Thanks. That's what I needed to know. Yes, I've got a turntable, with stereo output; I've got an amplifier - a nice little Fender Harvard. I just don't know how to connect the two together and then to my soundcard.
Wesley Parish Quoting Stephen Irons <stephen.ir...@tait.co.nz>: > Nick Rout wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Andrew Errington > > <a.erring...@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote: > > > >> Hi Wesley, > >> > >> As others have pointed out, if you have a record player already then > you > >> can hook it up to the audio input of your PC sound card and record > the > >> sound that way. > >> > > > > Actually you are far better off with a preamp. IIRC levels > > (impedance?) from turntables don't match well with line-in on a sound > > card. > > > There are at least three factors to consider when hooking up a turntable > > to a sound card: > > * signal level -- some turntable cartridges give very low output, > often lower than microphone levels > * impedance -- some turntable cartridges have high output impedance, > which needs an amplifier or preamp of high input impedance > * equalisation -- records are recorded with high-frequencies boosted > and low frequencies cut; during playback, you need an RIAA > equalisation filter to correct this > > Your best solution is as recommended: plug a turntable into a amplifier > > with a 'phono' input and record using a sound-card connected to the > tape-recorder outputs. > > You could try connecting a turntable output to a microphone input and > apply the equalisation in software after recording (Audacity has an RIAA > > equalisation filter), but you would probably do better to use a real > hardware preamp to ensure that the levels and impedance are correct. > > Stephen Irons > > > ============================================================= > ========== > This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended > addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be > the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or > lost by reason of this transmission. > If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our > apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no > other act on the email. > Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been > altered or corrupted during transmission. > ========================================================= > ============== > "Sharpened hands are happy hands. "Brim the tinfall with mirthful bands" - A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge "I me. Shape middled me. I would come out into hot!" I from the spicy that day was overcasked mockingly - it's a symbol of the other horizon. - emacs : meta x dissociated-press
