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Author Topic: Recording LPs on a PC Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 03-28-2005 02:56 PM                     I'm contemplating recording some of my old LPs onto a PC for transfer to CDs. Tried connecting my AR turntable with a magnetic cartridge to the PC sound card but I get very low and distorted sound. Does anyone have any recommendations for S/W and/or H/W to get the job done? Thanks in advance.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-28-2005 03:09 PM                        You're going to need a phono pre-amp or transformer to get the output of that magnetic cartridge up to a level your PC sound card will be happy with. Many older stereo pre-amps had built-in mag phono stages, and there were many hi-end stand-alone step-up devices as well. Probably best to scout around on some audiophile sites then go hit the used equipment listings.  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 03-28-2005 03:13 PM                     Plug the turntable in whatever pre-amp/receiver you use with it, and take the tape outs and plug it into your sound card.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 03-28-2005 03:38 PM                        Radio Shack Phono Preamp  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 03-28-2005 04:16 PM                     So I take it that the average sound card has about a 500mv sensitivity on the line inputs? Using the tape out from my system should satisy the levels issue. Now about suitable software? The recorder in XP appears to be limited to 60 seconds.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-28-2005 05:07 PM                  I have great recordings for both 45s and LPs using "LP Recorder". *.WAV format on HD and then to CD or MP3 Box. Hardware: Technics SL-1210MK2B w/Shure V15VMR mag cartridge. B-TECH BT-26 Mag preamp. SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum EX. Low noise, hum-free, sounds great... less filling. (Interesting mix of mfgr countries: Australia=software, Japan=TT, USA=cartridge, UK=preamp, and wherever the soundcard is made.) I'd be cautious of that RS preamp. I wonder if it has RIAA eq in it? I'm suspicious cuz they mention to connect it to a "ceramic" phono input... which may or may not have it's own RIAA compensation. It pays to use good hardware.  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: Boulder Creek, CA. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-28-2005 05:13 PM                     I've always used whatever hardware I could get my hands on and Cooledit pro and done all my noise reduction processes manually within cooledit.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-28-2005 06:04 PM                     Look at www.rdlnet.com. They have a phono preamp that follows the RIAA curve called the ST-PH1. Our own SMART Devices has an equalizer specifically designed to re-EQ for the various responses over the years. Check out the home products division over at www.smartdev.com  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 03-28-2005 06:18 PM                        quote: Phil Hill I wonder if it has RIAA eq in it? It says "RIAA-EQ" in small letters, under "PRE-AMPLIFIER". I don't have personal experience using this battery-operated model, but I had an older AC-powered Radio Shack phono preamp that worked fine. In fact I probably still have it stashed away someplace.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-28-2005 06:35 PM                  Thanks Dave, I stand corrected... I didn't see that. Let's plug that baby into a ceramic phono input with another RIAA curve. I mean 2 curves are better than one... (They should drop that from their ad and make the RIAA thing more prominent... Oops! I forgot it's the RS brainiacs.) I agree Steve, the RDL stuff is really good too.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 03-28-2005 07:20 PM                    I used the Roxio CD creator 6 to do my transfers De-clicking and what not. I think there is a version 7 now. I have a stand alone CD recorder now so I record to RW media and then transfer over to the pc and break down the tracks and clean them up. Works pretty good I have to say.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-28-2005 08:41 PM                     Wanna hear some incredible recordings pick up one of the new "Red Seal RCA re-issue SACD's. These early to mid 1950's recordings were some of the first stereo LP recordings released to the public. The master tapes fortunately were carefully stored all these years and have been re-mastered to SACD. The good news is that they have finally been re-mastered correctly... someone realized that RCA had it OWN RECORDING CURVE and built a "Black Box" inverse curve to correctly EQ them. The results reveal some of the finest recordings ever made.... period. Too bad the RCA engineers never heard them as good as we do today. Few recordings made today even begin to come close to these old gems, the performances captured are on a whole as good or better than the sound itself. http://www.livingstereo-sacd.com/index.jsp Mark  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 03-28-2005 08:57 PM                        quote: Phil Hill I stand corrected Admittedly, one can never be too careful when dealing with Radio Shack.  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 03-29-2005 08:03 AM                     Thanks everyone for your commentrs & ideas. Now all I have to do is lug the old Pioneer (SX-650) beast downstairs to the computer and give it a shot. I also noticed that Comp USA has a USB interface but it requires line level input too. [URL=http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp? product_code=308735&pfp=BROWSE[URL]  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 03-30-2005 03:01 AM                     Here's a nifty little USB Audio capture device: (beats the pants off a noisy soundcard any day of the week) quote: Rick Raskin I also noticed that Comp USA has a USB interface but it requires line level input too. (...this was probably the same device that you saw at CompUSA, but your link didn't work..) http://www.xitel.com/product_inport.htm quote: Mark Gulbrandsen Wanna hear some incredible recordings, pick up one of the new "Red Seal RCA re-issue SACD's Yes Marko, these are "SWEET" CD's coming from the "House of Nipper" I collect these original open reel recording of these SACD releases, in which I have the original 2-track consumer release tapes which were released in the mid 50's. When one hears these SACD's and compare this to the original open reel release, sometimes the tape STILL has the quality being a true analog form. Below is a pict of one of my tapes (the Tchaikovsky 6th with Monteux conducting the BSO - recorded January of 1955 at Symphony Hall, Boston, using an AMPEX 351 recorder with 2tracks @ 15ips with a two Telefunken U-47 mic, setup), and one can compare the newly released SACD, in the site that Mark posted, of the same orchestra piece. Taking my open reel Pioneer 1050 and pipe it into my computer using this USB device, I can make some pretty wicked sounding CD's. -Monte  |  IP: Logged

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