[BenJoss]

I'm sure Jake mentioned a few things that it's worth doing/checking when recording your Vinyl to MP3. But I can't remember.

So can anyone advise on how best to record your vinyl to get the best quality MP3s...?

[Carl Briggs]

Originally Posted by BenJoss

I'm sure Jake mentioned a few things that it's worth doing/checking when recording your Vinyl to MP3. But I can't remember.

So can anyone advise on how best to record your vinyl to get the best quality MP3s...?

Well, so far, all i've done is had my soundcard input at a decent volume (not sky-high in the reds, but not low in the greens either), and had my line-levels set equally as appropriate on my mixer.

Because my transfer is going to be a permanent switch to CD, I also invested in a new cart and stylus so that the quality is better.

Some vinyl cleaning fluid is also handy for those stubborn records that have a bit too much snap, crackle and pop. Some seem to attract more dust and crap than others - perhaps its something to with the quality of the vinyl and the amount of static being present.

What i'd do is transfer one to CD, listen to it back through your CD deck, and if its perfect quality, set everything else you transfer to the same volumes. That way, you should have perfect copies every time.

[Carl Briggs]

Co-incidentally, i've got about 50 vinyls to transfer to CD today, and i'm going to re-edit about 15 of those

Gotta love the re-editing side of things - its great

[gazwalgate]

tip of the day:

most trance is maid at 1:38bpm or 140 bpm so set your pitch at 140bpm, that way when you load it in a cdj 9 times out of 10 you will be bang on ;)

[Carl Briggs]

Originally Posted by gazwalgate

tip of the day:

most trance is maid at 1:38bpm or 140 bpm so set your pitch at 140bpm, that way when you load it in a cdj 9 times out of 10 you will be bang on ;)

Yeah, great tip! Thats something i've done too - i've recorded all of mine at around the same BPM so that everything is always around the "0" mark on the pitch slider. That way, everything only needs minor adjustments rather than some tunes being around the "6" mark, and others around the "3" mark. It seriously speeds up beatmatching time, letting you focus on other things such as scratching & crowd surfing ( ), or, in the case of Seb Fontaine, eating a couple of burgers.