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Cool Edit Pro has been bought by Adobe and is now called Adobe Audition. It is an audio editor and recorder, it is very much suited for recording and editing samples.
When sampling from vinyl you have to use a preamp with an RIAA equalizing curve. Vinyls are cut using a severe bass roll-off eq to make sure the needle doesn't move too much on bass sounds.
this image explains the EQ curve that is needed for a faithful vinyl playback:
RIAA equalization curve (source: wikipedia.org)
You need a little box called an 'RIAA equalizing preamp' which you have to put between your deck and your sound card. This will amplify the (very weak) record player output to line level and apply the RIAA curve. Something like the Behringer PP400 costs around 25€.
Behringer PP400 phono preamp (source: behringer.com)
Alternatively, you can hook up the deck to a DJ mixer, and record the output from the DJ mixer. All DJ mixers have RIAA preamps built in. This is the second best option, most DJ mixers will degrade the sound quality.
The third option is to apply the RIAA curve in software. I don't know if Cool Edit Pro has this built in. Audacity has it, which is a similar program to Cool Edit Pro and is free open source software. Check it out.
RIAA equalization curve applied in software using Audacity
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