I thought they were visually scanning the actual record grooves these days.

 

are you from the future

 

Well, maybe not for digitizing, but reading grooves with a laser is an old invention (1989):
ELP Laser Turntable

 

I can only remember the future.

 

Looks like a printer lol . I would like to hear one of these devices and see what gives.

 

I guess it costs like a pair of arms, but I think it can give the best possible reproduction for vinyls today*.

I would like to know if it follows the optigan/orchestron paradigm, in that case is like an analogue turntable without stylus.
In any case very few information is given - does it have an internal A/D? Toslink? USB interface?

* I saw a clip of this device, it seems that if vinyl is scratched it will reproduce them as well, along pops an the like. It can't do miracles.

 

Most people use Audacity to record the digital stream from an ADC. The reason is that not only is it free, but it works great. Just to clarify, you are not ripping anything from a record. Ripping means pulling the data directly from a digital source.

It's fast because there's no conversion involved. When you record an LP, you create a waveform on the fly, and the recording software creates a file with the waveform created. Everything happens in real time while the record is playing.

 

It is 100% analog path. A guy in YT has it and demonstrates it on video. Here

 

The Original Laser Turntable --> https://www.elpj.com (Note: Too expensive to become a mass product!)

They were developed into a product by the Californian company Finial Technology, which applied for its first patents in 1985. However, due to the immense development costs of around 20 million dollars, in which numerous investors were also involved, the company ended in insolvency. At the time, the device cost 35,000 DM and the optional “Anti-Knack” computer (a digital noise filter) 60,000 DM.

Since 2012, laser turntables have been offered exclusively by the Japanese company ELP Corporation.