Ways to digitize vinyl collection

[SlavikSvensk]

what technique/gear have you used and why is it better than the alternatives?

[Patrick DSP]

i use a scanner... ;)
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~springer/

[judas_beast]

I melt it down the pour it into moulds shaped either 1 or 0.

[SlavikSvensk]

hardy har har.

seriously...about to start converting my collection to mp3 and seriously want to know what's the best sounding/most efficient way to do it.

[Jay Pace]

hey man

if you have any friend who have final scratch or anything similar try and borrow it and record as much as you can. If you have to rely on using the vinyl preamps in a dj mixer they tend to colour the sound.

Basically you want the signal chain to be as short and clean as possible, using the best preamps you can, and use good quality needles and clean your records first. Bit of fairy liquid and warm water works wonders.

[DannyBlack]

Audacity. Simple as really. Convert them to FLAC.

[BloodStar]

record 24bit Wav thru the best A/D converters you can afford. nice preamps + brickwall limiting with ceiling -0,02dB.
then convert to 320kbos mp3.

[the_psychologist]

there was another, longer thread on this just recently. i'm sure the search will dig it up.

[aNaLpLeAsEr]

hardy har har.

seriously...about to start converting my collection to mp3 and seriously want to know what's the best sounding/most efficient way to do it.

Best sounding = not mp3 :)

[aNaLpLeAsEr]

record 24bit Wav thru the best A/D converters you can afford. nice preamps + brickwall limiting with ceiling -0,02dB.
then convert to 320kbos mp3.

Why would you need a mic pre amp?

And brickwall limiting? why?

Most DAWs meters can miss some peaks so its best to peak at -3dBfs.

[clubsynthetic]

i use a scanner... ;)
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~springer/


haha i was just about to type that and noticed your reply :D