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"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"MINe 109" wrote in message

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"MINe 109" wrote in message


Since you said elsewhere that you are using a cheap turntable and
preamp, presumably to avoid new purchases, you probably won't want
to investigate the Really Nice Compressor to see if a high quality
analog compressor might help.

http://www.fmraudio.com/

Under $200.


Perhaps Scott would want to check the help system of Sound Forge for
an featured area called "Dynamics Processing", which is a software
compressor.

Under $0.01

I know he has that capability. I would be curious whether or not
analog compression before the ADC might be quicker, easier, and better
sounding.

Given the very modest apparent performance of his sound card, perhaps.
However, I don't know what can be quicker and easier than using another
feature of a product he is already using.

If he uses an outboard compressor then digitizes, he's done. Digitizing
then applying the plug-in adds another stage that might take some
processing time and may not sound good, depending on the quality of the
plug-in and processing. However, I only suggested an alternative,
allowing that Scott may not be inclined to change his mind about
spending money on the problem.

As far as hardware goes it would be far more economical to upgrade the sound
card. Pricewatch puts Audigy's between $40 and $50.

He might enjoy his computer sound more, too.

That preamp is probably the weakest link at this point.

So it seems. That pre seems so bad that upgrading it should be the first
hardware upgrade, even before the sound card.

No doubt.