Thanks for the update. This is a project I'd like to do some day. I'll save this email so I know where to start. On 11/2/05, Kraig Jones <jkjones at tcq.net> wrote: > > Bob Hartmann wrote: > > > > > I'm about to start doing a similar project. Well, identical. One > > thing to look out for is the fact that most turntables do not have > > built in preamps. That means the signal coming out needs some serious > > EQ on the low end. (standardized by our friends at the RIAA, the > > people who want to jail us for doing this.. ) Check out > > http://www.platenspeler.com/background/riaa/uk_riaa_background_1.html > > If you have a receiver with a phono input, make it easy and just go > > from the aux out on your receiver. Otherwise, I imagine one could > > record direct and then use ReZound to approximate the curve shown on > > the page I linked above to get similar results. Gramofile sounds > > interesting but I hated their website immediately. Doesn't say > > anything about preamps or filters, anyway. As I've said, I am going > > to doing this soon, so I would certainly appreciate anything anyone > > has to say about the process. > > Oh, btw, I use Ardour for capturing audio, ReZound for post and k3B > > for burn. I came from the Cakewalk crowd, so I like to see stuff on > > screen. In color! ;> > > > > Erik Anderson wrote: > > > >> On 10/29/05, Kraig Jones <jkjones at tcq.net> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> I want to record and convert some old LP's to MP3 or ogg. I've found > >>> one way to do it -- turntable to sound card's line-in, using > >>> Audacity to > >>> record and save to .wav, .mp3, or .ogg. The only thing is, it seems to > >>> me that Audacity is more complex than necessary. I was just wondering > >>> if anyone has used any other methods? > >>> > >> > >> > >> You have a few options here...you could use either arecord or ecasound > >> from the command line to record the wav and then encode to mp3 using > >> lame. Alternatively, there's an open-source project called > >> "gramofile" which was written specifically to help people do the > >> vinyl->mp3 conversion. I've never used it, but it might be of use for > >> you. > >> > >> -Erik > > > > Thanks everyone, for the ideas. Project status report so far: > > Had to get a new turntable. The old good quality one with the cracked > base was the one thrown out at last basement cleaning, old cheapo > turntable with nice base was saved, but doesn't work. So I picked one > up at Radio Shack. Turntables sold at local retailers all look the same > -- different names, but appear to be identical. It works OK, obviously > not top-of-the-line hi-fi, but it has a built-in preamp. > > Either Audacity or Gramofile work well to record to .wav. Gramofile > doesn't look as pretty, but it's simple to use and the menu is set up to > do exactly what I'm trying to do: Record to .wav, process audio > (filters to remove LP noise), and split the sound file into tracks. > Export to compressed formats (ogg or mp3) isn't implemented in > Gramofile; KAudioCreator does that. > > Gramofile's filters help reduce cracks and pops from scratchy LPs. Not > entirely, but my first sample LPs are in bad shape. Audacity has > filters that allow more tweaking, but are not as one-click simple to use > as Gramofile. I experimented some with RIAA and other equalization in > Audacity, but I couldn't hear any differences from the straight recording. > > Rezound crashed a couple times while I was trying it, but it looks > promising so I'll see if I can get it to work. > > Kraig > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- http://ThreeWayNews.blogspot.com Your source. For everything. Really. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20051102/c874c18b/attachment.htm