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| − | I found Audacity when I started transferring my old vinyl LP:s to CD. After a while I also found this site, the Audacity Wiki. | + | I found Audacity when I started transferring my old vinyl LP:s to mp3/CD. After a while I also found this site, the Audacity Wiki. |
| − | I became | + | I became involved with this site when I started helping out cleaning up after spam attacks. Not being that well knowledgeable about the SW itself, I now at least try to contribute by performing some minor "webmaster" chores, like e.g. cleaning up little editing mistakes and pruning redirect links. |
== My LP to mp3/CD workflow == | == My LP to mp3/CD workflow == | ||
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* Record and save as WAV. | * Record and save as WAV. | ||
* If necessary, fix any spikes. | * If necessary, fix any spikes. | ||
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* Remove rumble, with one or two passes with the {{menu|High Pass Filter...}}, with cut off frequency set to 25Hz or something similar. | * Remove rumble, with one or two passes with the {{menu|High Pass Filter...}}, with cut off frequency set to 25Hz or something similar. | ||
| + | * Remove noise with the special {{menu|Noise Removal...}} filter ("training" it on any silent part approximatley halfway through the LP side). I don't want be too aggressive, as I think leaving a little noise is better than limiting the range or even introducing filtering artifacts. | ||
* {{menu|Normalize...}}. | * {{menu|Normalize...}}. | ||
* Trim the ends. I usually leave two seconds before and after music. | * Trim the ends. I usually leave two seconds before and after music. | ||
* Set labels. I usually set the label two seconds before each track begins. | * Set labels. I usually set the label two seconds before each track begins. | ||
| − | * {{menu|Export Multiple...}} as mp3. I set the conversion for 192 kbit/s, which I can not distinguish from WAV. | + | * {{menu|Export Multiple...}} as mp3. I set the conversion for 192 kbit/s, which I can not distinguish from WAV. |
* Now I either use these as is in my mp3 player, or use a CD burning program to make an audio CD of them. | * Now I either use these as is in my mp3 player, or use a CD burning program to make an audio CD of them. | ||
| − | + | (I actually use the resulting mp3 files @192 kbit/s as my "archive format". So, after verifying the quality of the conversion, I delete the WAV files, as they are too bulky to keep around.) | |
| − | '''''Note:''' In this text I used the [[template:menu]] like this:'' <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>menu| | + | The drawback with the scheme is that it's not fast. It will take me 20 - 30 minutes per LP side. |
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| + | '''''Note:''' In this text I used the [[template:menu]] (e.g. like this:'' <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>menu|menu-text<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> '',giving'' {{menu|menu-text}}'') to emphasize the menu choices. If you enter edit mode (without saving, please!) you see how it was done.'' | ||
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| + | == Who am I? == | ||
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| + | Now middle-aged I once started my career as a computer scientist. Presently I work within the quality department of an industrial electronics manufacturer. Wife, house, no kids. The only thing I really care to brag a bit about you can see at my web site: [http://diver.kanakoto.net Diving and Photography]. | ||
Revision as of 05:30, 12 July 2007
I found Audacity when I started transferring my old vinyl LP:s to mp3/CD. After a while I also found this site, the Audacity Wiki.
I became involved with this site when I started helping out cleaning up after spam attacks. Not being that well knowledgeable about the SW itself, I now at least try to contribute by performing some minor "webmaster" chores, like e.g. cleaning up little editing mistakes and pruning redirect links.
My LP to mp3/CD workflow
If anyone is interested, this is my workflow (not necessarily optimized):
- Record and save as WAV.
- If necessary, fix any spikes.
- Remove rumble, with one or two passes with the , with cut off frequency set to 25Hz or something similar.
- Remove noise with the special filter ("training" it on any silent part approximatley halfway through the LP side). I don't want be too aggressive, as I think leaving a little noise is better than limiting the range or even introducing filtering artifacts.
- .
- Trim the ends. I usually leave two seconds before and after music.
- Set labels. I usually set the label two seconds before each track begins.
- as mp3. I set the conversion for 192 kbit/s, which I can not distinguish from WAV.
- Now I either use these as is in my mp3 player, or use a CD burning program to make an audio CD of them.
(I actually use the resulting mp3 files @192 kbit/s as my "archive format". So, after verifying the quality of the conversion, I delete the WAV files, as they are too bulky to keep around.)
The drawback with the scheme is that it's not fast. It will take me 20 - 30 minutes per LP side.
Note: In this text I used the template:menu (e.g. like this: {{menu|menu-text}} ,giving ) to emphasize the menu choices. If you enter edit mode (without saving, please!) you see how it was done.
Who am I?
Now middle-aged I once started my career as a computer scientist. Presently I work within the quality department of an industrial electronics manufacturer. Wife, house, no kids. The only thing I really care to brag a bit about you can see at my web site: Diving and Photography.
