http://m.voanews.com/english/Vinyl-...-129182088.html

now make a counter argument with something other than opinion meriter.

most of my interactions and purchases from people on discogs are from audiophiles and collectors...not djs. People that like indie also have been buying records again, and also not djs. People buying electronic music via this format might have more djs than other genres, but edm does not dominate record sales vs more mainstream genres that do not go hand in hand with dj culture. quite wrong you are meriter.

lol great article


you should just be able to wire a turntable directly into your audio interface with an adapter right?



something like this would work http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...0_Computer.html

Last edited by meriter on Feb-02-2012 at 17:08

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Originally posted by A.B I should point out that the venue holds around 250 people

Why?

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Originally posted by meriter This should all be changed now. No one uses turntables anymore aside from DJ culture.

yeah its changing to 1/8 stereo

even worse....

fucking capitalism ruins quality.

man up and post some proper arguments instead of stupid snide remarks.

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shutup, mike.

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Originally posted by meriter shutup, mike.

Do it for the children.

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Originally posted by EddieZilker Do it for the children.

Ripping them? You nasty!!

LOL^

I have the day off so imma rip some vinyls tonight. I do it like this.

1.- Clean my needles after every track.
2.- Use GruvGlide on every record.
3.- My 1200 is set on a solid table to prevent movement from people walking in the room. Turntables can pick up noise and needles can skip. Just tap a 1200 when it's playing and you can hear the noise on your speakers.
4.- CONNECTIONS: 1200 to DJM 800 (I wish I had an analogue mixer to record, but I don't, so this will do). DJM 800 to Audio 8. Audio 8 to Mac Pro. Again, I don't have a better sound card, so this will do.
5.- RECORDING: I use Sound Studio 4 to record because I like it. lol Very easy, straight forward yet powerful audio editor. Plus it lets me save in a bunch of different formats. I save all my tracks as AIFF.

When recording, I put all my levels as loud as possible without hitting the red. That way I can get the loudest volume without distortion. I have to adjust each track individually because sound levels vary greatly on vinyl.

I also like to record flat. So I set all my EQ's on my mixer to 0. When I first started I made the mistake of EQ'ing the tracks during the recording. I regret it. Now, if a track needs EQ'ing, I'll tweak it on Ableton.

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I'd recommend the folowing:

Prepare the vinyl first by cleaning it using the wood glue method. I then listen to the vinyl using a 500AL cart and listen for any clicks pops still present. If there is I will wood glue it again and check again. If it is an amazing tune I might consider sending it off for cleaning on a moth machine (service available on ebay).

Setup your decks anti skating and weights correctly. ensure pitch at 0 is correct. Ensure height is correct. I clean out the connections on the tonearm with rubbing alcohol.

Also buy a proper ADC with at least 48Khz 16bit recording (96Khz 24 bit if you can). This ensures you are using the RIAA curve when recording into your software. I use cool edit.

Once I'm happy the medium is as clean as it can be I will wipe surface dust off with an anti static brush. I then put on my spare ortfon arkiv styli. I wipe this in the direction of the styli with the brush ortfon gave me.

I then use the tonearm raise/lower bar thing to put the styli on the record with the platter stopped. I press start and stand totally still. I then record several seconds of hum with the needle on the record (but the platter stopped). I keep this for removal later.

I then place the needle in the loudest part of the track and then take the record volume to around -6db absolute max. I will increase that later after I remove all the noise I can.

Now I go for a full rip. I put my good styli in, I press start, close the lid and i leave the room. That way there is no chance of any noise being picked up by myself.

I lift the needle off using the correct tonearm level thingy. I save this as the master wav. I create a copy to put into Izotope RX2.

From here I take samples of the noise at the beginning of the track. So first I remove the electrical hum when the platter was not moving. This is removed 100%.

I then sample the noise before the first few beats (but never two seconds before the first beat as some vinyls seem to have a real feint noise of the track here). I then live preview that using output noise only until I am happy that i'm losing very little music. Reality
is you will lose something but not really noticable if done right.

After that I remove click and pops using the output noise preview. What I look for here is clicks that make rhythms which is a sure sign the settings are too high. Izotope is real good at this part.

I save that and put it into cool edit and run another click pop removal using my own custom settings.

I then finally amplify as close to 0db as possible locking the left right channel so as not to disturb any deliberate volume / panning by the artist.

After that I keep my eyes peeled for any digital / CD copies so I can be sure of cleanness

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