Vinyl to digital
 

On 16/02/2015 20:53, John Williamson wrote:
On 16/02/2015 18:26, Sumatriptan wrote:
On 16/02/2015 15:01, Eiron wrote:

Using Goldwave you can take a straight copy of an LP,
auto-declick it and do a diff on the two files, leaving
20 minutes of clicks and pops which can then be added
for nostalgic effect to any CD.


Brilliant! A personalised library of one's favorite clicks and pops to
apply to those bland digitally recorded tracks.

More seriously, how does Goldwave compare with Audacity and Audition?

It's cheaper than Audition and more expensive than Audacity. All have
free versions you can download to try out.

Which is best for you depends on what you're doing and how you prefer to
work.

Audacity is basically a stereo editor which will do multitrack work at a
pinch, and Audition is a system which will let you do a multitrack
project from start to finish. They can all do sample level editing and
digital gain automation, and you can get many plugins to do things the
native programs can't do.


Thanks, I do occasionally use Audacity but, so far, not for cleaning up
files from LPs. Also have Audition. Was just wondering if Goldwave
offered much more than the others.

Vinyl to digital
 

In article , RJH
wrote:
On 14/02/2015 16:48, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , RJH
wrote:



However I *do* have some reasonable digital cameras. I have tried
using them for this. The results weren't good. Partly lighting
problems. Partly geometric problems with perspective. Partly not
having the detail of a 300dpi scan on a flatbed.


OK, I can see that. What do you want the photo for, though?

The font cover is mainly to have something I can put on screen when my wife
asks "What are we listening to?"

I also scan the back and LP labels as they often contain details like track
durations, pressing and copyright dates, etc. I also scan leaflets, etc, as
these give things like libretto and translations, etc. These details
sometimes allow me to tell which release/version the LP is. Some have
appeared in different forms, and were cut differently. And for obvious
reasons the text for the back/notes needs to be detailed enough for me to
read easily.

FWIW I should soon finally have a new 'AV' machine to connect to my new
HDTV. I'm hoping I can then see the above details from the armchair when
required. :-) That's when listening to such files as distinct from
video+audio recordings, etc.


Is it just album art for playback through a music server?

No. I don't use a 'music server'. I just play the files from wherever they
are with Audacious. And use a suitable image displayer to show the various
images when I (or Chris) want to see them.


If so, I'd be inclined to download from Amazon (etc), allow a (otherwise
rubbish) programme like iTunes or WMP find it for you, or live with the
compromise - surely not that severe, given the size of the image.

My answer wrt Amazon, iToons, and WMP is similar to the one for a phone.
:-)


In general I don't split the tracks unless there is a specific reason.
And I don't add metadata tags to the flac files. I use scans of the
cover, back, and any notes, etc. Quite happy in most cases to play the
results as 'LP sides'. One file per side.


As they were intended to be heard.

Yes. And knowing the durations its a lot easier and safer to find a
specific track or movement if I *do* want that when playing a file than
when playing the actual LP.

Keith G left me a load of 'vinyl rips', all unsplit. Those aside, I
don't quite have the attention span nowadays, alas.

It varies, but I tend to do about one or two LPs per week. This gets done
in between other things. e.g. at present setting up HDMI cable
measurements. Or, of course, simply sitting and enjoying music. 8-]

Jim

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