David McGown wrote:
Guy,
One thing I haven't even attempted is dubbing vinyl to hi-res digital. That is a lot of work, need a decent A/D (basically an audio interface like one would use for audio recording or a really good soundcard), software for de-clicking and separating tracks (Audacity), tagging. etc. I guess where it makes sense is if you have treasured recordings that have never been digitally remastered, but ripping vinyl instead of CD is a Realtime process, plus all the post production work. CDs are easy to rip, but I have stacks of them I still need to do but need manual tagging due to the fact they are not in a database like MusicBrainz, etc. I admit I never really got into cassette or reel-to-reel dubbing of my records back in the day...rather listen to the vinyl.
David
The small Focusrite interfaces are very nice. For ripping LPs I highly recommend VinylStudio. Many, many excellent features--you can connect to Discogs for track info, automatically split tracks, adjust track splitting, add album art, eliminate clicks, EQ, etc. And the Pro version offers DSD recording if your interface can do that.