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Meathead
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 Posted - 2008/01/01 : 19:48:36
check the preferences in audacity. make sure its set to record in 2 channel (stereo) not 1 channel (mono) that could be it, and when exportin the file make sure its the highest quality possible.
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ruroken
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Posted - 2008/01/01 : 20:20:38
Would a sound card give better results? Something like the M-Audio Audiophlie which has rca inputs.
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Hard2Get
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Posted - 2008/01/01 : 20:43:49
They are actually both the same thing, they both convert analogue to digital; they just connect to the computer differently :P
And djupload, you shouldn't worry about getting a better one till you can get a better recording with what you have - which you can. It's a good enough interface for at least satisfactory results. It's the other factors you need to concentrate on, like a strong signal going into the interface.
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chappy_hardcore
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Posted - 2008/01/03 : 18:58:40
This is how i record my vinyls.
I have a Numark USB Mixer, i use Ashampoo MP3 Studio, record my tunes (thro the USB input) as wave and then use a program called MP3 Gain (freeware) to make sure each track is at the correct dB.
Vinyl's vary in quality if you ask me, so i tend to tweak the sound before i start recording, i usually find myself pushing up the Treble abit or sometimes the Bass.
I record at:
Wave / sample rate 44100 (44kHz) / 16 Bits / Stereo
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djupload
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Posted - 2008/01/04 : 16:30:48
That done the trick Meathead changed it to 2 channel sterio. Cheers
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Samination
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Posted - 2008/01/04 : 19:49:35
quote:
Originally posted by chappy_hardcore:
This is how i record my vinyls.
I have a Numark USB Mixer, i use Ashampoo MP3 Studio, record my tunes (thro the USB input) as wave and then use a program called MP3 Gain (freeware) to make sure each track is at the correct dB.
Vinyl's vary in quality if you ask me, so i tend to tweak the sound before i start recording, i usually find myself pushing up the Treble abit or sometimes the Bass.
I record at:
Wave / sample rate 44100 (44kHz) / 16 Bits / Stereo
You'll never get close to 0 dB if you just use gain, as I presume it goes after the highest peak measured, and since crackles or pop clips, you'll prop never get a normalized track. I've had this problem with alot of my rips (they sound very low). I've noticed on alot of the mp3/cd's i've bought om Nu Energy and Electronica Exposed, that they are extremely near the clipping level. Ofcourse this is because they could master it to that level.
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Hard2Get
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Posted - 2008/01/05 : 00:02:27
quote:
Originally posted by DjSamination:
quote:
Originally posted by chappy_hardcore:
This is how i record my vinyls.
I have a Numark USB Mixer, i use Ashampoo MP3 Studio, record my tunes (thro the USB input) as wave and then use a program called MP3 Gain (freeware) to make sure each track is at the correct dB.
Vinyl's vary in quality if you ask me, so i tend to tweak the sound before i start recording, i usually find myself pushing up the Treble abit or sometimes the Bass.
I record at:
Wave / sample rate 44100 (44kHz) / 16 Bits / Stereo
You'll never get close to 0 dB if you just use gain, as I presume it goes after the highest peak measured, and since crackles or pop clips, you'll prop never get a normalized track. I've had this problem with alot of my rips (they sound very low). I've noticed on alot of the mp3/cd's i've bought om Nu Energy and Electronica Exposed, that they are extremely near the clipping level. Ofcourse this is because they could master it to that level.
Well the whole idea is to get the track as loud as possible without clipping, yes.
As for your ripping sounding quiet, that would be due to lack of pre-ampification probably. If you had the gains set correctly and were going into 2 channels of a mixer with the preamps set to a good level then you shouldn't really have any problems.
Although because of the nature of analogue recording the more 'generations' there is the more quality your going to loose each time, and as a vinyl is an analogue medium the quality of the sound reproduced is directly dependanting on the audio chain. You need to keep the signal from the vinyl to the computer as close to the original as possible. Unlike the digital domain where you can get good results for cheap, with analogue recording you need the best equipment to get good results.
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Edited by - Hard2Get on 2008/01/05 00:04:20 |
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