After the democratization of audio CD in the early 90s, the good old vinyl media (45 laps and 33 laps) seemed destined to take the dust in basements and attics. However, the format, although only to a niche audiophiles, still has its followers and even today enjoys a renewed popularity since in certain types of music (rock, hip hop, electro), new emerging again format digital and analog, for the delight of lovers of beautiful covers. However, the format has a big disadvantage compared to the CD: how to import songs from a vinyl record in MP3 format to listen to his walkman or computer?
We might consider the issue as unnecessary and ask the value of such manipulation. Several scenarios may yet arise. So even if the record companies are always an opportunity to highlight their old classics to the CD format (sometimes even several times, the fan never be safe from a whole new remastering or the discovery of a Unpublished trapped at the bottom of the drawer for decades), there are still many albums or 45s who have never been reissued on CD, especially for artists who have never been more than one or two 45 rounds. It also happens that the record companies take advantage of the vinyl format, popular with collectors, to slip securities or remixes inedits absent other formats. Finally, if you have a large collection of 33 rpm, you may not want to buy any CD, especially since (considered somewhat subjective), some CD reissues sound worse than the album original.
Technical Requirements
The import of 33 laps MP3 can not be as easily as from a CD, and the reason obvious source: the CD is a digital format that can be transcribed directly into a digital format quickly and easily. In contrast, the vinyl (but our tutorial also applies to any analog source such as cassette tapes or tapes) is an analog source that requires a conversion, the audio output from the turntable or tape recorder, at the entrance of its PC. This implies, if we want to save a 33 towers, read in its entirety, and to recover the sound. All this while import audio CD does usually a few minutes. This also implies a further step in mounting: If you save one side of 33 laps, the resulting file will include all the pieces of this deal in a single runway. If you want to separate the pieces, it will be edited manually and, if necessary, assign them manually ID3 tags. Finally, depending on the source, a small cleaning probably be necessary to mitigate the cracks or blows associated with analog sources. It goes without saying, moreover, a very good way to minimize the noise is simply to maintain and clean their records before the scan.
At the hardware level, the prerequisites are simple: a platinum disc, a sound card with line input and an audio cable between the two. Nevertheless, it must reflect a subtle your deck must have a phono preamp. Without going into technical details, the preamp is necessary to correct the equalization made during his burning the disc. As discussed in the section on software Magix Audio Cleanic, it exists in an XXL version that also includes a pre-amp in a small box powered by the USB port. In fact, it is possible to do without a preamp and restore the equalizer with software, but we will not go into these details. Finally, the existence of USB turntables, designed specifically to be connected to a computer. The solution proposed by including ITT USB-05 of ION may be attractive to a newcomer. The deck includes an audio interface: plug it into a USB port and you can use it to buy your records. The most demanding users, however, prefer to go through a material they know quality.
No USB deck has RCA outputs (red and white / black), so you should if you want to connect to the sound of your PC, have a jack to RCA adapter. If it has a preamp, you can connect directly to the line (usually blue). If you need to go through a preamp, it will connect the RCA jacks of the turntable to the preamp and the preamp output to the input line of PCs.
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