Best way to sample records mobile?
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- KVRist
- 30 posts since 28 Mar, 2006
I want to go record vinyl to cd or wavs from people I know that live far away to get drum samples and breaks because I'm trying to collect old drums and sounds. What's the best way to record quality wise with a mobile setup? I was thinking of buying a cd recorder and hooking it up to a dj mixer to record. Will it be a good recording because I believe you lose quality once you turn it into a wav using apps like soundforge. Is it better to record staight into an m-box/notebook that I plan to buy later on? Another question, Is it best to record it in 24 bit stereo? I'm sorry if I sound like a newbie. I was wondering about this for ahwile now. Thanks!
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- KVRist
- 391 posts since 22 Mar, 2005 from Kansas City, KS
I record vinyl into sound forge with no problems. I run my turntable into my dj mixer, then the dj mixer out to my sound card....It loses no quality, and I just record it at 16 bit 44.1 standard cd rate.
I recently got an Emu 1616 which is really nice, and it has a ground on the microdock...that cuts out the need for the dj mixer. I haven't tried it yet since I run my dj mixer to my sampler and my computer.
I recently got an Emu 1616 which is really nice, and it has a ground on the microdock...that cuts out the need for the dj mixer. I haven't tried it yet since I run my dj mixer to my sampler and my computer.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 30 posts since 28 Mar, 2006
The cd recorder I mentioned is a cd burner. The ones that has LED lights. Do I lose quality if I record it into one of those? An example would be a tascam cd-rw750. Is it better to record straight to one of these mobile? If so, what's the setting for the best possible recording? 24 bit?
http://www.tascam.com/Products/CD-RW750.html
http://www.tascam.com/Products/CD-RW750.html
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Distorted_Mastermind Distorted_Mastermind https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=62388
- KVRist
- 391 posts since 22 Mar, 2005 from Kansas City, KS
You said you were thinking of buying a cd recorder, but you also said you plan to buy a laptop......As long as the laptop isn't really old it will have a cd burner.
If you want a good mobile recording set up the Emu 1616 can record several channels at once (way more than mbox) has really good preamps, and it also has the turntable input with the ground. That will cost probably a little less than the mbox, give you a crapload more overall recording power, and also save you the money for a decent dj mixer (cause the turntable needs to be grounded).
You said you were already planning on buying a laptop. Laptops have cd burners these days, therefore no need for a cd recorder.
24 bit works, but 16 bit also works...depends how much you want to record at once in the case of recording vinyl. I record 16 bit when doing so since I record a whole side at a time.
What I said was suggested and will save you money, but will be very high quality.
If you want a good mobile recording set up the Emu 1616 can record several channels at once (way more than mbox) has really good preamps, and it also has the turntable input with the ground. That will cost probably a little less than the mbox, give you a crapload more overall recording power, and also save you the money for a decent dj mixer (cause the turntable needs to be grounded).
You said you were already planning on buying a laptop. Laptops have cd burners these days, therefore no need for a cd recorder.
24 bit works, but 16 bit also works...depends how much you want to record at once in the case of recording vinyl. I record 16 bit when doing so since I record a whole side at a time.
What I said was suggested and will save you money, but will be very high quality.
Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
-Richard M. Nixon
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- KVRian
- 540 posts since 30 Mar, 2006 from Sardinia Italy
Hi,
soundforge and your dj mixer is enough. Just in case if you have a very nice pre amp for hi-fi it's better than mixer.
Set soundforge to 24 bit and record it. At the end before to save the file convert bit and sample rate to 16bit 44Khz. Don't save directly 16 44 thinking that is the same.
Hope it can help you
ciao
Andrea Pettinao sound designer
www.pettinhouse.com sample libraries for your music
soundforge and your dj mixer is enough. Just in case if you have a very nice pre amp for hi-fi it's better than mixer.
Set soundforge to 24 bit and record it. At the end before to save the file convert bit and sample rate to 16bit 44Khz. Don't save directly 16 44 thinking that is the same.
Hope it can help you
ciao
Andrea Pettinao sound designer
www.pettinhouse.com sample libraries for your music
Guitar, Drum and Bass sample libraries for Kontakt
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- KVRer
- 6 posts since 3 Jul, 2003 from USA
The Numark TTX-1 makes it pretty simple as well - I go straight from the SPDIF out on the TTX to the SPDIF in on my Audiophile 2496 - ZERO quality loss 
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