Sample workflow for LP digitization
It is not the only way of working, there are many alternatives. Like any recipe it can be adapted to suit your personal needs.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Please note that this page is currently under construction - please bear with me for a few days while I work on it.
Draft content
I work with Audacity set with Project Rate = 44.1kHz sample format 32-bit floating (the Audacity default.
0)Clean the LP
1) Capture side<n> in Audacity
2) Mark the approximate label points as I record - place cursor at point required and click [b]CTRL+B[/b]
3) Export a single WAV for side<n> at 32-bit float
4) Leave the Audacity project open
5) Pass this file through the ClickRepair software, it returns a 32-bit float WAV file with cr appended to its file name (e.g. side<n>cr.WAV
6) Return to the Audacity project and then Import the clickrepaired WAV file back into the open project.
7) Delete the originally recorded track (use the X in the top left hand corner of the track)
8) Click and drag the label track to below the clickrepaired track
9) Carry on with remaining editing in Audacity: cleaning inter-track gaps, adjust label positions, possible fade-ins/outs etc.
10) Edit the labels for songnames (I use 01 <songname-1>, 02 <songname-2> etc. as this helps keep them in the right order for CD production or loading into iTunes)
11) I normally Use Effect > Amplify as my last editing step to bring the amplitude up to -1dB
12) Export multiple, downsampling, to produce a set of WAV at 44.1kHz 16-bit PCM stereo files
13) Repeat for next side of LP
You can work in AIFF rather than WAV with the ClickRepair software, the manual states this but I haven't tested this.[/i]
Links
|< Tutorial - Copying tapes, LPs or minidiscs to CD
Brian Davies's ClickRepair software can be accessed from here: http://www.clickrepair.net/
