Record at the highest sample rate you can at at least 24 bits for PCM. “Ssss” shouldn’t be “shh” and the pops/clicks can be greatly reduced. There’s this school of thought that says it’s ok if it goes red briefly, but I don’t do it and my recordings are without any saturation or clipping except that which is on the recording.Ĭlean your stylus and ultrasonically clean your records as many times as necessary to get them clean. ![]() Play the record all the way through, find the peak and set your level to keep your recording VU “out of the red” as well as below analog clipping level. If you record this way, I’ve found a few very important things to pay attention to: Best of Bread recordings of 7.5 IPS tape, mixed down to stereo, at 192/24 are inferior to the 192/24 digital that is available. Off-topic, but my 192/24 copies of Caribou-Elton John, 4 Way Street-CSNY from retail 7.5 IPS tape are a dramatic improvement from the sh!tty CD recordings. I regret recording at 96/24 instead of 192/24 because, while it’s really good, it’s missing that extra bit of improvement that I’d like to have. Spartacus-Triumvirat is a “digitally unavailable” gem. Slightly lower fidelity than the digital, but with loads of extra noise. Similar experience with Crosby, Stills & Nash and Bridge Over Troubled Water where my 192/24 recordings of my heavy vinyl (200 or 180, I don’t remember) were inferior to the 192/24 digital that is available. Thankfully I ripped my Radiohead CDs, so at least I have best available. I only have the lossy MP3 copy of Bon Iver available now, so my recording is my best copy. Radiohead-Kid A, Bon Iver-Bon Iver were revealing because it became evident that the only Masters available are 48/24 at best so recording the vinyl produced an inferior version to the CD or 44.1/16 or 48/24 stream. ![]() However, it was mastered to sound good on mono, low-fi playback equipment of the day so it’s inherently “midrangey”, and I don’t care for it to begin with and never play it. I also have a Quad Tape version of it mixed down to stereo at 192/24 that’s not as good as that noisy record copy because of the tape deck hiss.īeatles White Album in mono at 192/24 is as ho-hum as the record was but I used a stereo cartridge, so that might have something to do with it. I recorded a copy of Nilsson Schmilsson, full of pops and clicks, that is still outstanding at 192/24 and WAY better than CD. Metallica……and Justice for All, Hot August Night-Neil Diamond are a toss up.Īnother one that came out great is my 192/24 recording of Mother Lode, Loggins&Messina since it’s only available in harsh 44.1/16 digital. I recorded Classic Records Led Zeppelin 2-Physical Graffiti at 192/24 and they sound better than the 96/24 available anywhere. Some of my recordings are better than the digital available.
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