[newbie] Playing LPs in Linux
Hello! I happen to have a rather largish LP collection gathering dust for almost a decade since the player broke. Now I thought it would be cool to somehow digitize it all and acquired old grammophone (is this the right word?). Connected it to my soundcard. But nothing. No sound in speakers, no sound in files saved (K Sound Recorder used). So where to look for mistakes? And what kind of software I actually should use for my purposes? Wahur Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Playing LPs in Linux
old record players need something called a preamp to boost the signal enough for an ordinary amp to pick it up... its likely that you are missing one... can you hear the record using headphones?? if so then the preamp is probably inbuilt... rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vahur Lokk Sent: Tuesday, 28 January 2003 4:51 PM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: [newbie] Playing LPs in Linux Hello! I happen to have a rather largish LP collection gathering dust for almost a decade since the player broke. Now I thought it would be cool to somehow digitize it all and acquired old grammophone (is this the right word?). Connected it to my soundcard. But nothing. No sound in speakers, no sound in files saved (K Sound Recorder used). So where to look for mistakes? And what kind of software I actually should use for my purposes? Wahur Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Playing LPs in Linux
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:51:22 +0200 Vahur Lokk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! I happen to have a rather largish LP collection gathering dust for almost a decade since the player broke. Now I thought it would be cool to somehow digitize it all and acquired old grammophone (is this the right word?). Connected it to my soundcard. But nothing. No sound in speakers, no sound in files saved (K Sound Recorder used). So where to look for mistakes? And what kind of software I actually should use for my purposes? Wahur Having spent weeks putting LP's onto cd's i hope i can offer some tips. is the phonograph a componant to a system or is it one of those old console AM/FM/Phonograph/tape players? If it's a componant: get an amp with a phono-in jack and an audio-out or tape-out jack (these can be picked up in 2nd hand stores for cheap). Hook the phono jacks to the amp. Go to your local electronics store and get a patchcord that has a headphone type stereo jack on one end and whatever kind of jack the amp has for its audio-out jacks (usually RCA jacks). Plug the headphone jack into the line in on the sound card and the audio-out or tape-out jack on the amp. open aumix or similar mixer ap on the computer, make sure line in is selected for recording and adjust the volume level so that you can hear the phonograph playing through your computer speakers without distortion then start recording. If it's a console system, use the headphone jack (you may need an adapter if it has the 1/4 headphone jack) and a patchcord with the 1/8 stereo headphone jacks on both ends. turn the volume almost all the way down. open aumix or similar mixer ap on the computer, make sure that line-in is selected for recording and turn the line-in volume ALL THE WAY UP. Play one of the LP's and adjust the volume on the stereo so that you can hear the LP through your computer speakers without distortion. Fire up your sound recording program and have fun! btw, there are a couple of aps out there for working with LP's gramophile i think is the name of one of them. It was included in 8.2, it may be in the contribs for 9.0 or maybe even on the install cd's (haven't checked, personally) plus there are wave editors like audacity to help you work with the sound file. Jerry. -- _||_ (o_ //\ V_/_ Registered Linux User #300600 Registered Linux Machine #185855 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Playing LPs in Linux
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:35:36 +0800 Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: old record players need something called a preamp to boost the signal enough for an ordinary amp to pick it up... if you can send the output of the turntable to the input of a cassette deck, then you can use the cassette out to record on your pc (the cassette provides the preamp 9:00pm up 1 day, 21:30, 2 users, load average: 0.24, 0.30, 0.34 OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything. ..registered linux user #223862 .. _ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Playing LPs in Linux
On Tuesday 28 Jan 2003 8:51 am, Vahur Lokk wrote: Hello! I happen to have a rather largish LP collection gathering dust for almost a decade since the player broke. Now I thought it would be cool to somehow digitize it all and acquired old grammophone (is this the right word?). Connected it to my soundcard. But nothing. No sound in speakers, no sound in files saved (K Sound Recorder used). So where to look for mistakes? And what kind of software I actually should use for my purposes? Wahur I managed to import my old vinyl by connecting the output from the record deck directly to the input of my sound card. Naturally you have to set your mixer to accept input from the correct input device, and to unmute it. As for software there is a package called 'Gramofile' available in the Contrib directory on any Mandrake mirror. http://panic.et.tudelft.nl/~costar/gramofile/ It is a command line application, and contains scratch and rumble filters to 'spruce up' that worn old vinyl. I found it necessary to change the default settings to ensure gramofile would distinguish the beginning and ending of tracks correctly. Naturally I saved my imported tracks as ogg files instead of mp3 for reasons of quality and 'freedom'. HTH derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Playing LPs in Linux
You need to use a preamp not only for boosting volume, but also for equalizing the frequency response of the vinyl player head. If you don't do it, the lower frequencies will be too low in volume, while the higher frequencies will be too loud (see for example http://www.paia.com/riaa.htm for a correct vinyl preamp frequency response) That said, if you listen to your records through the PC speaker, you probably won't notice any difference between a correctly equalized recording and one that is not... raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:35:36 +0800 Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: old record players need something called a preamp to boost the signal enough for an ordinary amp to pick it up... if you can send the output of the turntable to the input of a cassette deck, then you can use the cassette out to record on your pc (the cassette provides the preamp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
