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My music database so far

Discussion in 'Music: Albums, cassettes, new releases...' started by TooCooL4, Dec 17, 2016.

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    TooCooL4 Well-Known Member

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    Still entering all my physical music media into my database, really enjoying re-discovering some of the music I have not played in a while. Was just enjoying playing Caron Wheeler – UK Black forgot how good this album is. For those of you who don’t know who Caron Wheeler is, she is the singer out of Soul II Soul.

    I have been entering my music into the database every night for the last 6 weeks, here is what I have done so far. Once all the vinyl is done then to the tapes, that’s when all my embarrassing stuff will come out as I have been buying tapes since I was a teenager and we all know teenagers don’t have the best of tastes. :)
     
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    May I know is there a way to convert analog music to FLAC format?
     
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    There are lot’s of software out there to help you do this. You can try a free software called Audacity.
    You need to get the sound from your record player through your amp to your sound card on your computer, then you can record it.
     
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    Thank you TooCool, will give it a try.
     
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    I'd suggest dbpoweramp. Free and very effective for dozens of files, folders.
     
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    Sorry, Dbpoweramp is only for converting digital files. Audacity is good for A/D. If you have a creative sound card it might have a tool for that.
     
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    Thanks Hugo. Have you ever compare the sound after converted to FLAC? Do you observe any difference with the source from analog?
     
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    Yes I did. When you convert a good analog source to digital, it sounds well, but it looses some "life". The drums looses punch and the overall result is a bit dull and naroow sounding compared to the source.
    Even using pro audio interface like my AKAI EIE Pro to capture to Adobe Audition and then playing from a high end DAC like the ARCAM irDAC.
    But if I compare the sound from a mint vinyl with my gear and the corresponding album in CD, the differences are usually bigger. The cd sounds much narrower and metallic. The vinyl directly or being recorded on a cassette sounds much better.
    With a very good deck you can do 1:1 recordings on good cassettes, but that's not easy with digital. At least I couldn't do with my 800€ Digital gear...
     
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