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What I'm not understanding about your setup

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AbeCollins

In Reply to: RE: DSD vs. 24x192 pcm posted by LtMandella on March 01, 2022 at 10:06:52

How are you digitizing your vinyl in a way that it will be usable for playback later? How are you capturing or inputting metadata like track number, track title, album title, artist, album art, etc?

Wouldn't you need a computer for that?

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RE: What I'm not understanding about your setup - LtMandella 05:10:26 03/06/22 (8)
After ripping, the files are transferred to computer for possible processing with audiogate, then VinylAsylum pro for declicking, track splitting, applying metadata.

I try to avoid copying to PCM -just never sounds as good. Both the Sony and the Korg recorders work well for playback (either for line out to main system or with headphones) if I want to avoid computer use completely, which I often do.
Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
Mark Twain
- RE: What I'm not understanding about your setup - AbeCollins 09:43:04 03/06/22 (7)
  Ah, that explains it. If the albums and tracks are organized with usable metadata it should aid with playback from various devices. The raw files alone would just be a mess of raw files ;-)
  - RE: What I'm not understanding about your setup - LtMandella 09:57:08 03/06/22 (6)
    I will probably give up on the track splitting. I think it is more trouble than it is worth.
    
    Just the album artist, album name, and side# are enough because easy to find the track metadata online if I really want it.
    
    Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
    Mark Twain
    - RE: One track per side - tketcham 05:02:06 03/08/22 (5)
      That's what I do. I don't spend the time splitting out individual tracks. My thinking is that I don't listen to LPs as individual songs so why should a copy be any different?
      - RE: One track per side - AbeCollins 20:19:16 03/10/22 (4)
        
        In Reply to: RE: One track per side posted by tketcham on March 08, 2022 at 05:02:06
        
        Very time consuming requiring much more effort but my thinking is the LP has individual tracks and each deserves its own descriptive metadata including track number, title, artist, playtime, art, etc. Otherwise this information will not be available in your player software. You'll simply have one huge hot mess of a file - or two for both LP sides ;-)
        My digitized vinyl is fully compatible just like my downloads and CD rips with all metadata info visible from within my player.
        
        Edits: 03/10/22
        
        RE: One track per side - tketcham 03:46:15 03/11/22 (3)
        
        In Reply to: RE: One track per side posted by AbeCollins on March 10, 2022 at 20:19:16
        
        My LP recordings are converted from raw WAV into FLAC files edited to normalize loudness and insert basic metadata. With my smart phone (which doubles as remote control for the bridge/renderer) I can quickly search up the track listing for almost any LP I own if I really want to see information about a specific song. I may eventually spend the time to split out individual tracks but for now I'm prioritizing getting my LPs recorded and stored on the NAS with attributes including artist, album, side1/side2/etc., and cover art.
        
        Tom
        
        Same here - E-Stat 15:03:51 03/17/22 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: One track per side posted by tketcham on March 11, 2022 at 02:46:15
        
        too much effort for gain in that respect. And I have only a few digitized albums.
        
        RE: One track per side - AbeCollins 11:47:42 03/11/22 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: One track per side posted by tketcham on March 11, 2022 at 03:46:15
        
        As you mentioned you can always go back and split out the tracks later.
        I enjoyed the experience of digitizing a couple dozen LPs and then I decided it was too tedious for me. But in my case, I had many of those albums already available on CD which as you know are much easier to RIP.
        Have fun! Until it's no fun anymore. Who knows, you might have the temperament for this sort of thing. I didn't last very long before frustration got the better of me ;-)
        
        Edits: 03/11/22
        
        RE: One track per side - tketcham 14:58:17 03/11/22 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: One track per side posted by AbeCollins on March 11, 2022 at 11:47:42
        
        I probably have the temperament. Years ago, when I owned paired Sony 300-CD Jukeboxes, I recorded about 400 CDs using a Pioneer PDR-555RW CDR recorder before I gave up. I had purchased a new turntable, cartridge, and phono stage and the sound was so much improved that I realized I should re-record all those LPs with the new setup. But the recording process with the CDR recorder was tedious so I didn't.
        Many years later I'm now playing LPs with an even better sounding vinyl setup, incorporating a well-designed de-clicker, and recorded at high resolution so the results are quite good and worth my time and trouble.
        
        Edits: 03/12/22

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