Vereina;377649 Wrote: > Three questions: > > 1. What is regarded as a reasonable word length and sampling rate for > making nice quality copies of records? (I am thinking that 24 bit / > 96kHz FLAC files would be a good starting point, but have no idea if > that is correct.)
The SB3 can't play anything above a SR of 48k, and there's really no reason, IMHO, to go higher than that. The biggest advantage is 24-bit instead of 16-bit, however, the noise floor of the vinyl will certainly be high enough that 16-bit is also fine. > 2. What audio interfaces would be good for this purpose, to go via my > Mac to the NAS? (I will be using a reasonably well spec'ed LP12, and > would like something of comparable quality.) Is USB or Firewire > connection a sensible option, or is an internally fitted card better? What are you using as a pre-amp? This is easily as important as what interface you're going to use, as you can't just plug-in the phono cartridge into the inputs of the interface. The pre-amp is necessary to increase the level and implement RIAA playback curves from the disc. As far as interfaces, I have one of these http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Transit.html for simple editing away from the studio. If you want to put a card in the MacPro, you could look at something like this http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Audiophile2496.html. > 3. Recommended ripping software (for the Mac) that is well suited to > handling the input from LPs? Software could be as simple as this http://www.i3net.it/Products/dspQuattro/Asp/Index_EN.asp?Language=EN or this http://www.bias-inc.com/products/peakExpress6/. Unfortunately, NONE of these programs will record your files as FLAC as it is not a 'RAW' format. You will need another application to encode to FLAC from AIFF or WAV files. One other thing to really think about. The ONLY reason I'd want to record/encode from an LP is if the CD weren't already available. Other than that, you're looking at a lot of work and time to accomplish something that's, most likely, going to have lots of surface noise, ticks and pops. There are tools for noise removal, but you're quickly passing the purchase price of CD replacement. Good luck... -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego A.E.S., S.M.P.T.E., S.P.A.R.S. [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Seaberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7896 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57431 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
