[SEL] Totaly off Topic ...sound!

[Steve W.]

Peter,
  Grab a copy of Audacity. It is free and works really good.
  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
  Also download the LADSPA Plug-Ins. They include a VERY useful tool to 
eliminate the pops, hiss and other noise.
If you want to convert to MP3 format you will also need the Lame MP3 
encoder. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=290


The catch with vinyl is that you cannot just connect up the turntable 
output to the computer input as you can with just about all other signal 
sources. The signal is too low and not equalized properly. So you need a 
small amplifier with phono input to go between.

If you have the phono connected to a stereo your all set. Just connect 
an audio out on the stereo to the audio input (NOT the MIC input)on your 
computer.

For the pops and clicks you need to record the music. Then you use the 
Click Eliminator tool and the Noise Elimination plug in to select the 
noise and clicks. The program will then clean the file.

Oh and if you wanted to make it even simpler you could just buy a
Gemini iKey Plus Portable USB Recorder. Or maybe the Numark DM 950 USB 
Mixer.

http://www.needledoctor.com/


peter ogborne wrote:
> Yes Bob ,I would say that you are correct, one day I suppose there will be 
> some thing easier than the software you speak of .I have Clean 4 .You have 
> to be a Audio Engineer [ almost] to use it . Getting all those pops and 
> scratches out is great but as you say a long winters project......and summer 
> is coming!

-- 
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York