In article , Java Jive
wrote:
Rate your collection as to how important to you each album really is.
If you can then get the most important ones on CD, maybe taking
advantage of sales, etc, and, at the other end of the spectrum throwing
out those you no longer like, then you may be left with a much smaller
number of digitisations to do, and you can justify spending greater time
on doing those well.

FWIW In my case I also have CD versions of many examples. But from
comparison there are differences. e.g. Old EMI LPs tend to have a different
frequency balance to the CD 're-issues'. And may have less level
compression or other 'improvements' sic that afflict some CDs.
Annoyingly, EMI apparently also started out using ADCs with *less* than
16bit resolution. Which may explain why some of their CDs don't sound as
good as they should. But then they had to be dragged kicking and screaming
into CD production because it was "not invented here".

I tend to choose "which LP to transfer next" mainly on the basis of what I
fancy listening to next. :-) This means that the process isn't a chore but
a source of enjoyment.

The real drag tends to be when:

1) The LP has lots of clicks but otherwise sounds very nice. So I then have
to spend ages with Audacity 'repairing' clicks to get a result that sounds
better than the LP. Takes time and attention.

2) Scanning LP sleeves, and any notes (libretto, etc). This is a real PITA
because A4 flatbed scanners can't cover a 12" LP in one go. So required
more than one scan per item, and then realignment, cropping and stitching
mutliple scans with GIMP (other programs are available :-) )

That said, both processes also give you more time to listen to the item as
well.

Use a good pair of headphones when working on declicking, etc. Makes it
easier to spot the smaller ticks. Assuming you want to really clean up the
recording.

Jim

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