions: 10"H x 7.25"W x 4"D x 2.5lbs

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All hail the AdsTech Instant Music device. For it is mighty in its capability. And broad in its scope. For now, the music in the darker recesses of one's library - that Sister Sledge mixtape you made your girlfriend in 1985, that old Frankie 12" with the rare mix, that 78 from the late 1940s - are now, gloriously, within reach once again. This amazingly simple gadget enables the quick and painless conversion of one's dusty old (ie 'classic') analogue musical tracks into a range of the most popular 21st century digital audio formats, including WAV and WMA (Windows Media 9 Audio), not to mention the oddly-titled OGG. And, of course, once in the digital domain, your crisply encoded music may be transferred to all manner of portable audio and media devices, including one's ever-so-clever iPod. Enabling the mobile enjoyment of Frankie the way Mr Trevor Horn intended, without all that tape hiss, wow and flutter. And, if one has the desire to burn, baby, burn, for true posterity, one may also generate audio CDs of one's new digital audio creations. The gadget's Instant Music and Acoustica Spin It Again bundled software will help ensure the complete longevity of one's otherwise fragile vinyl. And there one has it. Tape. Cassette. Vinyl. Even audio from some analogue video sources (with the appropriate outputs). Now all of this and more can become your digital playground. In fact, you could say the AdsTech Instant Music device is your one-stop digitisation station.

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11 Reviews 5 star:  (2) 4 star:  (4) 3 star:  (1) 2 star:  (1) 1 star:  (3)           Average Customer Review 3.1 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews)		Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Most Helpful Customer Reviews   65 of 65 people found the following review helpful: 1.0 out of 5 stars Does Nothing Your PC Can't Do Already, 14 Feb 2008 By  Andy R (Swindon UK) - See all my reviews This gadget offers to convert your LP collection into digital format on your PC. As someone with lots of LPs, this sounds like just the thing. Unfortunately, it has two major flaws - the software and the hardware. The software provided is Nero SoundTrax from Nero 6. This is an old, discontinued version (the current version is 8) that has known compatibility issues with Windows Vista. Google `Windows Explorer not responding Nero' to see some of the hideous things that old Nero software can cause, and install at your peril. An update is available via a weblink provided but Vista still warns that it has a problem. And why are they bundling such an old version when a Vista compatible one is available? No software is provided for Mac users. When I contacted InstantMusic support (about a different problem) the first thing they suggested was using Audacity - a free piece of software for Windows and Mac. It seems that they have little faith in the supplied software either. So this leaves us with the hardware. What you have is a box that accepts the output from your hifi and connects it to a USB port on your PC. However, most PCs, quite a few laptops and almost all Macs have line-in connections, usually via a mini stereo jackplug. You can buy an RCA (what comes out of your hifi) to mini-jack converter cable for a couple of pounds and connect it straight to your PC or Mac. I tried it both ways - with the InstantMusic box and directly to my line-in imput, on both Mac and PC - and there was no obvious difference between the two. I used Creative software that came with the soundcard on my PC and Garageband on the Mac. I also used the free Audacity. Garageband is by far the nicest to use but they all do the job. So at the end of the day, you are paying nearly £30 for software that isn't compatible with Vista or Apple computers and a box that can be replaced by a cheap converter cable. Its actually worse than that. Other reviewers have complained about a loud static noise on recordings. I also got this (only on my Mac laptop, not my PC). However, it didn't happen using the direct line-in connection. So you're actually better off not having this box. Spend the money on a sound card with a line-in connection if you don't have one. Furthermore, their support isn't very helpful. They did respond to my email about the static problem. However, they seem to be non-English language based and I was seemingly unable to explain to them what the problem was and what I had tried to rectify it. They just kept telling me to try Audacity. In the end, they stopped responding to my emails. Regrettably, I have to conclude that this product is worse than useless. The alternative - a simple cable to connect your line-in port - is available on this website, at the time of writing, for 1p. You choose! Comment Comments (3) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   60 of 60 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars ADS Instant Music, 16 Mar 2006 By  "kenthelawyer" - See all my reviews I bought this product a few days ago and it works fine plugged into my desktop PC. I have transferred cassettes and MiniDisc recordings and subsequently burned them to CD with no problem. Unlike the previous reviewer, I was able to access the on-screen input volume control slider. Analog audio sources included Sony Walkman cassette and MiniDisc players as well as hi-fi system. I previously tried Audio Cleaning Lab software but was not particularly happy with it. The ADS device is much easier to use and, more importantly, does not require the installation CD to be present in the CD tray each time you use the product. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   28 of 28 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars ADS: Good for audio to cd, 22 Feb 2007 By  A. Smith (Derby, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    Having a large collection of audio tapes that are not available as CD, I wanted a cheap alternative to copying my tape collection onto CD and MP3 files. This box works fine, connecting to the hi-fi via the headphone socket, so that I can control the recording level via the volume control. It does need to be quite low to stop the recording level being too high, so if you do not have a pre-amp between source and box, forget this solution. Processed the signal and split up my audio tape into the correct tracks and burnt an audio CD fine. What I was disappointed by though, was that the MP3 write was only free for the first 30 tracks. You can buy unlimited write by going to Nero's homepage, but I installed audacity for free, which does offer a lot of this stuff if you have the right sound card on your PC anyway. Overall, the time saving on recording tracks, filtering and splitting them is still good. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 11 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews 4.0 out of 5 stars cassettes ripper I bought this for my husband for Xmas. You need a cassette player with usb and a computer. He struggled a bit to find a cassette player that has a usb connection, at... Read more Published 4 months ago by Mrs. N. Ralph 5.0 out of 5 stars ADS Instant Music With over 400 pre-recorded tapes and 100+ bits of vinyl, I was looking for an inexpensive solution that allowed me to convert these into a digital format. Read more Published 11 months ago by Andyb 4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Actually I purchased this without reading any of the other reviews and frankly, I'm glad that I did. Several of the other reviewers clearly have no understanding of how "hi-fi" works and... Read more Published 11 months ago by Mr. A. Palmer 1.0 out of 5 stars If your sound card has a line-in connector you might not need this device I used the ADS Instant music with my old computer and, with the help of the earlier reviews, managed to record a couple of tapes via the headphone socket(using a phono to jack... Read more Published 16 months ago by AnneC 3.0 out of 5 stars OK but not very easy to use The box itself I suppose is OK - what you really use is the software, which comes from a different company (Nero) so customer service is awkward. Read more Published 21 months ago by dsa10 4.0 out of 5 stars A remarkable low-cost solution I was looking for a device to use primarily to put live home recordings (mic + guitar etc) onto my PC for editing and sharing/publication in digital form. Read more Published on 29 May 2006 by Glen Vaal 2.0 out of 5 stars Turntable problems The main reason for buying "ADS Instant Music RDX-150 - Sound card" was to transfer my record collection. Read more Published on 11 May 2006 by R. Smith 1.0 out of 5 stars A very serious flaw I bought the ADS Instant Music RDX-150 Sound card to use with my new lap top computer because, in common with most lap tops today, mine does not have a stereo line input on its... Read more Published on 3 Mar 2006 by tim46027 Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 11 customer reviews...

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