how do i record from vinyl then encode to mp3

at the moment this is what i do

connection: turntable --> mixer --> soundcard (PC)

recording slraight from the mixer, @ 44.1/16bits/stereo
onto a wave editting software such as soundforge 6.0

then use wave hammer, save it as 192k mp3, and its done.
not quite.

somehow it does not sound right?

how come?

Why are you using wave hammer?

The problem might be with your sound card, cos this is the same method i use to record my sets, but without the hammer, and they sound fine. Maybe using the wave hammer is altering the sound a bit. It will do this at some extreme settings.

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Last edited by hey cheggy on Nov-07-2002 at 15:59

www.dbpoweramp.com, they have a great music converter and ripper, really great software...works great, and uses the best codecs...(i believe)they also have a program/plugin that records vinyl, lps etc. Judging by their other programs, it should be good

Oh, its also all freeware

hey cheggy:
Why are you using wave hammer?

to boost the volume all the up to the top (just like normalizing)
and its spose to make the audio sound better aswell
i'm affraid it doesn't work for me.

arctic :

thanx for that
looks very useful

ill give it a go!

no probs, hope it works....

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Originally posted by djchamps to boost the volume all the up to the top (just like normalizing) and its spose to make the audio sound better aswell i'm affraid it doesn't work for me.

Isn't the wave hammer a variation of an auto gain compressor though. I know what you mean though about it not being loud enough. Maybe you should boost the signal through your cd writer rather than sound forge

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hey hey
cheggy

how its going?

yes wave hammer is an audio compressor

its like normalising but normalising doesn't do any audio compression
it just boostes the volume all the way up. wave hammer does the same but also does the audio compression for you.

well some people seem to find it useful

ill prefer ozone v2.0.
works great

Dude I had no idea people were already doing this! As someone with such limited cash I had to choose CDJ to be able to spin my own tracks over regular turntables, this kind of thing is what I need. Any of you know where I can get these vinyl-2-mp3's, or willing to trade some with me?

Eh! Don't waste your time wave hammering! If you wanna hi quality from your vinyl, try recording & processing with Dart Pro 98. It's specially for vinyl noise remover, and hiss and crackle too. This soft is rather old, and only supports .wav. But the results... really good. After that, send your brand new sound file to the t-racks processor.
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your english is fine