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Posted by lowski on Mar-29-2007 05:12:

ripping vinyl to cd?

hey guys, what do you think about ripping vinyl to cd. i just move to LA from vancouver and i was gonna get all my records mailed down so i can rip them to cd, so i can just use cdjs. but im not to sure of how good the quality would be. i still need to go buy new gear for down here. so if you could recomend any programs such as sound forge or whatever, that would help out. also what would i want the eq levels to sit at?. thanks for the help

Posted by nefardec on Mar-29-2007 06:37:

quality is going to be only as good as your mixer and cables connecting it to your recording device.

i rip my vinyl using soundforge, recording with 24 bit, 96khz sampling rate to give myself some headroom to prevent clipping while getting a loud recording. then i mix it down to a 16 bit 44.1khz wav file for CD. generally the quality is acceptable, however, i am quite sure there are higher standards out there. (i just can't afford them )

Posted by Zild on Mar-29-2007 06:59:

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Originally posted by nefardec
quality is going to be only as good as your mixer and cables connecting it to your recording device.

i rip my vinyl using soundforge, recording with 24 bit, 96khz sampling rate to give myself some headroom to prevent clipping while getting a loud recording. then i mix it down to a 16 bit 44.1khz wav file for CD. generally the quality is acceptable, however, i am quite sure there are higher standards out there. (i just can't afford them )

This exactly what I did to my vinyl archive. I'm sure there are much better ways to skin a cat.

Posted by Import on Mar-29-2007 14:10:

Damned if i have a clue, but you may have missed this guide, which looks good...

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=342250

Posted by lowski on Mar-30-2007 01:15:

hey thanks guys, and thanks import, that is very help full. but i think my buddy help me answer my own question. im gonna find all that i can from digital downloads and then get the rest of my records sent down so i can rip them. this is gonna be expensive$$$, why couldn't i have picked something cheaper to be addicted to? like drugs joking!!