cliveb;688331 Wrote: > Well, just because the music is well-recorded classical does not alter > the fact that vinyl LPs have a maximum dynamic range around the 60dB > mark - perhaps 70dB for a pristine "audiophile" pressing with a > following wind. > > Modern soundcards routinely achieve noise floors below -90dB. (Even my > modest M-Audio AP2496, which must be well over 5 years old, achieves > about -93dB). Using such a soundcard, you can safely record LPs at a > peak level down around -12dB and the vinyl surface noise will still > overwhelm the soundcard's noise floor. My recommendation is to visually > inspect the LP to find what looks to be the loudest section, then set > levels to peak at about -9dB on that section. That still gives you a > decent amount of headroom for surprise peaks. Yep, that is pretty much how I do it too. One of the facilities of VinylStudio is that it counts "clips" in your recording as you go along. As I usually listen to the music as it is recording I am aware of any clips and can make a quick fine adjustments on the fly. I am not usually worried if I have one or two clips in a recording. If I have the basic level about right they are usually the very peak of a transient of a couple of milliseconds and no distortion is audible.
I think the misunderstandings between myself and Cunobelinus is that he and you digitise precious recordings that are not available any other way. Because of that you are both taking an appropriately diligent and serious approach. For me the process of digitising my LPs started as a casual experiment but quickly became just added on to a process of rediscovering the older parts of my music collection. Without that extra motivation I doubt I would have got past recording the first 3 or 4 discs. However, as I am listening to the music anyway, I might as well record it at the same time and save myself the cost of buying the CD. For instance last night I listened to, and recorded, Rickie Lee Jones "The Magazine". I remember playing it avidly for a few months after I bought it in 1984 but I don't think it has been out of its sleeve since I moved to London in 1989. It was pretty pristine so I just manually removed 3 "pops" at the start of one of the tracks but otherwise dumped it straight into FLAC files. The Discogs database via VinylStudio had no trouble finding tag data with track times and cover art came from Amazon. Processing time was about 6 minutes setting track breaks, 5 minutes removing the three pops and 40 seconds to save the FLAC files. Last week I played Donald Fagen's Nightfly and Kamakiriad. Although Kamakiriad was fine, I had played Nightfly to death in the past and the disc showed it. There was no visible damage or grime, but a lot of intrusive clicks and pops. After trying to repair the surface noise in the first track I got bored, dumped the computer WAV file and ordered the CD for £4.50 from Amazon. In the meantime I am listening to it on Napster. Brilliant album! -- TheLastMan Matt http://www.last.fm/user/MJL-UK *SqueezeBoxes:* SB Duet (Controller + two receivers) *Server:* Synology DS107+ (500GB) NAS running LMS 7.7.0 on SSODSmod 4.14 *Network:* Netgear DG834GT ADSL modem/router, 2 x Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 as access points *Livingroom:* Receiver into Naim 42/110 amp, B&W CM2 speakers *Kitchen:* Receiver into Denon DM37 mini-system, B&W 686 speakers *Study:* Linn LP12, Naim 72/Hi-cap/Headline. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93265
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