LP to mp3 questions

[mathjak107]

2 questions for my sempai:

how do you clean your records before playing them?

Is there anything that can be done for a skip in a track? I have one song on an otherwise perfect album that skips in the same spot every time. How does a blowdryer, fine sewing needle and a magnifying glass sound?

a disc washer brush and a mix of isopropal alcohol and distalled water in a 5:1 mix of water to alcohol. dont do it to ofton as the alcohal can leach the plastizers out of the records theoretically. i have been using this for over 30 years and my records still sound like new.

 

[ronin]

a disc washer brush and a mix of isopropal alcohol and distalled water in a 5:1 mix of water to alcohol.

Thanks! That's what I used to use in the 70's but didn't know if something else had come along. Unfortunately can't find the old brush, so I'll need to go shopping.

 

[TromboneAl]

Just started using Audiograbber for recording from Pandora.com. It does a great job of automatically splitting the music into separate tracks based on the silence between tracks. It's free.