[sclug] Vinyl to Digital

[Stuart Ward]

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On 13 December 2011 18:11, Stuart Ward <stuart.ward at bcs.org> wrote:

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> My approach too. A principle of this project (for me) is to use equipment I
>> already have if possible, and I already have a very good turntable (a Rega
>> Planar III with Ortofon cartridge) and amp (Armstrong), and frankly the
>> quality eclipses anything I have seen in the USB turntable line.
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> Good
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>> My only stumbling block is that the amp doesn't have a line-out feed, and
>> the
>> pre-amp tape-out signal is a somewhat lower level than line so I need some
>> more gain.
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> Dose it have a headphone output? this can be used provided that the signal
> level is adjusted to be in the range of the sound card.
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>> It looks like I am going to have to introduce a simple voltage
>> amplifier between amp tape-out and soundcard line-in, unless someone can
>> suggest how I might 'digitally' amplify the captured ogg or mp3 data? I
>> have tried with Audacity but the 'amplify' plugin didn't seem to have much
>> (if any) effect.
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> Amplifying digitally is fine for a small gain, but if you are trying to do
> so over a larger gain then firstly this will amplify the noise as well as
> the signal. And the signal you get will be of poor quality as the gradation
> on the levels will be affected.
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> Stuart
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> BTW I am no audio expert.
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