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In Reply to: 3 Stupid Questions About Converting Analog Vinyl To High Res Digital posted by Newey on January 5, 2017 at 10:10:22:
1) If you have a phono pre, it usually already has the RIAA EQ. If not, find a vinyl ripping software package that has the RIAA feature. I use VinylStudio by AlpineSoft and it has the RIAA EQ available.
2) You need to convert the analog signal to digital and the best way to do this is through chipsets used in analog to digital converters. These can be outboard standalone units or onboard cards.
3) See #2 above
(a) Go to the Sweetwater.com website, click Computer Audio, click Audio Interfaces, click PCI audiointerfaces. This will give you an idea of some of the card options. Not included is the Asus Essence STX which is a PCIe card that is supposed to do both A to D and D to A. I have the Asus but never used it for ripping.
(b) Most of these cards have breakout cables, a cable set that includes RCA and/or XLR inputs and outputs. To take the analog signal from your cartridge, you can either try the tape monitor output, line level preamp out or direct from your phono preamp if that unit is a standalone. Be careful as you'll need to control the gain. My experience has been that the tape monitor output level is too low. I have not tried the line level out as I have not needed this option. Recording levels can be managed by the ripping software and depending on the card, the soundcard drivers/mixing software.
I use an RME Hammerfell 9632 which will do up to 192/24 resolution. It is a PCI card that I bought on EBay for $300USD a couple of years ago. They can be had for less. I have a LOMC cartridge into a step-up transformer into a ARC PH3SE phono preamp whose outputs go into the soundcard via the breakout cables. I have ripped 2,400+ lps to date and continue to rip. Good luck.
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