Thread: recording your old vinyls

SilentC
I agree.
My learning was along time ago as well.

Used to do the control board inspections on the broadcast stations and all the sound gear during my youth.

In the end the final result of recording from the old vinyls will be controlled mainly by the quality of the vinyls and the record player arm, head and needle.

Originally Posted by DavidG

In the end the final result of recording from the old vinyls will be controlled mainly by the quality of the vinyls .

And thats why the a great deal of LP`s in the 80`s sounded like crap, apart from dropping the the weight, it was mostly recycled vinyl (excepf for some of the specialits recordings)

I thought it was because of what was recorded on them, not what they were recorded on!

Who can remember the last LP they ever bought? The last one I remember buying was Crowded House. About 1985?

I was working at The Music Post in Manly in 1988 when Polygram announced they would no longer be releasing LPs.

I think the first CD I ever owned was a collection of soul and funk stuff - I worked in a warehouse packing CDs and bought a portable CD player so I could listen while I worked. The boss told me I could keep a couple of 'samples'.

The first CD I ever bought was Wish You Were Here.

My last "New" album was Nirvana MTV live, about 18 months ago. (White 200gr)

My first cd was I Robot. Allan Parsons Project (great cd, but a killer on vinyl)

Thank god there are still hundreds of new vinyl releases every month. It will never die

I should add that I sold all my LPs, including a complete set of Bowie minus Pinups, nearly 20 years ago for rent money.

My wife, on the other hand, still has every LP she ever bought. Shame she had such bad taste as a youngster... Bruce Springsteen! Billy Joel!! Michael Jackson!!!

At least she also had the good sense to buy Midnight Oil, Sunny Boys and The Jam

I should have expresses that as the quality of the vinyl NOW
After all the playings and scratches and dust it has collected.

Still have a complete boxed set of the Beetles, numerous readers digest and a cupboard full of others.
Still have my turntable. Servo drive. all adjustmenst etc (if I can still remember what they are for)

My last new LP x3 was the Beatles Anthology
last 2nd hand LP's Moody Blues to replace those which were leant by some one who should never have loaned them and they never were returned.

Just a few things to consider if you are going to undertake this type of conversion.

It all has to be done in real time. Unfortunately vinyls don't have 2x, 4x or 48x. So you will have to spend a lot of time.

MOst of the older turntables are not suitable to be plugged straight into your computer. From memory there were at least three different types of pickup cartridges ceramic, moving magnet and moving coil. Each one needed different equiisation and adjustment of the input signal level for it to sound OK. This was usually performed by the amplifiers of the day or in some cases a special box that performed this task. Not sure how the modern turntables manage this as most new amplifiers do not have a turntable input(s). If you still have an old turntable and amplifier I would suggest that you use the "line out" from the amplifier to the "line in" of the computer.

The old vinyl's have no recorded info to identify the Album/track info. With CD's you can usually bet this detail via the internet. With vinyl's you will be up for a lot of typing if you want this info for your MP3 player, etc

If you are looking for software this may be worth investigating http://www.nch.com.au/golden/index.html. I have used some of their other audio/dictation software which has been excellent (including support) but so far have not tried this. I understand they are aussie and prices are not exorbitant (some software is free).