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Recommended Vinyl ripper?

Post by 150Grams » Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:01 pm

Just ordered Cyrus - 3 Kings / Drama (Six6six) and it seems impossible to find a digital version.

So, hit me up with a proper ripping program that is quite easy, cheers.

Appreciated!
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Re: Recommended Vinyl ripper?

Post by alphacat » Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:48 pm

Mac or PC?
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Re: Recommended Vinyl ripper?

Post by Unidentified » Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:54 pm

Audacity, it's free and it runs on Mac and PC

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Re: Recommended Vinyl ripper?

Post by Tekki » Wed Nov 07, 2012 10:02 pm

Covered elsewhere I'm sure but here are some tips:

PC I found Ableton recorded well peaking at minus 2 to 3db but Audacity is free and uses lame to encode ti mp3 which is good
if you get drop outs or pops etc check yr driver for the software
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Use new needles mate or it will sound kak. Also, clean vinyl means less noise or crackles. An external sound card supporting ASIO is a must IMHO
try use quarts lock on your turntable and set anti skate to 5 to prevent unbalanced stereo input
Rob Sparks posted some really good tips on hard limiting after recording to increase volume but I can't seem to find this post.
recording at higher bit rate and depth (dunno say 48000khz, 24 bit) is supposed to be better even if file compression is used at a later stage.
Rip to WAV then compress later if need be, maybe.

Hope this helps and doesn't offend if obvious to peeps.

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Re: Recommended Vinyl ripper?

Post by Tekki » Wed Nov 07, 2012 10:02 pm

Covered elsewhere I'm sure but here are some tips:

PC I found Ableton recorded well peaking at minus 2 to 3db but Audacity is free and uses lame to encode ti mp3 which is good
if you get drop outs or pops etc check yr driver for the software
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Use new needles mate or it will sound kak. Also, clean vinyl means less noise or crackles. An external sound card supporting ASIO is a must IMHO
try use quarts lock on your turntable and set anti skate to 5 to prevent unbalanced stereo input
Rob Sparks posted some really good tips on hard limiting after recording to increase volume but I can't seem to find this post.
recording at higher bit rate and depth (dunno say 48000khz, 24 bit) is supposed to be better even if file compression is used at a later stage.
Rip to WAV then compress later if need be, maybe.

Hope this helps and doesn't offend if obvious to peeps.

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