[Ham-Computers] Recording Vinyl To CD Format

Sat, 08 Jun 2002 09:22:34 -0400

Duane,
I guess I was suggesting away to make as many adjustments as possible
with out having to view/hear the PC Screen.  I presume your coming out
of the DAT line out port which probably doesn't allow for level setting
from the DAT controls so the Sound Card software does the job.  
When I recorded from my turntable thru a fixed preamp to the Hard disc I
created .wav files which did not seem to have any computer generated
noise.  It was the noise from well loved (played) vinyl that I was
eliminating.  Fortunately, I had recorded many LPs to Reel Tape and so
they were fairly pristine. I have been contemplating buying Roxio
Platinum and this discussion may be the incentive to do it. 
Weather is finally turning nice so will be spending more time outdoors
on the boat than in the "recording Studio" but will still follow this
thread with interest.

Cheers,

Scott W7GSM

"Duane Fischer, W8DBF" wrote:
> 
> Hello Scott,
> 
> I have done audio recording for many decades, so I am very familiar with
> equipment and procedure. Rather than go through a preamp, I can set the levels
> on the DAT unit to feed the sound card. I can loop the signal through the DAT
> back to the amplifier and use the house speakers as monitors. I am gambling that
> I can avoid having to clean up the audio by doing it already when I record vinyl
> to the DAT. The digital signal should be clean when it reaches the sound card.
> 
> However, what the computer generates is another issue. There I will probably
> need some software to clean up the electronic gibberish. The platinum edition of
> Easy CD Creator is supposed to contain a number of different routines to handle
> noise and other issues. Has anyone used it and what think ye?
> 
> Perhaps I should just be contented with DAT and forget putting the vinyl on CD.
> After all, I have twin DAT units and everything is backed up. But the technology
> used to convert the vinyl to digital on DAT works great, so it stands to reason,
> (yea, I know. common sense is the rarest form of intelligence, among humans.),
> that it should be 'not that difficult' (patented Fischer smirk) to put the vinyl
> on CD.
> 
> So get busy and help the old blind dude out here. One of you wizards surely can
> find away to wire these wonders in a way that works without having to train an
> Octopus to help run the boards.
> 
> I await your solutions, gentlemen.
> 
> Duane W8DBF
> [email protected]
> 
> 
> 
> ----------
> From: S & S Mackay <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Recording Vinyl To CD Format
> Date: Thursday, June 06, 2002 11:16 AM
> 
> Duane,
> I am not familiar with the software you are using so can't help with set
> up.  However alot depends on how much you want to manipulate the
> recording process.  I record from the turntable thru a Radio shack
> preamp to the sound card.  For vinyl in good shape, I simply set the
> levels using the windows program... usually by ear.  If I have to clean
> up pops, noise etc., then I have to run other programs to do that...more
> complex.  I also use a program called singulator that senses tracks on
> the disc and creates tracks on the CD.
> Back to the basics.  I think a phono preamp with knobs would help you
> set levels without reading the screen all the time, i.e. set up the
> soundcard levels once on the screen and then use the knobs on the preamp
> to account for record levels.  Since Singulator works by detecting
> periods of silence between tracks, preamp level setting might be
> effective there too.  I haven't done any manipulation during the
> recording to CD phase.
> 
> Hope these ideas help.  I would like to read of other approches too, so
> I hope the list kicks in with lots of dialog.
> I think it's doable if we collectively think about it.
> 
> I only have about 150 LPs to go.  Wish I knew of a way to speed up the
> process.  Then of course there are the hundred or so reels of tape.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Scott  W7GSM
> 
> "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" wrote:
> >
> >         Hi All,
> >
> > I have kicked this topic around in the past and never came to a firm
> conclusion.
> > While there are several software packages that purport to work well for
> > converting vinyl recordings to a CD format, they all seem to have some
> annoying
> > or serious quirks/flaws.
> >
>                Stuff Snipped
> >
> 
> > Maybe it is not doable for me at all. I do not know. I am open to suggestions
> > from those of you who have actually copied vinyl albums to CDS.
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> > Duane Fischer, W8DBF
> > [email protected]
> >
> >
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