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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.

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?

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

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

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

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

Yeah, that'll certainly do it! [;)]

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