For a shorter path, take a look at the Sweetvinyl Sugarcube. It does almost all of the work automatically and sounds pretty good.
Digitizing LPs
I know this is an analog section, but I thought perhaps folks with a analog LPs might know more about this so I’ll ask if anyone has expertise in copying/digitizing LPs, the software needed, the equipment needed. And maybe most importantly, how tough is this job to do and get good results?? I don’t want to create CDs, I just want to send a copy of each to hard drives so I can stream them. I am digitizing my CDs too.
I should say I have a good start on it, a Windows 7 Desktop with attached Musical Fidelity Preamp with phono stage, Adcom amp, Spendor speakers, and ASUS Xonar Essence STX soundcard, and a choice of turntables. Still, I know I’ll need another piece of gear. Is that a USB DAC? If so, how good does this have to be? Or put another way, do I need to spend a lot of money on this?
I should say I have a good start on it, a Windows 7 Desktop with attached Musical Fidelity Preamp with phono stage, Adcom amp, Spendor speakers, and ASUS Xonar Essence STX soundcard, and a choice of turntables. Still, I know I’ll need another piece of gear. Is that a USB DAC? If so, how good does this have to be? Or put another way, do I need to spend a lot of money on this?
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@echolane - here’s a sweet little unit that converts to a sample rate of 16/44 and comes with software to record to a computer via USB and slice and dice into tracks for just $46 - other than this unit you just need an analogue output at line level fom your pre or amp. - or you could insert it between the phono stage and the amp - it has "passthrough" outputs - it also has headphone output with volume https://cosmomusic.ca/interface-behringer-uca222-usb-audio-w-software-bundle.html It’s from Berringer, who produce lots of professonal studio hardware. I have been using this unit for over two years. The quality of the sound is amazing and doing an A/B compare by switching between inputs while playing both digital recorded version and the actual vinyl - I find it impossible to tell the difference i.e. on my system. Friends I’ve performed the same A/B test with cannot tell the difference between analogue and digital I use it to record a complete side of vinyl and then if inspred to do so, I simply "slice" it into tracks using the software provided. Hope that helps - Steve |
I ripped 4,000 CDs in my collection and it took me a long time (I did it while watching TV in the evenings). No way would I want to rip in actual time on a turntable. If someone comes up with a laser player like the Finial that rotates the laser read head instead of the LP and can do it at several times normal play speed - taking maybe 3 minutes a side, I might be on board. OTOH, I LIKE spinning records - when I have a rip of the same recording in digital as I have the LP, it is usually the latter that I play. The only thing I really value with my digital collection is being able to search and find things and not having to refile piles of LPs! |
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