as far as the CD vs vinyl debate...I found a insight posted from a producer about it that sums it all up pretty good:

"Vinyl = High distorted top end & rolled off = a perception of a lower end, hence people saying Vinyl has more bass…also with added Crackle, noise, Needle / Cartridge convertion which varies a huge amount between stylist, cartridge & arm. In the audiophile world these variables are & have been under great debate for years. So people saying vinyl is phatter need to do there home work a little more before giving there 2 cents worth. Yes it does sound different & it can really only be relevant to each listeners taste etc…remember one thing vinyl was invented in the 40/50s & this is 2004 don’t you think its time for an update?

CD= 16 bits, 44.1khz sampling rate PCM; higher top end frequency range = more perception of high end giving you a sense of not as much lo end. No Noise, no crackle, no needle, cartridge or arm convertion. This is left down to one covertion source which I might add is critical too…there are a lot of cheap CD players out there that sound like shit & a lot of CDR’s that are not so great too. The variables are huge again in the audiophile world these factors are under great scrutiny & again its relevant to each listener."


I do have a personal comment regarding the section in bold. For the last 3 years I have remastered the tracks I play out using various dsp plug-ins like T-Racks, Izotope's O-Zone, and a few of the EQ and multiband compression ones Waves platinum offers. Bottom line is with my education in audio engineering and my self-study of digital mastering and dsp's. I found I can modify the dynamic range of the cirtical timbres and the overall harmonic content to have the frequency response I desire..without making the track sound worse. It takes experience to do it right because its easier to make a track sound worse than sound better. Im not going to say I'm a know it all on this subject (not yet anyway, lol)...but anyone who has heard the tracks I play out or the mixes I have made, can base their opinions on that Just my 0.02

Matthias, think you might be able to show me how you do that sometime? Sometimes the tracks I like don't "kick" enough.

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Originally posted by DJ_Octane Matthias, think you might be able to show me how you do that sometime? Sometimes the tracks I like don't "kick" enough.

would be glad to, if you lived in Houston I'd invite ya over. To do it right I would recommend having a good sound card, good reference moniters, and a basic understanding of audio engineering....There's a book by Russ Haines called "Digital Audio" which is a good read for doing that.

I agree that some of the tracks don't quite kick enough...which is why I edit/rework the majority of em.

I know I'm late getting into this thread but, this is something I've been pondering too. Since it seems most of you have already thrown the idea around, I'm going to ask a few questions, k?

First: Ripping my vinyl
A good cart, stylus and Soundforge would be all I need right? I've never used SF before but, I'm guessing I can rip to a .wav, yes?

Second: CD Player(s)
I have a dual deck right now, a Numark CDN-90. I guess there is really nothing wrong with it but, I rarely use it anymore. My thoughts are though, that if I ripped all my existing vinyl and all my new vinyl and I'm playing almost exclusively on cd decks, I'd rather be playing on CDJ's, if for nothing other than the pitch control. (My player goes to .1) Thoughts?

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If you have the vinyls... I dunno about you but I'd much rather play the vinyls themselves, it's more enjoyable for me. But anyway, ripping them to put on cd:

Use soundforge, and some kind of filter to get rid of the cracks and pops. Make sure you clean your vinyl and stylus before ripping each track. I haven't done it before, so I haven't looked into which filters to use... but yeah do some research!

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