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Postby Jimbo » Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:21 pm

In ripping a vinyl LP to a wave file what sampling rate do you use?
Do you do everything at 44.1kHz and never mix down or do you use 88.2 and only mix-down to 44.1 at the very end after you are done cleaning it up to remove pop, crackle and hum?

Right now I'm using a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card for the A-D conversion but the music sounds flat and nowhere as good as the conversions you are doing. It's all midrange, some lows and NO HIGHS.
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Postby Ollie Stench » Tue Jun 08, 2004 4:06 am

I've always ripped at 44.1. Digitizing at a higher rate and then sampling down is just an extra step I (personally) don't see any point to. If it's going to throw away half of the info from 88.2 down to 44.1 why not just sample at 44.1 to begin with?
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Postby MikeP » Tue Jun 08, 2004 4:58 am

Funny, I use a Santa Cruz card and I haven't had any complaints short of occasional line hum because my stereo and computer components are not on the same outlet. Are you using a pre-amp for your turntable?

I agree that 44.1kHz sampling is just fine. I
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Postby fritzb » Tue Jun 08, 2004 7:23 am

Yes, cleaning makes a big difference. I wish I had one of those Nitty Gritty devices too. I think any better sound card will do pretty well.

I find that the software you're using to clean up the sound is more important. Some of the standard noise re
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Postby Ollie Stench » Wed Jun 09, 2004 8:46 am

I'm in the beginning stages of building my first proto-type record vaccuum. If it's a success I'll post the instructions. So far I've got the vaccuum, the hoses and the pvc for the cleaning wand. I need a pvc plug and some velvet, then I'm ready to sta
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Postby Jimbo » Wed Jun 09, 2004 11:08 am

Thank you for all of the responses!!

I think I have figured out the problem. It seems that I have some serious cartrige and allignment problems that was causing the distorted sound I was hearing. Anyways, I took the turntable in and we listened to it t
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Postby fritzb » Wed Jun 09, 2004 11:19 am

Yeah, that'll certainly do it! [;)]
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Postby skinnytie » Sat Jul 03, 2004 4:56 pm

[quote]Originally posted by fritzb
[br]I personally use the Steinberg DeClicker and DeNoiser DirectX plug-ins, which have lots of ca
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