[LAU] from cassette/LP to cd (which hardware?)

[Jan Depner]

On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 19:30 -0600, Jan Depner wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 17:03 +0100, Emiliano Grilli wrote:
> > Tuesday, 18 December 2007 alle 15:17:56, Studio 32 ha scritto:
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the advices (still welcome).
> > > 
> > > What about the hardware part? Just a LP player, and a onboard
> > > soundcard? And how should I make the connection?
> > 
> > You can't plug the turntable directly to the soundcard, you have to use
> > a preamp that has  RIAA equalization:
> > 
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization
> > 
> > Typical home stereo amplifiers have that on the "phono" input.
> > You can then take the "tape" outputs to the computer.
> > 
> > Or you can try to fix the eq in software but even if I've never tried I
> > don't think it sounds as good. I believe that there are some modern
> > preamps that have a phono input (m-audio, maybe?) but I've never
> > investigated them so much.
> > 
> 
>     Very simple solution.  Run the turntable outputs into ANY kind of
> preamp, run the preamp into JAMin using the RIAA EQ curve (included in
> the examples directory), record with Ardour or other JACK enabled
> recorder.
> 
> 

    Oops.  Forgot to mention GWC (Gnome Wave Cleaner).  Also, record at
the highest rate you can - I record mine at 96KHz.  The filters in GWC
(and others) do less damage that way.  In addition, if you've got a ton
of scratches, wash the records first in a light detergent and, this may
sound odd, but you can eliminate a lot or the scratch and crackle by
recording with a little standing water on the record (of course it may
not be the best thing for your cartridge, but it didn't seem to bother
mine at all ;-)


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