One could make a hundred recommendations, no hard and fast rule for this
sort of thing so here are a few things I believe you should consider.
Turntables have been around for years - good turntables that is - and
all the names you know and trust when it comes to turntables are still
going strong, Marantz and so on.
Marantz make a very good turntable for around $600 Australian which is a
fair price for good turntable gear.
This unit has everything you'll need including a reasonable spec mounted
cartredge and stylus along with all the adjustments you'll want to make
to align the turntable.
The Marantz will need to be hooked to a Turntable Amp or Hi-Fi Amp of
some kind, don't go for a USB Turntable, using a traditional Turntable
that you can hook to an Amp - preferably a turntable preamp or a Hi-Fi
amp with a Built-in Preamp - allows you flexibility to get the best
sound you can from your turntable, you might want to have a few
headshells with mounted cartredges and stylus's on hand too as different
setups have different sound characteristics but that's bye the bye for
the moment.
Obviously with this arrangement you're going to need a reasonable sound
device for your Computer, I still use the iMic II though I don't know
whether this can be purchased any more, I bought a dozen of these little
yoyo looking devices at the time so I have plenty here, anyway I'm sure
there are plenty of other good Sound Cards out there which will do a
fantastic job.
Just my two cents worth on the subject.
On 13/09/2016 7:03 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote:
Hi!
Sounds really nice as my father which passed on in july this year had a lot of
vinyl records.
One thing i would like to know is if you can recommend a good vinyl player and
equipment to connect to the mac?
/A
On 11 Sep 2016, at 20:02, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote:
I’m using the version of Vinyl Studio for OSX as I write which is also
incredibly accessible and easy to use, like the Windows version there are tips
at startup to get you on your way and everything is laid out very clearly in
the Interface for the App.
The Help system is very comprehensive.
On 12 Sep 2016, at 3:10 AM, Matthew Bullis <matthewbulli...@gmail.com> wrote:
I'd be curious to know how you like the program, and if it indeed does offer
those extra vinyl perks. I've been a Sound Forge user for fifteen years, and if
this Vinyl Studio can detect the pauses between songs and pull track data from
an online database like Discogs, then this would be great. A lot of my vinyl
isn't in those cd databases, so if it doesn't link in with Discogs, then
hopefully there is at least a section to fill out with the artist title and
year.
Matthew
On Sep 10, 2016, at 10:35 PM, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote:
A lot easier to work with I should think if all you're wanting to do is devote
your time and energy to capturing your Vinyl to a collection and from there?
Well burn it to CD or just plain collect it for time ever more, makes a lot
more sense to use something like this rather than Sound Forge, Audacity etc and
that's where Apps written for a dedicated task stand out from the crowd.
On 11/09/2016 3:30 PM, André van Deventer wrote:
Dane
My initial impressions also seem to be quite good. I might also fork out the
necessary money to get the full version. Dialog boxes and even the menus seem
to be quite accessible. Will have to see how the complete things work though
when recording. It seems to be very specifically geared towards working with
vinyl lps. While you can probably use something like audacity for this
purpose, chances are that vinyl studio might be a lot easier to work with.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: 11 September 2016 05:29 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Vinyl Studio
Hi!
I didn't intend trying this App but I'm now very glad I did at least take a
look, you can find Vinyl Studio at
http://www.alpinesoft.co.uk/VinylStudio/register.aspx
You can download a free trial of Vinyl Studio or buy a licence for $29 U.S.
which I beleive to be extremely reasonable given everything the App does.
Yes, the App seems perfectly accessible though I cannot yet vouch for editing
audio as I've not recorded anything with Vinyl Studio at this point however
certainly all the dialogue boxes and edit boxes etc I cam across when setting
up Vinyl Studio were easy to get to.
The real reason I myself wish to give Vinyl Studio a good is because of the
completeness of the pacakge, anything pretty much to do with capturing your
Vinyl is handled by Vinyl studio, capturing the vinyl to your computer,
organising your albums into a collection, proting to CD, getting information
from CDDB for your captured albums, cleaning up pops and noise and much more.
Vinyl Studio also has a version available for Mac which I'm very much looking
forward to trying.
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