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LP to CD P.S.
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Jenn wrote:
Can one record from LP directly to CD recorder like the Marantz
CDR
300?
...using the preamp in the chain, of course, for the proper
equalization. Anyway, does this work well?
Much better to use an audio editor (Goldwave for me) and clean things
up.
TB
Thanks. I know about that, but I want to try just a straight across
copy, and I have access to the Marantz. This is do-able, right?
Absolutely, Jenn. Take the "tape out" from your preamp and feed it
into
the line in on the recorder. If your Marantz is like mine (I have a
different model, a 530) you can place record in standby mode (either by
just hitting record, or by hitting record and pause) and adjust your
signal levels. Start the record, listen to a few tracks, and set the
peak
reading on the recorder using the record level control to just short of
clipping (the red "0"). Start over, and hit the "play" button (with
the
recorder in "record mode" just after you set the needle in the leadin
groove. Just be sure to be around to hit pause when the record ends.
Then repeat...lower needle on other side, hit "play" again (pause
should
leave you in record mode). I think you'll find that most LP's have very
similar peak outputs, so once you set recording level you should only
have
minor tweaks of volume for other LP's.
If your records are clean and in good shape, this is a great way to
record...using only high quality gear in the signal path.
How does one set the track marks using this method? I've always found it
better to record to my computer hard drive, then insert track marks.
Time
required to burn the CD-R is so short that the extra step hardly adds any
delay.
Norm
The Marantz sets track marks when the dB level falls below a certain
point for more than 3 seconds. Not ideal, granted. IIRC, you can also
manually set the tracks.
Question: if I were to record directly into my laptop (Mac PowerBook),
I would just use an adapter to turn the two phono plugs from the preamp
into a stereo mini plug?
The laptop uses a 3.5mm TRS jack, like most all of them?
Yes.
The output of the
Marantz is a pair of RCA jacks?
Yes, but actually I was thinking of the pair of RCA jacks from my PREAMP
going into the laptop.
If so, then yes, you buy a cable with RCAs
on one end and TRS mini on the other. In fact that's the way I do it
exactly.
Great. Thanks. I appreciate your help.
I have a program that also hunts for dead air for a certain length of time,
but I've found that it usually inserts too many track marks, some only
seconds away from the previous one. I invariably have to reset the track
marks manually in order to get a top quality result. Of course I always
start out using auto track marks, then I modify them.
Norm
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