Hey guys,

Could you please help me to find a solution that would help me to digitize vynil records...
I've been thinking about using an Ortofon Arkiv cartridge on a Technics SL12xx turntable and a Tascam SS-R05 recorder (coupled with a mixer of course)...

Should you have a better solution... feel free to suggest other solutions...

Thanks.

download this:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

step one: connect your turntable to your mixer
step two: connect your mixer master 2 to your computer with a cable like this if u have an onboard soundcard

or with a cable like this ( if u have that connection on your soundcard )


sort your settings out for good audio, and u can record your vinyls directly to your computer

To record I would connect your mixer to your PC and use software to record your tracks. You can buy this cable in the DJResource Shop : Converter Cables

Read my topic in the DJ Topics : How to record a Mix on your PC

This should help you

Make sure the needle is in good condition and the turntable is configured correctly (anti-skating, weight, height). Clean your Vinyl records before recording. You can use special liquids and brushers or just water (removes protection coating) if you don't plan on playing them any more later.
Make sure that your record level utilizes to full dynamic range. Record just below 0dB. Optionally use software afterwards to remove noise and/or pop-click sounds.

Those cables won't be OK on my laptop... no stereo mini-jack on that one
Moreover I don't fancy computer's usage...

(Yeah... I know I'm a pain in the xxx )

aangezien ge nen belg bent zal je wel nl praten ook zeker,
elke laptop heeft een minijack in, genaamd microingang, dus plug u minijack in u ROZE gaatje naast het groene en voila
and if u don't speak dutch:
put the minijack in your micro input, the PINK hole next to the green hole

Yeah... but is that jack a stereo one? (on my laptop I don't think so...)

what laptop u have??

I've got an HP and it seems that the MIC jack is a stereo one

Well... I've been said... DON'T ever connect a LINE output to a MIC jack... NEVER...
But I've been suggested to get an external USB soundcard for my laptop which should do the trick...

TERRATEC is the brand...

and i tell you u CAN CONNECT LINE TO MIC
u just need to sort your output volume and input volume
a sound is a sound, don't mather if it's a mic or a line

Correct... BUT...

LINE jack is much more amplified than a MIC one... which means that in order to record through the MIC jack you would have to reduce a lot the output voltage (i.e. the level) of your signal... and that's WRONG for the dynamic of your signal.

To explain what I mean by dynamic, let me quote an example...
Let's suppose a LINE jack voltage range that goes from 0 to 10v... let's suppose a very tiny sound that is at 0.1v level.
Now let's switch to MIC jack where you've got a voltage range that is 10 times smaller... 0 to 1v... the tiny sound would then have a 0.01v level...
BUT are you sure that the electronic circuitry of your sound card can handle such a small level signal (sound >< noise)
I don't think so... and that's the reason why there's a LINE jack with specifications that are different from a MIC jack to avoid what is called DYNAMIC COMPRESSION.

(CDs have a greater dynamic than vynils, and that's the reason why you can differentiate much more easily a sound from a noise that is coming from the electronic that you're using listening to a CD... and that's the reason why CDs are all over the place now...)

i recorded for years like that

Try the other way... you might see the light

een stukje uit een ouder topic:

het is niet verstandigom de mic-in te gebruiken.
Het gaat wel maar de kans op vervorming is erg groot. Koop gewoon een usb converter.

De meeste mixers geven  -14 dBV (200 mV) 50 k_/kOhm uit (line out naar line in van pc/laptop)
De ingang van de meeste pc/laptops MIC-in is:  Mic -54 dBV (2.0 mV) 2 k_/kOhm

Zoals je ziet is er al een verschil in gevoeligheid (de dBV) en in impedantie (kOhm).
Dit is de oorzaak van vervorming.

Verder zijn de mic ingangen ook nog op frequentie beperkt.
dus niet doen als je een goede opname wilt maken


there is a difference in sensitivity and impedancy between mic and line. This difference results in a bigger noise ratio if there are some quite parts in the recoding. The only was to make a good recording is to buy an USB soundcard and attach it to your mixer. just as dogg5306 mentioned.