swhite58;220061 Wrote: > Is anyone converting their Vinyl collection to digital for use with > slimserver etc?
This has been a big project over the last year or so since I got my SB1. After dusting off my old turntable and replacing the belt and cart, the process is very straightforward, though somewhat time-consuming (but well worth the effort as I like the results I get over most of the cheap CDs I've seen). I have even bought lots of used vinyl when I can find it reasonably priced. I even get great results from some cassette tapes. Here's my process: 1) Record through an external USB sound card (I use an Edirol UA-1X) to my laptop (was using a WinXP, now a Mac). Several recording software choices to create a WAV file of the entire side are available. 2) Process the WAV file through WaveCorrector to remove surface noise and clicks/pops, etc. and to split into tracks. It has an output script to create individual FLAC files by track, numbered, named and minimally tagged. 3) Complete the tagging process by using MusicBrainz Picard tagger. Unless the source is badly damaged I can usually complete an album in less than 15 minutes (not counting the record time, which is done in the background while I do other things). Rob............ -- rkeeney ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rkeeney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=351 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37491 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
