[Steven Sullivan]

GregS wrote:
In article , AZ Nomad wrote:
On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 09:50:13 -0800, Richard Crowley wrote:
"Steven Liburd" wrote ...
I am experimenting with converting my vinyl collection to CD. Perhaps it is
my equipment, but it seems that the volume level of my vinyl is somewhat
lower than my CDs. Is it me, my equipment, or is there a standard gain that
I should apply to files converted from analog to digital before I burn them
to CD?

1. Use an appropriate recording level to begin with.
It should be easy enough to estimate where the "loudest" parts
of the tracks are by visual inspection. Set the recording level
to 3dB below the playback peak (to allow for surprises).

Make sure the stylus drop wasn't recorded (cut it out if necessary),
and run a declick filter before normalizing. There's little point in
reserving 10db of dynamic range for the clicks and pops.

I don't fully understand what he is referring to, but its all about levels.
On my stereo system, I have to turn the volume control full up to listen to vinyl,
and way down for anything else. Maybe its compression the question is about ?

Needing to turn it 'full up' means your phono preamp isn't working right,
and/or your room is too large for your speakers/amp

LPs tend not to be as loud as modern CDs because digital dynamic range compression and
limiting tools weren't around when LPs ruled...and the super-loud signals put on CDs these
days aren't easily transcribed to vinyl even now.



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