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Converting Vinyl to CD
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| Channel Surfer |
what's your start to finish method?
obviously it's easy to record the track into the CPU but what re mastering/ eq punch ups do you use? |
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| Forbes |
| I record my mixes all the time, i don't do any post recording alterations. Just record with decent levels in the first place. |
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| Channel Surfer |
hmm i agree about solid levels, but i would never hand out a mix without some basic mastering....that's just me....
in fact that's kinda why i started this thread....becuz I know if I just record the track it's gonna sound like and unmastered demo....not a flame, just looking for some more methods and opinions. |
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| mysticalninja |
| All those tracks have probably already been mastered.. Maybe you should try DJ thread for DJ mix mastering? |
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| Channel Surfer |
| i don't need to know how to master a dj mix. recording and converting formats is more of a production question imo. |
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| SgtFoo |
Essentially, you need to remember that the phono pre-amp on your dj mixer does all the eq work for the record being played.
If the record you're ripping to digital is really old, you may want to a/b compare it to a cdj playing similar music so you can get an idea of what eq bumps it may need. The best thing to do is make sure your level is hot and healthy but never clipped when recording, and even use a 48khz sampling rate. 16bit depth is adequate as well, consider the bit depth of vinyl is much less comparatively.
PM me if you like and I could help you out with maybe even some professional vinyl digitizing. |
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| Monkey Mouse |
It is so easy to convert vinyl to CD or MP3s - but you need to have the proper equipment & software.
You will need a computer (PC or MAC) with a soundcard capable of recording the output from your DJ mixer. If you do not have a DJ mixer, you can get a phono preamp and run that into the sound card.
You don't want to peg the inputs on the SC - you want it to hit a max of -3db at the record peaks. So you use the gain on the mixer to get to the proper levels.
Once you record it into the computer (using a stereo or multi-track program like Soundforge or Cubase - I use Cubasis), then you need to normalize the entire track to -3db. Once you get all of your track normalized, then you can use a red book CD burning program like CD Architect to burn your CDs.
It's a 3 step process:
1) Record music from vinyl into your computer (at the proper levels)
2) Normalize .wav files - EQ only if absolutely necessary
3) Burn to CD |
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