MZ-RH910 for LPs Recording

[ljadkins]

I've been using my MZ-rh910 to record my old Lp's.

I have to say it works pretty good.

Transfer the PCM file over to the computer.

Than use Audacity to cleanup the noise and normalize the file.

And it's ready to burn onto a CD.

[surripere]

Hi ljadkins, any chance of a brief guide to cleaning up and normalising in audacity or point me to a link. Thanks, Jon.

[ljadkins]

Here is a link to the tutorials for audacity.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/tutorials

Now for the way that I do it.

First I record the songs onto my mini disk in pcm format using the line out from my preamp to the line in on my MD.

I set the recording level to -12db like the manual says.

That leaves plenty of headroom.

Next inport the music file as a WAV file into sonic stage 3.4.

I use sonic stage to name the file.

Next I open the WAV file with audacity.

I lisen to the whole file for any noise I would to get rid of.

I use noise removal to get rid of any rumble and click removal to get rid of any clicks.

After that save back to WAV and inport back into sonic stage.

There may be more about audacity on the software section of this group.

The program has a lot of tools you can use.

You can cut and paste.

fade/in fade/out cross/fade

amplify, normalize, and a lot more than I can list here.

I think it's a lot like photo/shop for sound files

[surripere]

Hi ljadkins, thanks for the info, I'll try out these features soon, I have previously only used audacity for voice recordings.

Jon

[Top Cat]

Great initiative!

Have you heard of a software filter (maybe a plugin for Audacity or SoundForge) to filter out clapping?

It is very time-consuming to repair every clap manually

[ljadkins]

Great initiative!

Have you heard of a software filter (maybe a plugin for Audacity or SoundForge) to filter out clapping?

It is very time-consuming to repair every clap manually

The way noise filter works is first you select a section of your file that has the noise in it ie:(noise sample). Then you select the part of the file you would like to filter the noise out of. Or you could select the entire file. But keep in mind these filters could be cutting out some of the music you would like to keep.