{"id":210,"date":"2007-03-24T11:22:17","date_gmt":"2007-03-24T11:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.gregbueno.com\/wp\/sakufu\/2007\/03\/24\/adventures_in_v\/"},"modified":"2007-03-24T11:22:17","modified_gmt":"2007-03-24T11:22:17","slug":"adventures_in_v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregbueno.com\/sakufu\/2007\/03\/24\/adventures_in_v\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in vinyl transfers, or I’m sick of waiting for a boxed set by the Waitresses"},"content":{"rendered":"

I bought a laptop<\/a>. And because I want to work on studio stuff with that laptop, I also bought a USB audio interface<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A while back, I considered taking out an old boombox that had a phonograph input and setting it up next to my computer to transfer some vinyl. I have some records I bought from the Austin Record Convention that I never actually listened to because I don’t have time to sit and spin sides. With my mixer, external sound card and industrial strength audio software, I could make a decent transfer.<\/p>\n

The thought occurred to me again today, but laziness, of course, reared its head. I didn’t want to disconnect my record player from the entertainment system and set it up in my cramped bedroom. Then I realized I now own a laptop, and the USB audio interface contains the drivers to power the industrial-strength audio software.<\/p>\n

So this morning, I embarked on transferring Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful?<\/em>, the long out-of-print debut by the Waitresses.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

First, I connected an RCA phono plug from the REC OUT of my stereo amplifier to my USB audio interface. The audio interface, of course, connects to the computer.<\/p>\n

\"1.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"2.<\/a><\/p>\n

After making sure Sony Soundforge, the industrial-strength software in question, recognized the audio interface, I put a 7-inch single of "Legs" by the Art of Noise on the record player as a test. I got a signal! Of course, I had to adjust the gain of the inputs to insure no clipping. For added insurance, I chained a limiter to the input.<\/p>\n

\"3.<\/a><\/p>\n

Now it was time for the real test. I put on Side A of Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful?<\/em>, adjusted the levels again, then recorded a few seconds’ worth of audio. I played it back. Oh dear. I’ve actually transferred part of vinyl album to digital audio.<\/p>\n

\"4.<\/a><\/p>\n

Once I was confident everything was in place, I armed Soundforge and started recording. Roughly 19 minutes later, Side A was committed to disk. I flipped the record over and did the same. Side B followed roughly 22 minutes later.<\/p>\n

\"5.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

I also have CD Architect, which is incredibly flexible when it comes to burning CDs. If I used Audacity or Nero, I would have spent hours splitting files and guessing gap lengths. With CD Architect, I managed to burn a CD in less than half an hour.<\/p>\n

I didn’t clean up any of the pops and cackles from the playback, and I’m not sure I really want to. There’s a kind of charm to hearing it.<\/p>\n

Universal Music has been sitting on releasing the complete recordings of the Waitresses for a number of years now. I’m tired of waiting. So I took initiative on my own, and now I have a CD of Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful?<\/em><\/p>\n

This makes me a geek on so many levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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