So quiet in here...

I am considering getting hold of a turntable so I can get my small
(looks like about 100 items) collection of vinyl into lossless format
and then to CD. Any tips/traps/advice please? I'm not after super
quality reproduction from what are going to be well-played records
stored (vertically) in my loft for 40+ years. 'Proper hi-fi' quality
will probably be better than my old ears these days, subjective I know.

I'm pretty sure I have a Shure M75 cartridge and almost new stylus from
the 1970s...somewhere in that loft.

I've been looking on Ebay at things like Pioneer PL-518, Technics
SL-3200 and other direct drive tts. Would be reluctant to pay much more
than £50-£100 for what may turn out to be an aborted project if the
disks aren't playable. Am I wasting my time or what?

For PC line input via sound card know I need RIAA eq + preamp. I have
enough construction skills to build this, given circuit details. Or
perhaps CPC or RS do a ready made module?

Alternatively, I do have an external 24 bit res. audio capture unit
(Edirol UA-25) that has dynamic microphone inputs. I wonder if this
would work together with RIAA eq in software? MC cartridges and dynamic
mics have roughly similar output levels....don't they?

A bit rusty in this stuff...been a long time.

Comments appreciated.

On 13/02/2015 14:24, Sumatriptan wrote:
So quiet in here...

I am considering getting hold of a turntable so I can get my small
(looks like about 100 items) collection of vinyl into lossless format
and then to CD. Any tips/traps/advice please? I'm not after super

Lie down in a dark room until the feeling goes away.
Then make a list of the LPs you want to copy and buy the CDs on ebay.

--
Eiron.

In article , Eiron
wrote:
On 13/02/2015 14:24, Sumatriptan wrote:
So quiet in here...

I am considering getting hold of a turntable so I can get my small
(looks like about 100 items) collection of vinyl into lossless format
and then to CD. Any tips/traps/advice please? I'm not after super

Lie down in a dark room until the feeling goes away. Then make a list of
the LPs you want to copy and buy the CDs on ebay.

I'd disagree. I've been happily making digitial file copies of LPs for some
time now.

Jim

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On 14/02/2015 09:59, Huge wrote:
On 2015-02-13, Jim Lesurf wrote:
I'd disagree. I've been happily making digitial file copies of LPs for some
time now.

You must have a collosal boredom threshold.


Or an unusual record collection. A lot of LPs haven't been re-issued
digitally yet.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

In message , Eiron
writes
On 13/02/2015 14:24, Sumatriptan wrote:
So quiet in here...

I am considering getting hold of a turntable so I can get my small
(looks like about 100 items) collection of vinyl into lossless format
and then to CD. Any tips/traps/advice please? I'm not after super

Lie down in a dark room until the feeling goes away.
Then make a list of the LPs you want to copy and buy the CDs on ebay.

Maybe, but one does get attached to the familiar ambience (?) of old,
treasured vinyl recordings, with the all the old familiar pops and
clicks in all the old familiar places. Somehow, perfect new and
remastered versions don't evoke quite the memories of days long passed,
sitting on the floor and listening to the Rexine-covered Dansette.
--
Ian

In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Eiron
writes
On 13/02/2015 14:24, Sumatriptan wrote:
So quiet in here...

I am considering getting hold of a turntable so I can get my small
(looks like about 100 items) collection of vinyl into lossless format
and then to CD. Any tips/traps/advice please? I'm not after super

Lie down in a dark room until the feeling goes away.
Then make a list of the LPs you want to copy and buy the CDs on ebay.

Maybe, but one does get attached to the familiar ambience (?) of old,
treasured vinyl recordings, with the all the old familiar pops and
clicks in all the old familiar places. Somehow, perfect new and
remastered versions don't evoke quite the memories of days long passed,
sitting on the floor and listening to the Rexine-covered Dansette.

Other thing is that LPs go through an additional mastering process to
allow the master tape to be cut to disc. CDs don't need this (although may
well be re-mastered too). So it may not just the fundamental differences
between the two formats you're hearing.

--
*Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 13/02/2015 16:20, Ian Jackson wrote:

Maybe, but one does get attached to the familiar ambience (?) of old,
treasured vinyl recordings, with the all the old familiar pops and
clicks in all the old familiar places. Somehow, perfect new and
remastered versions don't evoke quite the memories of days long passed,
sitting on the floor and listening to the Rexine-covered Dansette.


For nostalgia, I have software that *adds* cracks, pops, scratches,
surface noise, motor noise, tracking damage to clean tracks. It's just
for fun and specific effects, though.

I think I will be attempting the reverse procedure when I get to the
stage of recording onto my desktop.

On 16/02/2015 14:56, Sumatriptan wrote:
On 13/02/2015 16:20, Ian Jackson wrote:

Maybe, but one does get attached to the familiar ambience (?) of old,
treasured vinyl recordings, with the all the old familiar pops and
clicks in all the old familiar places. Somehow, perfect new and
remastered versions don't evoke quite the memories of days long passed,
sitting on the floor and listening to the Rexine-covered Dansette.


For nostalgia, I have software that *adds* cracks, pops, scratches,
surface noise, motor noise, tracking damage to clean tracks. It's just
for fun and specific effects, though.

I think I will be attempting the reverse procedure when I get to the
stage of recording onto my desktop.

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.

--
Eiron.

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?

On 13/02/2015 15:04, Eiron wrote:

Lie down in a dark room until the feeling goes away.
Then make a list of the LPs you want to copy and buy the CDs on ebay.


LOL!

I did say 'considering'.

I may do that instead.