> Definitely, this was very helpful as well as interesting. Thank you. > > The turntable (Pioneer PL 600, about 10 years old) is attached to a > Harman Kardon HK3600. I have Aux outs I can plug into the computer. I > assume the amplifier volume won't affect the signal? It has no effect > on the signal going into the cassette recorder; when I make tapes I > adjust the gain with the recorder's controls. Which leads to my next > question: how do I control the gain being piped into the computer? Do > I need to?
Stereo listening... I currently run a 1/8" jack out of the headphone jack from the front of my S900 on long cord across the room to a 1/8" to 1/4" converter. Then that's plugged into a 1/4" to stereo RCA plugs. Then the RCA lines are run to a "line input" on a multi-input DJ mixer. The mixer is then run to VCR input of my stereo. Amplifier... The signal coming out of the amp to the cassette, VCR, and AUX output is basically the same strength. No matter how high you crank the volume on the amp, it won't effect the signal strength of the output to those sources. You will be safe with the line out from the amp to the input of the computer. ------ NOTE: Remember seeing those SPEAKER outputs (RCA jacks) on those cheap Radio Shack all in one stereo units? You definitely DON'T want to be plugging one of those into your computer! Just because it's an RCA jack, don't mean it has the same signal strength as I described above. As a matter of fact it has a HIGH POWER signal strength and if you plug it into you're computer, count on seeing you're apple on becoming a Fried Apple. [my apologies to those on this list who are international and don't know what a radio shack is...large American chain store across American that sells computer/audio/video parts for hobbyists, as well as entry level stereo components. This would be the place you'd go if you were looking for a specialty cable connector...] Gain... I've used a variety of sound recording programs over the years. Two of my favorites are SoundEdit 16 from Macromedia (OS 9 only) and Peak (OSX and OS 9). Peak comes in various flavors, but for what is sounds like what you are doing, Peak LE will do. Both of these programs have a levels meter. On the meter you also have a gain adjust. When I'm recording a DJ mix from my turntables directly into the computer into one of these programs, I have to check the levels for a little be BEFORE recording. Usually I try to play a track that has some really loud parts in the music. Watching the level meters I then try to get them to go right up to the red. Then I turn it down one notch. It's important that you try to get the levels right BEFORE you record. You can increase the "gain" after you've recorded, but the sound won't always be as good. (There are many ways of doing this...) Once you've made the recording, it's a good idea to "normalize" the recording. This is usually a function/filter in the program that helps to bring all the levels in the recording to a equal amount. I will improve the sound tremendously. Also you might want to consider using Peak LE, because there is a a good tutorial that comes with it that tells how to do all of this is pretty good detail. They even go into explanation on how to then burn you're tracks on a burner! Granted Peak is a bit more complicated and involved, but it is the more powerful and robust of the two programs. You can dl a trial here: http://www.bias-inc.com/ > > >> Yes, Jam will be good for this, so will Peak LE. There's a few >> freeware things that might work. The first two will be better since >> you'll be able to create tracks. > > That's important to me. One of the main reasons for doing this is to > digitize an old two-LP set called "Instruments of the Renaissance and > Middle Ages." Each LP side consists of short, often very short pieces > highlighting a particular instrument. It's a great recording I love > using with classes, and for reasons known only to God and EMI, has > never been released on CD that I can tell. It's a pain trying to drop > a turntable arm down onto the right track, so having it on CD, with > proper index points, will be the best thing since a krumhorn consort. I was the same with a soundtrack from a Stanley Kubrick movie: Barry Lyndon. I found that it was easiest to record the entire record in one fell swoop and then split the tracks digitally. 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