Recording LP's to CD

[The Raven]

Hi folks;
Can any one tell me how to wire my computer to my record
player and record quite a few LP's to CD.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Peter
Australia

 

[OPtus News]

yep.....just plug it into your soundcard input

 

[Stefan Heinzmann]

yep.....just plug it into your soundcard input

Only if the soundcard has a phono input, which it probably hasn't, in
which case you need a phono preamp. That may be included in your HiFi set.

 

[Tweetldee]

yep.....just plug it into your soundcard input

Nope, that won't work.
Reasons are that the sound card has line-level inputs and possibly a
microphone input.. The line-level inputs expect signal levels in the
neighborhood of a few tenths of a volt to over a volt. Phono cartridge
outputs are in the millivolt region. The phono output also needs RIAA
equalization to restore a level frequency response to the signal. The mike
input might be able to accept the phono cartridge signal level, but offers
no equalization, so your records would sound very bad.
The solution is to interface the phono cartridge to the sound card by
(1) a phono preamp suitable for your cartridge. Plug the phono cartridge
into the preamp inputs, then patch the preamp outputs into the Line In of
your sound card.
(2) through your stereo system. Plug the phono cartridge into the phono
inputs of your stereo amp, then patch the Record Out from your stereo amp
into the Line In of your sound card.
Cheers!
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[The Raven]

Great do i need any particular software ??

Peter

 

[Tweetldee]

Great do i need any particular software ??

Peter

Yep.. good software here is a must. I use Wave Corrector from Ganymede in
the UK http://www.wavecor.co.uk. It's probably the lowest cost software
package for this purpose, and it works very well. It records your vinyl
tracks as .WAV files, then allows you to process them to eliminate clicks,
pops, tailor the volume level, equalization, etc. It allows you to record
an entire album side, then separate the tracks into individual files before
burning to CD.
It's my recommendation, but naturally, there will be a half dozen or so
other recommendations for the best software to use. I like this package
because it does a fantastic job on the audio, it has lots of features, it's
cheap.
Cheers!!!!
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Tweetldee
dgmason44 at comcast dot net (Just subsitute the appropriate characters in
the address)

Never take a laxative and a sleeping pill at the same time!!

 

[The Raven]

Thanx mate for your help much appreciate

Peter

 

[Michael Black]

Hi folks;
Can any one tell me how to wire my computer to my record
player and record quite a few LP's to CD.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Peter
Australia

You ask in newsgroup that's related to audio. This has nothing
to do with the design of electronic equipment. Or, you do a search
on the web, and find pages about the topic you seek.

Michael

 

[YD]

Only if the soundcard has a phono input, which it probably hasn't, in
which case you need a phono preamp. That may be included in your HiFi set.

Try the tape or aux output from the set into the soundcard's aux
input. The record player all by itself won't have enough signal to
make an impression and needs equalization anyway. If no set rustle up
a phono preamp from somewheres, a good starting point for schems is
www.epanorama.net.

- YD.

 

[YD]

Thanx mate for your help much appreciate

Peter

Also take a look at http://www.hitsquad.com, there's a lot of
audioware, both freeware and shareware licenses. Grab a few and see
which you like. http://www.nonags.com has lots of freeware but may be
a bit iffier in this genre. http://www.sourceforge.net may have
something too but at your own risk as practically all is in beta.

Sorry, can't recommend any specific app at the moment.

- YD.

 

[Mac]

Yep.. good software here is a must. I use Wave Corrector from Ganymede in
the UK http://www.wavecor.co.uk. It's probably the lowest cost software
package for this purpose, and it works very well. It records your vinyl
tracks as .WAV files, then allows you to process them to eliminate clicks,
pops, tailor the volume level, equalization, etc. It allows you to record
an entire album side, then separate the tracks into individual files before
burning to CD.
It's my recommendation, but naturally, there will be a half dozen or so
other recommendations for the best software to use. I like this package
because it does a fantastic job on the audio, it has lots of features, it's
cheap.
Cheers!!!!

I'm not familiar with this product. Does it work directly off of your
phonograph, or do you need to have a pre-amp or receiver in the loop
somewhere? The signal coming from a phonograph is low voltage, high
impedance, and needs to be corrected, tone wise, before you can listen to
it. Normally you use a phono pre-amp for this. I guess I would be mildly
surprised to hear that a typical A to D card has a high enough input
impedance and low enough noise figure to do a good job of this.

Regards,
Mac

 

[Product developer]

Great do i need any particular software ??

Peter

Yes. You can use Sound Forge, Adobe Audition, or several other audio
recorder software packages. You will want to convert to MP3. If you
hesitate purchasing a program there is a site called www.e-lunatic.org
where they have several audio recording software packages as well as
others for trial use. Of course some of their offerings are cracked so
make sure that you obey all anti-piracy laws and purchase the software
after you give it a good whirl. I would use a quality sound card like
the Turtle Beach which are a bargain for the quality they offer.

 

[GPG]

As noted you will need to use line level output from stereo to sound
card.
And try this: http://www.coyotes.bc.ca/DL_GM.html
If you wire both the inputs and outputs you can play music on the comp
through stereo.

 

[Paul Burridge]

Yep.. good software here is a must. I use Wave Corrector from Ganymede in
the UK http://www.wavecor.co.uk. It's probably the lowest cost software
package for this purpose, and it works very well. It records your vinyl
tracks as .WAV files, then allows you to process them to eliminate clicks,
pops, tailor the volume level, equalization, etc.

Do you find, though, that using this signal processing feature to
eliminate the pops and crackles kills the top-end/ treble of the
recording?

 

[Tweetldee]

Do you find, though, that using this signal processing feature to
eliminate the pops and crackles kills the top-end/ treble of the
recording?

No, the high frequench response is not affected by the software unless you
tailor the equalization to that end. The clicks and pops are detected and
removed by looking at small time slices of the waveform, and at the Dv/Dt of
each slice. Pops and clicks are usually very fast rise pulses, and can be
detected and removed apart from the overal frequency response of the signal.
The software also has filters for hiss removal (useful in handling tape
recordings... this filter does affect high freq response), hum removal, and
even has a noise profile that can be applied if the source hardware is
noisy.

 

[Dan]

If you would have followed YD's advice and dug around at epanorama.net you
would have found http://www.delback.co.uk/lp-cdr.htm which will tell you
everything you need to know and more. Trust me.

Dan