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Article #974Re: Converting vinyl (records) to CD - Soundcard advice & Turntable advice needed.
From: RED
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:00
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Sorry, wrong. Line-out/aux-out should output RIAA-equalized sound >IF< his receiver has a phono input. The presence of a phono input is a sign that the unit does have a built-in phono pre-amp. "Thorbj�rn" wrote: > The problem of using tape/aux out for vinyl records is that the sound will > not be correctly balanced. Vinyl records are engraved with reduced bass > levels and increased treble levels. Therefore in the days of LP's the > amplifiers had a circuit that corrected for this (RIAA pre-amp). You need a > moving coil or a moving magnet pre-amp, depending on your record player > pickup. > rgds > Thorbj�rn > > Les <Les@bulldognrg.softnet.co.uk> wrote in message > news:7pun91$qjb$1@newsreader3.core.theplanet.net... > > I've been using the aux/tape out. It worked on my old pc with onboard > sound > > and didn't have any problems but now itjust distorts at whatever level you > > input at. > > Rick Anderson <smtc2@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:37C2195F.685BCCA4@hotmail.com... > > > What OUTPUT are you using from your tuner/amp > > > that goes to the sound card ? > > > > > > > > > Les wrote: > > > > > > > I'm also having problems with recording. The sound just distorts and > > breaks > > > > up when I use the line input from an amp and no matter what I try to > do > > it > > > > just keeps on overloading. I have no problems recording from cd but > just > > > > some old vinyl. > > > > Am I just being thick or what? > > > > > > > > Insect <insect81@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > > news:7pigc3$akq$1@nntp3.atl.mindspring.net... > > > > > I understand I can plug a turntable through a preamp into a > soundcard, > > and > > > > > then record to a PC based CD-R. > > > > > > > > > > 1. What soundcard is recommended? One alternative is the > > Soundblaster > > > > Live > > > > > Value or Soundblaster Live - what is the quality for my purpose? Do > I > > > > need > > > > > to step up to something like a Gina card? What other cards would be > > good? > > > > > Is it true that the SB Live samples at 48KHz, and I need 44KHz to > > record > > > > to > > > > > CD, and will therefore get a sound degradation? > > > > > 2. What minimum spec do I need for the A/D converters? Does anyone > > know > > > > > the specs on the A/D converters on the SB Live? (e.g. 16 bit, 18 > bit, > > > > etc)? > > > > > 3. What software is recommended? > > > > > 4. What turntable/cartridge is recommended? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > insect81@hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 10e134,18494a95a362d57e X-Google-Attributes: gid10e134,public X-Google-Thread: 10cf58,18494a95a362d57e X-Google-Attributes: gid10cf58,public X-Google-Thread: 10f5c4,18494a95a362d57e X-Google-Attributes: gid10f5c4,public X-Google-Thread: 1021cd,18494a95a362d57e X-Google-Attributes: gid1021cd,public X-Google-Thread: fb1f8,18494a95a362d57e X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1f8,public From: RED <davhar@iwaynet.net> Subject: Re: Converting vinyl (records) to CD - Soundcard advice & Turntable advice needed. Date: 1999/08/25 Message-ID: <37C3FE8B.F29BE801@iwaynet.net> X-Deja-AN: 517036349 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: <7pigc3$akq$1@nntp3.atl.mindspring.net> <7psngm$u9l$1@newsreader2.core.theplanet.net> <37C2195F.685BCCA4@hotmail.com> <7pun91$qjb$1@newsreader3.core.theplanet.net> <7q0h56$5h9$1@news.creativelabs.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Organization: Science Writer and Editor Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: davhar@iwaynet.net Newsgroups: rec.audio.tech,rec.audio.pro,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.music,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.tech,creative.products.sound_blaster.live