So i'm making the switch from vinyl to CD's. Well I wouldn't call it a switch but I just got CD players at home, so I'm going to start to burn all my tracks onto CDs, and well I'm guessing this is going to take a crazy amount of time. Do you guys have any tips or anything for this. Sory if this isnt worth a thread of its own.

It'll take time but i think its well worth it...

When I did this, rather than just ripping EVERYTHING, I just picked the stuff I felt I was likely to want to play out in the near future, as I never had (and still don't have) any plans to sell my vinyl. I'm gonna hang onto it (as well as my decks), so it's still there for mixing at home, I just saved myself the effort of ripping stuff I wasn't going to need on CD.

Then there's just the obvious stuff like making sure you're using decent needles, making sure the pitch slider's on 0, not having any other programs open when you're recording, checking all of your levels first to make sure it's not going to clip when you record - I personally record peaking at about -6dB as it gives enough headroom for the odd unexpected louder section etc, then normalise up to 0dB peak after it's recorded.

Then try and keep them reasonably well-organised on your computer (name all of the tracks systematically etc - makes it a lot easier if you then want to rip them all to MP3 and get something like The Godfather to do the ID3 tags).

Assuming you're recording onto a computer here obviously

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Originally posted by Stu Cox When I did this, rather than just ripping EVERYTHING, I just picked the stuff I felt I was likely to want to play out in the near future, as I never had (and still don't have) any plans to sell my vinyl. I'm gonna hang onto it (as well as my decks), so it's still there for mixing at home, I just saved myself the effort of ripping stuff I wasn't going to need on CD. Then there's just the obvious stuff like making sure you're using decent needles, making sure the pitch slider's on 0, not having any other programs open when you're recording, checking all of your levels first to make sure it's not going to clip when you record - I personally record peaking at about -6dB as it gives enough headroom for the odd unexpected louder section etc, then normalise up to 0dB peak after it's recorded. Then try and keep them reasonably well-organised on your computer (name all of the tracks systematically etc - makes it a lot easier if you then want to rip them all to MP3 and get something like The Godfather to do the ID3 tags). Assuming you're recording onto a computer here obviously

hmm I'm keeping all my records, and still spinning them. I'm just adding CD players to the setup. So im ganna be spining vinyl and and CD's. I have like 6000 songs on my computer, and yeah my questions was any tips on organizing them, go through them and choosing the ones i want to burn, and then actually burning them,

Keep known tracks on the same disc. Most arent going to take the time and write the tracklisting on the disc (I dont.. I number them). I make double copies of every disc, and save each disc on my comp.

ALWAYS use a program that will burn CD Text. Without it, you wont have a clue what song is what (unless you know all your tracks inside n out). Burn at a medium speed and use high quality discs. 320kbs files of course.

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Originally posted by adx Keep known tracks on the same disc. Most arent going to take the time and write the tracklisting on the disc (I dont.. I number them). I make double copies of every disc, and save each disc on my comp. ALWAYS use a program that will burn CD Text. Without it, you wont have a clue what song is what (unless you know all your tracks inside n out). Burn at a medium speed and use high quality discs. 320kbs files of course.

what program does do the text? which ones dont?

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Originally posted by CSB hmm I'm keeping all my records, and still spinning them. I'm just adding CD players to the setup. So im ganna be spining vinyl and and CD's. I have like 6000 songs on my computer, and yeah my questions was any tips on organizing them, go through them and choosing the ones i want to burn, and then actually burning them,

So are you just going to be burning your new tunes to CD and keep playing older stuff of vinyl, or are you planning to go through your collection burning all your older stuff as well?

If you're just talking about burning your new stuff, check out The Ultimate "How Do You Organize Your..." Thread for the pros and cons of burning one release per CD vs burning 9 or 10 tracks per CD, whether it's easier to arrange your CDs alphabetically, chronologically or by genre and so on.

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just get serato/traktor scratch/torq and save a lot of trouble.

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Originally posted by adx Keep known tracks on the same disc. Most arent going to take the time and write the tracklisting on the disc (I dont.. I number them). I make double copies of every disc, and save each disc on my comp. ALWAYS use a program that will burn CD Text. Without it, you wont have a clue what song is what (unless you know all your tracks inside n out). Burn at a medium speed and use high quality discs. 320kbs files of course.

thats how easy it is nowadays.. no need to buy rare vinyls for $50.00

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Originally posted by adx ALWAYS use a program that will burn CD Text. Without it, you wont have a clue what song is what (unless you know all your tracks inside n out). Burn at a medium speed and use high quality discs. 320kbs files of course.

why? when you label the cd just put the number next to it. I dont use cd text i bet a lot dont

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Originally posted by blacknoizybox thats how easy it is nowadays.. no need to buy rare vinyls for $50.00

Yea - in terms of music storage and cataloguing. I still mix the conventional way (2 CDJ1000s and a mixer).

I use CD text to identify songs when Im spinning at parties. A few cocktails later tends to make the mind wander, easily forgetting what track is what. I solely number the disc. I do not create labels or tracklisting on the disc itself (lazy I guess).

Some use it, some dont. It has made it easier for me to memorize where my tracks are.

If you're going to keep the vinyls, then why not just download the tracks off limewire or something? Although this is technically illegal, no one can tell and its going to save you loads of time and i dont think there's anything morally wrong with it. Unless you have to have the 'vinyl sound' of course.

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Originally posted by elFreak i like how you omited to give any credit to the vocalists who's lyrics you bootlegged with fruity loops, unless that is you singing. either way this is great stuff and it will be used to scare birds away from my weed harvest this summer.