Ripping vinyl records ... and soudcards

Anubis_386 · 10-12-06, 04:57 PM

We have a massive record and want to get most of it onto PC, I'm also after a new sound card .... something sweet so i'm thinking kill two birds with one stone. What i'm looking at is the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum with its front panel control bay and RCA jacks on the front.

Will I be able to just rip the records onto PC by plugging in to RCA jacks? What will the quality be like? Also whats the actual sound card like?

Thanks in advance ... peace

rseven · 10-12-06, 10:21 PM

If you are talking about connecting a record player directly to your PC I can tell you it won't work. The sound needs to be pre-amplified first. You will have to run it to a stereo receiver and then from the receiver to the PC. You won't be ripping, you will be recording the record as you play it. Records have a lot of hiss and extraneous noise, particularly if they are old and scratched, so you will need a program to clean up the sound. Once you do that, the sound quality is pretty good. It is a time consuming process. Good luck with it.

ericcase · 10-13-06, 07:26 AM

Check this out, it may be exactly what you need. http://www.amazon.com/Ion-iTTUSB-Tur...&s=audio-video

Drinkyoghurt · 10-13-06, 07:33 AM

w00w..looks awesome

Anubis_386 · 10-13-06, 03:49 PM

wow! cool ... thanks for finding that

peace

Sir Barton · 10-13-06, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ericcase

Check this out, it may be exactly what you need. http://www.amazon.com/Ion-iTTUSB-Tur...&s=audio-video

That looks very convenient, would be nice to find some old Pink Floyd records and record them. They sound better on vynil

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Droban · 10-15-06, 01:33 PM

I have this
http://www.amazon.com/TC-750-Audioph...&s=electronics

works pretty good, and I'm assuming you have a pretty good record player already.

billb · 10-15-06, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anubis_386

We have a massive record and want to get most of it onto PC, I'm also after a new sound card .... something sweet so i'm thinking kill two birds with one stone. What i'm looking at is the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum with its front panel control bay and RCA jacks on the front.

Will I be able to just rip the records onto PC by plugging in to RCA jacks? What will the quality be like? Also whats the actual sound card like?

Thanks in advance ... peace

It has to go through a preamp first, or be from the preamp outputs of a reciever. The signal has to go through the phono equalization stage, so PHONO in and AUX out

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Anubis_386 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England - Where VAT hurts my pocket :(	Ripping vinyl records ... and soudcards We have a massive record and want to get most of it onto PC, I'm also after a new sound card .... something sweet so i'm thinking kill two birds with one stone. What i'm looking at is the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum with its front panel control bay and RCA jacks on the front. Will I be able to just rip the records onto PC by plugging in to RCA jacks? What will the quality be like? Also whats the actual sound card like? Thanks in advance ... peace __________________ \|\| i3-2120 :( \|\| H77 Mobo \|\| GTX 670 2GB @ 1200 \|\| 16GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz \|\| OCZ Vertex 4 128GB (OS) \|\| 3TB Storage Drive \|\| Samsung 245B 24" LCD \|\| Logitech Z-5400 5.1 Digital Speakers \|\| Razer Imperator Mouse & Microsoft Sidewinder X4 Keyboard \|\|
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10-12-06, 10:21 PM	#2
rseven Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: New Jersey	If you are talking about connecting a record player directly to your PC I can tell you it won't work. The sound needs to be pre-amplified first. You will have to run it to a stereo receiver and then from the receiver to the PC. You won't be ripping, you will be recording the record as you play it. Records have a lot of hiss and extraneous noise, particularly if they are old and scratched, so you will need a program to clean up the sound. Once you do that, the sound quality is pretty good. It is a time consuming process. Good luck with it.
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10-13-06, 07:26 AM	#3
ericcase Registered Join Date: May 2005 Location: Texas	Check this out, it may be exactly what you need. http://www.amazon.com/Ion-iTTUSB-Tur...&s=audio-video
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10-15-06, 01:33 PM	#7
Droban Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Chicago	I have this http://www.amazon.com/TC-750-Audioph...&s=electronics works pretty good, and I'm assuming you have a pretty good record player already. __________________ Intel 3770K @4.7GHz, 16GB Patriot Viper DDR3 1600 (11-13-11-30) @2133Mhz, Asus Z77 Sabertooth, EVGA GTX 680 SC Signature, Acer HN274H, 2x Samsung 830 128gb in RAID-0 Yamaha 6.1 HTR-5660 4xHarman Kardon 6 Inch Bookshelfs 1xHarman Kardon Dual 5 inch Center 1xVelodyne CHT-10 Sub
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