Re: [OT] Vinyl Ripping

["ianh1000" <ianh1000@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Alan

I am from the old school of keeping the signal pure, don't dick about=20
with it unless you have to. Start with the best record deck/cartridge=20
and phono stage that you can. Keep the record clean or get it clean=20
with a nitty gritty machine if you can. As I mentioned I would then=20
like a quality ADC, I would be happy to pay a few hundred pounds for=20
this.

I agree that to save in WAV format would be best if you have a few=20
spare TB of disk but my HP Jukebox only plays MP3 so I cut at 320KB=20
for a reasonable standard. ( Did I mention I have spare one of these=20
for sale ( offers just over =A3250 to secure a sale)).

I then used a product called wave repair=20
(http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~abcomp/wavrep.htm
) that is very=20
powerful and can be used to clean recording etc. This software=20
remains free for its basic functions of finding and spliting tracks=20
>from
is what it always sounded like to me, you can strangle the dynamics=20
and remove this if you wish.

Once I have a group of WAV files I use CDEX to convert to MP3=20
(www.cdex.n3.net) to convert from WAV to MP3. Then MP3 Tag Studio (=20
cant remember where this came from) to add all of the artist detail.

This gives me a large number of files that I drop onto the Jukebox (=20
did I say I had a spare for sale?) over the home network. The Jukebox=20
the imports them and manages a database using the MP3 Tags.

Regards
Ian=20

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Alancc" <alan.cc@n...> wrote:
> I was about to post the same question about the ADC, I have now=20
started
> ripping some LPs for SWMBO they seem OK if a little less colourful=20
than the
> original.
> What software are you using, I tried a program to remove the pops=20
and clicks
> but this just distorted the recording.
> I was planning to leave the recordings as WAV files, is there any=20
benefit
> other than space with converting to MP3.
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> Alancc ........currently seeking out some terabytes :-)
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ianh1000 <ianh1000@y...>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:04 AM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] Vinyl Ripping
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>=20
> I am in the process of ripping all my LPs onto my HP Jukebox ( I
> still have that spare Jukebox for sale by the way, see a review here
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http://www.techtv.com/products/consumerelectronics/story/0,23008,33625
> 80,00.html ).
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> I used my old Linn record deck and bought a small Phono Pre-amp
> called Pro-Ject, it was about =A340 but I think Maplin do a cheaper
> one.
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> I cut all of my disks to Wav via the PC sound card, then used some
> shareware to cut out the tracks, convert to MP3 ( at 320k) and add
> all the track info for the database. ( I will send you the URL's for
> teh software used if you are interested.)
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> I am generaly very happy with the results but I am sure I could get=20
a
> better ADC than the unit on a motherboard sound card. I have been
> looking for something but all the products I can see have more
> functionality in the way of DAC and sound generation than the other
> way. Anyone aware or a reasonble ADC that doesnt cost the earth?