Just thought I’d give my loyal TheDailyVinyl fans a heads-up that on the 2-year anniversary of this site, I’m going to launch “TheDailyVinyl LIVE! I’ve been editing the footage I took at this year’s RUSH, Paul Simon, Wood Brothers and Street Corner Symphony concerts. Keep an eye out for July 7th!

I get asked a lot about the programs I use. For my video editing, I use Adobe Premiere. (I’ve used Elements for the past 2 years, but I just picked up CS3 and have been using that for the LIVE videos I’m about to launch.)

But for the past 10 years, I have LOVED using Acoustica programs for audio editing. I really encourage you to check these out. (And if you use these links, they’ll send me a finders fee, which is nice. Every buck I get is goin’ straight to my local record shop!)

Spin It Again:

The software is dedicated to the task of recording LPs and cassettes. It digitally cleans and restores them. This allows the user to focus on the job of recording their records and tapes, instead of learning how to use a complex recording application. I haven’t used it too much, but it seems really cool.

Now, Mixcraft is a GREAT program. I use this all the time for editing and recording audio:

I think this link goes to a trial version
Download

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Need a great labeling program? I use this one for all my CDs:

and here’s the trial version link:
Download

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Here’s another program I use weekly. This is a GREAT audio file converter:

Trial version:
Download

Well, hope their stuff helps you as much as they’ve helped me! Let me know if you download it and what you think about them.

The Dude
~ June 2011

So I just signed-up for eMusic again. (This is my 4th time).

Of course, I love vinyl (and you probably do too), but at my core… I am a music fan. I am afflicted with the curse of being a completist. So, sometimes you gotta find the best deal to get music (as well as support the artist).

eMusic has come a long way since i first signed up. But its how I acquired my Bjork and Aimee Mann collections. It’s also been instrumental in finding some of those rare/random songs by my favorite artists on soundtracks.

They’ve changed the billing structure to have a $ value associated with an album or a song. But they’ve got a pretty sweet deal. $5 for trying it out. Find some songs or an album, and the cancel if you want. I’m going to keep mine going and keep filling in the gaps of my collection.