LP Ripper

LP Ripper splits a WAV file into a separate file for each LP track LP Ripper - converting your LPs, cassettes or tapes to CDs is a great way of storing and playing your favourite music. You can now listen to your LPs in the car, on the computer etc. - anywhere you have a CD player - and the sound quality does not deteriorate like it does with vinyl or tape.

If you convert to MP3, Windows Media (WMA) or a similar compressed format you can store the equivalent of a dozen LPs onto a single CD. With a software MP3 player like WinAmp or a portable MP3 player you can play any mix of tracks you like.LP Ripper is a tool that splits a WAV file into a separate files.

Either way, you can play your music as often as you like, without damaging the originals.

If you have already tried to do this you'll have discovered how fiddly and time-consuming it is, recording each track as a WAV file to record to CD or converting it to an MP3 file.

LP Ripper is a Windows program that makes the task much easier and quicker. Just record each side of your LP as a single WAV file on your computer using a program like LP Recorder. LP Ripper automatically splits the file into a separate WAV file for each track. If you have a command-line MP3 or WMA Encoder, LP Ripper will use that to produce an MP3 or WMA file for each track.

Here are some key features of "LP Ripper":
Listen to previews of the tracks.
Adjust the fade-in / fade-out of selected tracks useful for live recordings.
Replace the hiss between tracks with silence.
Save editing progress between sessions.
Use LP Recorder .TRK files for fast operation
Designed for Microsoft Windows XP and compatible with Windows 98, ME and 2000.
Visual Track Trimming
Trim the start and end of each track visually to a precision of 0.1 seconds by dragging the track marker on the graphical display. The upper display shows the recording level of all of the tracks, highlighting the track you are trimming. The lower display shows the track you are trimming in detail.
Instant Analysis
Track detection is lightning fast. You can experiment with different sensitivity levels and numbers of tracks in seconds.
Insert silence before and after tracks.
Save editing progress between sessions.
Optionally store MP3 album title, track name etc. (ID3 Tags) with the MP3 file.
Control MP3 or WMA Encoder quality with a slider control.


Requirements:
Intel Pentium 233MHz processor
800x600 SVGA display using Normal (Small) fonts, and Medium (16-bit) colours
Windows compatible mouse
SoundBlaster-compatible Soundcard
At least 300Mb Free disk space (for approx. 30 Minutes' WAV storage


Limitations:
It includes all features of the registered full version for you to use for an unlimited time except that it only saves the first two tracks.