Klarinet Archive - Posting 001034.txt from 1999/11

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Vinyl to CD?
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 18:15:50 -0500

> >list. Is there anyone?
> >I need some advise: recently a certain collection of a few
> thousand vinyl
> >records was donated to a music library in Israel. It seems some of them
> are
> >very rare (about 100 of them). Is there a feasible way of putting them on
> CD
> >(or as mp13 files) in order to survive a bit longer? As I live
> in Israel -
>
> >Is there such equipment here around?
> >Thanks for bothering you on thanksgiving day!!
> >Itzik Dekel - oboist

Yes, it is quite possible to do this. There are many ways of going about it
depending upon the quality that you want.

The first was is to buy a CD recorder and play the records *through your
amplifier* (very important) and dump them to a CD. Brands I would recommend
are the HHB or the Tascam. Do not buy one of the consumer decks as there
are some serious issues with CD compatibility. You need to play records
through the stereo amplifier because they have a slightly different cabling
system and the outputs are at a very low level.

I would not deal with MP3. It is a decent medium, but like Mini Disc, it is
not a long-term solution... Almost kind of a fad of the time. It uses
large amounts of data compression and even on its best settings (264 KB
streaming speed) the difference in sound is quite noticeable.

If you want to get your best results, use a computer with a good
professional sound card. Most of these cards cost in the $300-$500 US
range. Use a program such as DC-ART (Audio Restoration Tools), Clean, or
other de-noising program to clean up the sound. Then burn the disc. This
is how you will have your best reliability over a wide range of players.
This will be a bit costlier, but you get what you pay for. This kind of
system will do you a lot of good for a wide range of applications. For the
number you are talking about, this is probably your best bet.

There are some real-time programs and stand alone boxes that can de-noise,
but most start at about $5000 US. (They can go up to $20,000 US)

There are also a multitude of companies and recording studios that do this
kind of work, as well. They tend to charge a lot for the service, but it is
another option. For the number that you need to do, perhaps you can get a
discount from somebody. I don't know of many (besides myself) that do it
off-hand, but it shouldn't be too much of an issue to find one. People that
do this are located all over the world.

Hope this helps some...

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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