Hi Georgina,
A few years ago I did a podcast showing how to do this using Amadeus
Pro and a Griffin iMic. The podcast was on blindcooltech but I understand
that is now down. If you are interested I might still have a copy I can post
with a dropbox link. Although Amadeus has changed a little it is essentially
the same and I think it would still be a good starting place. In fact.
surprisingly, I'm still getting occasional emails from people finding it
helpful. I don't know where they are downloading it from.
It was called something like Vinyl to CD with Amadeus Pro
You would not need a Griffin iMic but I found it helpful. I made some good
recordings right out of the earphone jack from several sources.
Eric Caron
On Jun 25, 2013, at 1:46 PM, Georgina Joyce <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Chris,
>
> Apologies again, I meant split in respect of track 1 track 2 track 3 from a
> .wav file containing one side of a long player record.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gena
> On 25 Jun 2013, at 18:29, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Ok, so if you have line level outputs the simplest would be to just get an
>> RCA to mini-headphone jack cable and run the output from your tape output to
>> the line in on your mac mini. You can record with garage band, Audio
>> Recorder, Sox, QuickTime Player or whatever you like best. There are
>> different ways to split the audio into a separate left and right track file
>> sox can do it with these commands:
>>
>> sox stereorecording.aiff monoleft.aiff remix 1
>> sox stereorecording.aiff monoright.aiff remix 2
>>
>> to create two aiff files with the left and right audio in them.
>>
>> CB
>>
>> On 6/25/13 1:16 PM, Georgina Joyce wrote:
>>> Hello Chris,
>>>
>>> Many thanks for all your responses. I should have stated that the audio
>>> source is a stereo amplifier with a tape output. Very old hat but cool for
>>> me.
>>>
>>> Regrettably, my direct drive turntable with a reasonable cartridge has died
>>> so I'm having to use one of those driven by an elastic band.
>>>
>>> Regarding software, oh yes, it was sox I used on linux. But how do I split
>>> the tracks on my Mac Mini?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Gena
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 24 Jun 2013, at 17:58, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What is your source? It it just the RCA jack outputs of a phonograph or is
>>>> there already a pre-amp in line before the computer? The original output
>>>> from a phonograph is like a microphone output - very tiny and not very
>>>> good sounding. You need a pre-amp which will boost that up to a line-level
>>>> and apply the proper equalization. Back before the RIAA became the
>>>> internet music piracy police they set up standards like how to re-EQ a
>>>> phonograph output. So you can't record an LP without some box to do this.
>>>> You could go with an Art DJ Pre for about $50:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DeeJayPre
>>>>
>>>> or go a little higher end to have one that includes USB audio out like
>>>> this one:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/USBPhonoPPS
>>>>
>>>> Of course some folks skip all this and just get a phono player with USB
>>>> output for about $100
>>>>
>>>> http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PT01USB
>>>>
>>>> But if you already have a nice turntable then I'd go with one of the
>>>> preamps. The Mac itself only has line inputs, not mic inputs. I think it's
>>>> a good thing because getting a mic preamp right is a non-trivial bit of
>>>> hardware and everybody has their favorite. So leave that to the likes of
>>>> Mackie. In short, you can't just plug your turntable into your Mac and
>>>> record it. Not only is the signal too weak but in needs the RIAA EQ
>>>> applied to sound good.
>>>>
>>>> Once you do have it set up you can record with whatever you like. Some
>>>> like Garageband but if you're ok with terminal stuff you can do it all by
>>>> installing MacPorts and then getting the Sox package.
>>>>
>>>> CB
>>>>
>>>> On 6/24/13 12:34 PM, Georgina Joyce wrote:
>>>>> Hello All,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I wondered what apps you preferred to record vinyl records into .wav
>>>>> files? I am very familiar with making such recordings from the command
>>>>> line within a GNU Linux terminal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then I'm going to need to split the tracks. I don't intend upon using any
>>>>> of the clean up filters some people like to use. So what do you folks
>>>>> use, to copy long player records into a digital format?
>>>>>
>>>>> In respect of the hardware. Would I gain by buying a USB sound interface?
>>>>> Or direct into the microphone socket of my Mac Mini, running ML.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gena
>>>>>
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