could anyone tell how to get the best quality when i rip vinyl please (programs etc)
Much obliged
Much obliged
Vinyl ripping.
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Audacity is free Benny
Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder
But also download the MP3 plugins (also free) otherwise you can only save in WAV (which as you wan't best quality rips you may wanna do anyway).
Otherwise it's all about making sure the gains & eqs are leveled correctly (I'm shit at this as my setup thru a mic input means I have to have my lappy & upfaders settings real real low & any tweak can blow the levels... in fact I may get an external usb soundcard to address).
Clean the tune & wipe the needles before hitting record
Do lots of testing first to find the best levels n all
Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder
But also download the MP3 plugins (also free) otherwise you can only save in WAV (which as you wan't best quality rips you may wanna do anyway).
Otherwise it's all about making sure the gains & eqs are leveled correctly (I'm shit at this as my setup thru a mic input means I have to have my lappy & upfaders settings real real low & any tweak can blow the levels... in fact I may get an external usb soundcard to address).
Clean the tune & wipe the needles before hitting record
Do lots of testing first to find the best levels n all
Audacity is free Benny
Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder
But also download the MP3 plugins (also free) otherwise you can only save in WAV (which as you wan't best quality rips you may wanna do anyway).
Otherwise it's all about making sure the gains & eqs are leveled correctly (I'm shit at this as my setup thru a mic input means I have to have my lappy & upfaders settings real real low & any tweak can blow the levels... in fact I may get an external usb soundcard to address).
Clean the tune & wipe the needles before hitting record
Do lots of testing first to find the best levels n all
Top man Shoomertronic
He is comming over to the darkside
lol i beleive he is allready there but not with cd decks hence my question
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He is comming over to the darkside
He's already a long term resident of the pink side, the big wooley woofter
I've just started to rip all my vinyl to WAV and have found when using Audacity that the tracks lose a bit of bass detail, is there any way of improving this other than EQing each track before I record it?
My set up works very nicely and is as follows.
Clean vinyl on Loricraft
Technics 1200 to
Pioneer DJM500 to
M Audio 192HD card to
Adobe Audition 1.5 Software (BBC use this so cant be too bad)
I always record to mp3 256 and WAV. I only use WAV recordings as sound much better than compressed.
I own the original vinyl of anything on my computer.
S
Clean vinyl on Loricraft
Technics 1200 to
Pioneer DJM500 to
M Audio 192HD card to
Adobe Audition 1.5 Software (BBC use this so cant be too bad)
I always record to mp3 256 and WAV. I only use WAV recordings as sound much better than compressed.
I own the original vinyl of anything on my computer.
S
I always turn EQ off when ripping vinyl, yes, some trax come out quieter but it will stay more true to the original sound, surely-
Can't you boost bass in the 'effect' menu in Audacity ?
Why ya want to rip vinyl? lol
Because most of it is thrashed! Take a look at our abused hardcore collection Debs, May aswell get a good rip of it now while its still playable. Plus then you don't have to lug it around.
Lol plus Als carting it off bit by bit so............
ps take yer blinkers off
Figured it out. I had the EQ knob all the way off on my mixer. DOH...
I can't believe I'm admitting this...
I can't believe I'm admitting this...
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I love your balls
You've got a looooooooooooong way to go for setup stupidness to beat Pauly P
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While I'm on here... before getting Traktor Scratch I was recording in Audacity / Sound Forge using a double phono to mini jack into the MIC input on my lappy (all recent lappy's I've had have only had headfones / mic rather than a dedicated line in - boo).
I've had the mic boost clicked off & even so I had to have the upfaders barely up (around 1) & the levels in sound managers barely on too...
Same applied when I was mixing on tinty radio... which meant I had to mix in the cans (which was a fucker for judging levels & x fade curve).
Bizarely running / recording / ripping thru Traktor Scratch Pro I can have me upfaders up as normal allowing me to mix 'open'.
No idea why the difference but I am mightily chuffed.
I've had the mic boost clicked off & even so I had to have the upfaders barely up (around 1) & the levels in sound managers barely on too...
Same applied when I was mixing on tinty radio... which meant I had to mix in the cans (which was a fucker for judging levels & x fade curve).
Bizarely running / recording / ripping thru Traktor Scratch Pro I can have me upfaders up as normal allowing me to mix 'open'.
No idea why the difference but I am mightily chuffed.
Couldn't you have just had the master output very low and use the upfaders as per the norm?
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No mate... for recording / ripping / streaming the master output isn't in the equation... makes no odds... only for hearing it thru my local speakers...
