I wrote this article on a forum once about recording turntable mixes and it can be relevant to you too.
Hope it helps....just a few tips and what to do.
You will need:
- RCA Phono to mini jack audio cable. (Make sure its a long one to reach from your Pc to your hifi.) You can pick up a 5 metre one for about £3.99 in Index.
Step1 - Connecting it up.
TURN ALL EQUIPMENT OFF.
Now pick up the end of the cable that has the mini jack connector. This looks like the connector you have on your headphones.
A standard "line in" port will accept this small mini jack connector.
Look to the back of your PC and plug it into the LINE IN port.
Do not use the Microhphone port as this will not offer you very nice results.
The other end of the cable connects to your Hifi aux output, mixers out put, or line output. You will have phono left right (red/white) connectors.
Unless your turntable has its own built in amplifier, you cant hook up directly from the turntables output as its signal is too weak.
Step 2 - Testing out recording
Switch everything on.
Close any programs running in the background as you dont want any interuptions in your recording.
Now you need to do some testing.
Stick on a record and mess around with the sound levels.
No sound ?
- Make sure you have adjusted the volume and that it is not peaking into the red if you have a monitoring meter.
- Make sure your "line in" is selected. If theres no sound, double click the speaker icon in your desktop toolbar and make sure the "line in" is not muted.
*** Record a few minutes and STOP ***
Go to your PC and make sure its all working. Adjust volume settings until it sounds perfect.
If you have a monitor VU function, it can help you see the signal strength / volume. Last thing you want to do is record it all and find it hasnt worked.
Step 3 - Record !
Once you are ready to record and your levels are all set, click and record your tracks.
(Remember to have disabled that screensaver or silly program that could interrupt your recordings)
When you have finished, click Stop.
Step 4 - Once you've recorded !
- Once youve finished, you will have a big wav file sitting on your PC.
This is the point where you can save it, manipulate it, and sort out anything you want doing to it.
Your vinyl to CD software should come with options for sorting out hiss or other clean up ooptions.
You can either then burn it to a CD or compress it into an mp3 file.
There we go ! Any more info, ask away.
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