Steve Fosdick wrote: > On Fri, 2009-04-10 at 11:09 +0200, Grammostola Rosea wrote: > > >> Is it preferable to use the amp of the turntable or use an preamp like >> the m-audio DMP 3? >> > > If you don't use the built-in pre-amp in the turn table (or if you use a > turntable that does not have one) you will need to be sure the pre-amp > input has the correct impedance for the cartridge in the turntable. If > you get this wrong you could have little signal or significant > colouration. > > At some point in the chain you will need EQ to balance whatever was > applied during mastering. For modern records this is the RIAA curve and > is usually built in to turntable-specific pre-amps. These days it would > be possible to do it in software and this may be the better approach if > you are interested in really old recordings which use some non-RIAA > curve. Either way you'd want to know if the pre-amp includes the RIAA > curve or not. > > >> And how do you manage capture in ALSA, Ubuntu 9.04? I've no input signal >> on my dads pc yet >> > > Much depends on which soundcard you are using. > > > Hopefully this helps, if not it would be useful to know the > hardware/software combination you have settled on so people can offer > more specific advice. > > > Thanks. It's an Delta 66 \r _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
