Thanks for the input!
Alex Mandel wrote: > The sound bridge is instead of the ion turntable. It's more universal in > that you can hook an audio source to it, cassette, vcr, the turntable > you already have with super good needles... > > I'll have to dig for it but one of the built in tools in Audacity can be > used to auto slice when it detects periods that contain no audio, person > not required. > > Yes selecting the right audio input is tricky sometimes, usually takes a > little tweaking in alsa mixer or another audio panel to make sure the > channel isn't muted and then telling Audacity to use that one. > > I'll reiterate, cleaning the vinyl physically will result in the most > quality change in the final recording. > > Alex > > Richard Harke wrote: > >> I'm not sure what the sound bridge is needed for. I have an Ion turntable >> and have >> used it to rip LP's. My only problem was that the name audaciy stuck on the >> input >> choice wasn't clear and left me floundering for a while. Once I realized the >> input >> to select, it worked just fine. I ran the clean up function that was >> recommended >> but I couldn't really tell the difference. Finding the breaks between tracks >> was a little >> work as they did not stand out on the visual. It was worthwhile though as it >> made it easy to write the result to CD as separate tracks. >> >> Richard >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Alex Mandel >> <tech_...@wildintellect.com>wrote: >> >> >>> On 02/18/2010 08:19 PM, Aaron Brayton wrote: >>> >>>> Hello again everyone! >>>> >>>> My dad is interested in ripping his old vinyl LPs/records. I know there >>>> are some different hardware and software out there that accomplish this, >>>> and I wanted to ask if anyone has had any experience, good or bad, and >>>> if they would share. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> Aaron >>>> >>> Yes, the generic usb-turntable (ion, I got mine at costco a few years >>> back) that's everywhere now works well. You'll need good cleaning >>> supplies, I got a brush from the record store in mid-town. >>> >>> I do not recommend going from a stereo or traditional turntable directly >>> to sound cards, you almost always want the conversion to happen outside >>> the actual machine so you don't get clicking from sounds inside your >>> case. Looks like ion now makes a generic usb sound bridge now too >>> >>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882698026&Tpk=ion%20record >>> >>> Note: the ion brand stuff "software" is actually the open source >>> Audacity application, with a couple of add on filters and tools can find >>> and split your recording into individual tracks and compress to your >>> preferred format. >>> >>> Alex >>> _______________________________________________ >>> vox-tech mailing list >>> vox-tech@lists.lugod.org >>> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
