I don’t know about you but I find every time a piece of software promises to be easy it’s the complete opposite. And with that in mind I wasn’t looking forward to testing out Magix’s Rescue Your Vinyl and Tapes.

Promising to help you convert your tapes and vinyl easily, I was ready for hours of fiddling that resulted in nothing.

I was wrong. With this package I was recording within an hour.

So How Does the Magix Rescue Your Vinyl and Tapes Work?

There are two main parts to the package  - a piece of software and a high-quality Phono Pre-Amp complete with wires to connect to your stereo and computer.

The first thing I did was install the software. Once that was done (which was extremely quick), I opened up the Magix Audio Cleaning Lab 15, the program that you use to record the software.

I took a while to explore Magix Audio Cleaning Lab 15 and was impressed. This software is very simply laid out and will allow you to get recording straight away with little to no knowledge. If you want to do more you can, but you don’t have to. A winning formula in my mind.

So how do you go about recording?

The first thing you need to do is connect the Phono Pre-Amp to your tape player / record player via the phono outputs at the back. The wires are coloured coded to match the sockets making it easy to get it right.

Once you’ve done that you it’s just a case of taking the other set of wires from the Phono Pre-Amp to the computer, making sure that you’ve plugged them into the right side of the Pre-Amp (I may have accidentally done that on purpose).

You’re now ready to record, which isn’t hard to work out - it’s the big button that says record on the screen. Press that and you’re away.

My Overall Thoughts

If Magix was sitting right in front of me I’d give them a huge thumbs up. They’ve created something very impressive with this software. It’s been designed to be simple enough to not intimidate the techno-phobe whilst offering a host of possibilities to the more experienced who wants to do something a bit more special…

Available for £39.99 from Amazon / £49.99 from Magix

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Are your shelves and cupboards packed full of tapes and LPs that you keep promising yourself you’ll convert so you don’t end up losing them forever?

With Magix’s Rescue Your Vinyl and Tapes Software you can have them converted and stored as MP3s on your laptop in hours.

This software comes complete with everything you need including the Vinyl to MP3 software, MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 15 deluxe and a top quality phono pre-amp for hooking up directly to your PC.

Why have Magix included MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 15 deluxe?

Magix have included MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab 15 Deluxe to make sure the tracks you convert are of the highest quality possible. All you need to do is “Record” and the integrated recorder records everything that you can hear via the sound card.

And the best bit is it automatically detects and seperates individual pieces of music so you’ll not going to end up listening to a 2 hour long track when you actually only wanted to listen to one track off the LP!

So how much is it going to cost you to convert all your tapes and vinyl to MP3? £200, £100?

Actually it’s not even half of that. Magix are currently offering this amazing software for only £35.99 at Amazon!

Want to know what it’s actually like to use? Check back in a few days and I’ll have a full review for you!

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