[Vintage-Audio] Conversion Of Vinyl

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Greetings All, 	
	
This is a little too new, but still old, so pardon the stretch. 	
	
I have been converting vinyl 33 1/3 rpm records to CD format without a computer.
I have had extremely good success. However, this procedure is tedious, time
consuming and requires a DAT deck. 	
	
Are any of you using a stand alone CDR deck wired direct to the primary sound
system? 	
	
Here is one little trick that may help some of you salvage an otherwise
unrecoverable recording. If a vinyl record has a scratch on it causing the
stylus to stick, put a tiny drop of water on it. Let it expand and fill the
grooves. many times this will allow the stylus to track through the area without
sticking. However, there may be some noise, as the scratch is still there. 	
	
I use an outboard graphic equalization unit to minimize specific frequencies
when recording the vinyl to DAT or CD. Many times you can eliminate, or greatly
reduce, the noise present from heavy play wear, minor scratches and so forth.
Keeping in mind, that the depth to which the needle went, and the width of the
grooves, has changed over the years.  	
	
Duane W8DBF