yeah - that or use the preamps in a decent mixer, like a little mackie 12 channel vlz or a vintage neve console ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Barknecht" <fbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "A list for linux audio users" <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 2:55 AM Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] [OT] recording fom turntable (ripping LPs) > Hallo, > Erik Steffl hat gesagt: // Erik Steffl wrote: > > > so i finally got the recording on sb live! platinum working and I'd > > like to rip my old LP collection. So I bought the only turntable with > > pre-amp I have found, connected it and the sound was terrible (I think > > it was mostly too weak, wasn't even at 50% at max), it's also a cheap > > denon. I connected it to the RCA inputs on the liveDrive (front panel). > > BTW the liveDrive RCA work ok with line6 guitar pod and iPod. > > > > so my off-topic question is - how to connect the turntable? which > > turntable to get? since I mostly plan to use it to rip the LPs and I'm > > not going to use it afterward I'd prefer cheaper solutions (not the > > denon though:-) > > > > I also have receiver with phono input (so no pre-amp in turntable > > needed) but I have no way to get the signal out of receiver, it only has > > speaker outputs. > > > > so I guess I need sort-of-decent turntable with pre-amp or turntable > > plus external pre-amp? any recommendations? > > So you need new hardware anyways. In that case I would recommend a new > receiver or hifi amp. Then just try you Denon with it. I never used a > turntable with built-in preamp and thus I don't know, what might be > the reason for your Denon's failure. > > I have a pretty standard hifi amp with several line connectors for > things like CD player and two tape decks, of which one tape can be > switched to record what is currently playing. It also has a phone in. > I don't own a tape deck anymore, so my computer is connected to the > tapes' line in- and outputs. > > That way I can record what my turntable is playing very well. As I > have a lot of 12 inches from my DJing time and those are a pita to > listen too because you're always changing sides I recorded quite a bit > of those to disk. I actually normally just use ecasound for this as > most 12"es have only one track on a side anyways, so I don't need > gramofile's automatic cutting > > Ciao > -- > Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
