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| Thread ID: 86701 | 2008-01-25 18:21:00 | Advice on Converting my vinyl music to Digital | JohnnyR (9277) | Press F1 |
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| 633984 | 2008-01-25 18:21:00 | I want to convert my collection of LP's to digital. I've heard of two programmes, Audacity and RIP Vinyl, that are available. Does any one have any advice on which is the best to use? And any other useful tips when using either of these? I'm also in the market for an mp3 player. Any advice on makes and models? Thanks JR |
JohnnyR (9277) | ||
| 633985 | 2008-01-25 19:23:00 | I'm also in the market for an mp3 player. Any advice on makes and models? anything except an ipod (damn proprietary hardware/software !) as for which is best audacity or rip........um......sorry cant help I used syntrillium 'cool edit' years ago to do that job and I think audacity is pretty similar...... |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 633986 | 2008-01-25 20:02:00 | There have been a couple of threads about this subject in the last few of months , have you tried doing a search of the forum for them? | gary67 (56) | ||
| 633987 | 2008-01-26 03:50:00 | Thanks Gary, I took your advice and searched...there is some good stuff there. JR |
JohnnyR (9277) | ||
| 633988 | 2008-01-26 04:03:00 | anything except an ipod (damn proprietary hardware/software !) There's more than 1 program you can use with an Ipod. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 633989 | 2008-01-26 06:20:00 | I used a program I downloaded of the net, the name of which escapes me for the moment when I first started converting vinyl some years ago, I suspect there are many more out there now. However as I am now 1 1/2 hours away from the radio station I work for and can't do my show live I had to get something a bit more sophisticated which would be the basis of my own 'recording studio', I now use Adobe Audition, they took over Syntrilliums 'Cool Edit' a few years ago. It is reasonably inexpensive, certainly for the amount of work I put it too, you can download a free trial for I think 60 days on their website and if you do a search on the local suppliers you can pick it up at a cheaper rate. ps I still haven't got all my vinyl on cd, be warned if you get a good program which like Audition can do all the "cleaning" then it will take a while allow a good hour for each LP assuming it is 20 minutes a side and muliple tracks. Alan |
percyporter (6633) | ||
| 633990 | 2008-01-28 06:48:00 | I used a program I downloaded of the net, the name of which escapes me for the moment when I first started converting vinyl some years ago, I suspect there are many more out there now. However as I am now 1 1/2 hours away from the radio station I work for and can't do my show live I had to get something a bit more sophisticated which would be the basis of my own 'recording studio', I now use Adobe Audition, they took over Syntrilliums 'Cool Edit' a few years ago. Alan I can endorse this - I converted my vinyl collection (~200 records) to CD a few years ago. Started with CoolEdit, then went to Audition. One thing that has to be dealt with is the 'snap - crackle - pop' you will inevitably encounter. Audition has a plug-in to remove noise, but I found that a better way was to use WaveCor (www.wavecor.co.uk). This is a piece of software that has evolved to try to do everything, but the one thing it can do superbly well is reduce surface 'pops' on vinyls. It introduces an extra processing step - I transferred the vinyl to the computer with Audition, switched to WaveCor to get rid of the noise, then back to Audition to complete the editing. But WaveCor is much faster than Audition for this particular task, and more efficient, and you are in complete control of the whole process. |
Jayess64 (8703) | ||
| 633991 | 2008-01-28 06:53:00 | I bought one of these a few months ago: www.thinkgeek.com and then I use Audacity to make it all sound better. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 633992 | 2008-01-28 06:54:00 | Can you plug your LP/Record player straight into your Line in on your sound card or do you need to pre-amp it first? | radium (8645) | ||
| 633993 | 2008-01-28 07:02:00 | Can you plug your LP/Record player straight into your Line in on your sound card or do you need to pre-amp it first? The cartridge on turntables don't make enough signal strength to the LINE-IN jack..so a preamp is necessary...unless you use the USB turntable I got. I found a cheap preamp at Radio Shack that I tried with good success...but I prefer to use a stand alone device for the actual rips. Of course...I recommend that you follow the rules of your country and make sure that using such a device is indeed legal. We have the Millennial Rights Act working for us here in the US ....for a while anyway. We are allowed to save and play by proxy things that we actually have bought and presently have complete ownership of. This may NOT be OK in your place of residence. Be careful. |
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