Squirrel;400421 Wrote: > The way I do it: > > Rega Planar 3, RB300 tonearm, Ortofon 510 cart, linked through Pro-Ject > Phono Box II pre-amp to a Sony RCD-W100 CD recorder. > > Record vinyl to CD (with SBM enabled on the CD recorder), rip CD, run > through cleanup software, split tracks where required, burn back to > blank CD-R with CD-Text. > > Optionally then rip "cleaned" CD and encode as MP3. I've had mixed > results with MP3 encoding vinyl rips though, even after de-clicking > there seems to be a lot of noise that, while largely inaudible, can > upset the MP3 encoder. Tried this with Paul Simon's "Rhythm Of The > Saints" and the MP3 encoded tracks just didn't sound quite right. Got > hold of the non-remastered CD and ripped/encoded that and it sounded > perfect. > > The vinyl sounded slightly better than the CD (apart from the crackle, > the joys of recycled vinyl!) but the MP3s made from the CD sounded > considerably better than the MP3s made from either the unaltered or the > de-clicked vinyl. > > Go figure?
Don't use the automatic SBM de-clicking. It will lead to compressed, dull sounding files. It may get rid of the clicks, but it will probably leave low level surface noise intact. It is also down to the quality of the Analogue to Digital Converter (ADC) in the CD recorder. Ripping a CD to MP3 just applies a compression process to existing digital files, a relatively simple process. Getting vinyl to MP3 requires an ADC to convert the analogue signal into digital data. It is a critical part of the process and it could be that the CD recorder is not quite up to the job. There is not a lot you can do about it in your setup, short of buying a seperate ADC and using a digital-in connection on your CD recorder. Separate ADCs tend to be expensive devices aimed mainly at professional recording studios or musicians, so that is probably out of your budget. The sound card in your PC or laptop would probably do a better job than the CD recorder. Better still would be a specialist ADC sound card like the M-Audio Audiophile 2496. You will then need recording software (see parallel discussion) on the PC to create the MP3 files. Good choice of turntable, by the way. I owned one for about 10 years before forking out for the Linn. There is no reason why it should not produce very acceptable MP3 files given the right recording setup. -- TheLastMan Matt SB Duet, Synology Diskstation 107+ with FW 2.0-0600 SqueezeCenter 7.3.1 on Synology Package Manager Naim 42/110 amp, B&W CM2 speakers. LPs ripped using Linn LP12, Naim 72/Hi-cap, M-Audio 2496. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60096 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
