dpaulku Posted January 16, 2008 Report Posted January 16, 2008 Just wondering if anyone here has spent much time transfering LPs to CD. I recently transfered and cleaned up the two Montreux Summit sets and will be tracking and burning them soon. I've got nothing fantastic in the way of a system but for me things worked out well enough. I find I have some time on my hands and may start working my way through the stacks. Quote
analogak Posted January 16, 2008 Report Posted January 16, 2008 do you go through a nice mixer or just a small pre-amp thingie? what is your setup? Quote
sidewinder Posted January 16, 2008 Report Posted January 16, 2008 I transfer from an LP12/Naim rig through the Naim pre-amp into an external Soundblaster card. Results at 24 bit resolution have been very good ! Quote
Dan Gould Posted January 16, 2008 Report Posted January 16, 2008 Since I buy more vinyl than CDs, I'd say I spend a good deal of time transferring the vinyl to CD. Wish I had more time for it, actually. Quote
AllenLowe Posted January 16, 2008 Report Posted January 16, 2008 "Results at 24 bit resolution have been very good ! " are you playing back at 24, or 16? Quote
sidewinder Posted January 16, 2008 Report Posted January 16, 2008 (edited) AllenLowe said: "Results at 24 bit resolution have been very good ! " are you playing back at 24, or 16? Neither - 20 bit, I think (based on the spec of the Burr-Brown DACs). Edited January 16, 2008 by sidewinder Quote
dpaulku Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Posted January 16, 2008 dumpy mama said: do you go through a nice mixer or just a small pre-amp thingie? what is your setup? Nothing more than running from my B&O table into an inexpensive tuner/phono pre to the computer's sound card line-in. Like I say, nothing fancy. I could put the analog signal into my modified UA5 and output a digital signal. Might be something to try but it's not as convienient. Sidewinder seems to have devoted much more, gear wise, to the process. For me, it's a bit of a diversion as I bide my time waiting for re-entry into the job market. What I find I enjoy the most is the editing that seems to be required for some of the less pristine sides that get played. I've been recording live music for about 5 years and over time have developed some sense of editing. Addressing noise reduction and removing clicks and pops from vinyl is a lot like knitting to me in one respect. When you get done, the product is much nicer than what you had when you started. It can take time. Quote
Clunky Posted January 16, 2008 Report Posted January 16, 2008 My route ( which I tried for the first time a few days ago) is from LP to MD. Then using digi out from the MD straight to HD without any further AD or DA conversion. Worked well enough Quote
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