I used to DJ in a radio station, so here's my advice:
The most important aspect, is using the best record player and cartridge u can, to get the most signal into the computer without any clipping. So I would have the computer at 100% max recording level (sound card, software), and I would set the actual gain feeding the computer via an analog dial / fader somewhere between the record player and soundcard input. (In my case it was a studio mixing board... in yours maybe ur record player has an output knob, but if not, I would get a lil Mackie board with phono fader or similar, and VU meter, to set the gain prior to the soundcard). In the station, we had studio mixing boards that let us control on the fly via a fader how much signal was going from the source to the output. We could monitor this on a VU meter. When recording however, u should NOT make adjustments on the fly. Further it's hard to tell how to max the signal without clipping unless u listen to the whole album side to set the recording gain, before doing the actual recording. So basically, u have to guess where the album side is loudest, and set the recording gain to its max at that point, without clipping. Easier said than done. Again, u should use that one point for the whole album side, and do not use compression for any reason. Personally I would not use normalization or amplify either, but I'm not sure they are big sins if u do. U can later break the album side into tracks, but doing it this way will preserve mastering intentions so relative volume differences between tracks is consistent as intended. Once all the tracks are made, I would apply RG tags to it, album and track, and that will give u the consistent volume u want. Just make sure u only use gear that support RG on playback, and enable it. Again, to me, the most important aspect is setting the analog gain to the best max fixed point for an album side. using: win7 64 + lms 7.9 & duet & ipads w/the logitech app, and ipeng on an ipod http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/various_artists_logic & http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/compilations ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BJW's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58242 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111524 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
