Channeling Vinyl

Still have some old vinyl kicking around the attic that you'd like to offload to the iPod? You've got a few options for converting those soundwaves into bits.

Numark, maker of turntables for pro DJs and consumers, will ship a direct-to-iPod turntable next month that converts vinyl tracks to MP3 files--without a PC in between. The option works with iPod Classic and 5th-gen iPods as well as 2nd and 3rd-gen Nanos. Owners of other iPod models can import music from records into iTunes and then burn CDs or sync with an iPod from there. Bundled EZ Vinyl Converter 2 software for the PC and EZ Audio Converter software for the Mac remove pops and hisses from original recordings during transfer. Gracenote MusicID technology analyzes vinyl content and retrieves artist, song and album info.