also, try to find a piece of recording software that has AUTO GAIN control
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> From: Lee Azzarello
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 6:34 PM
> To: IDM
> Subject: Re: [idm] can someone lend a hand?
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> on 11/23/00 9:02 AM, alan r lucas at alucas@telerama.com wrote:
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> > okay... music-related question:
> >
> > when i record tracks from my turntable to my PC as .wavs, the volume is
> oh
> > so quiet. this is a big pain when i'm making a mix CD or something and
> the
> > tracks from CDs have a nice big sound, but tracks from vinyl are really
> > soft. even if i normalize them, it doesn't really help.
> >
> > here's how i have it set up:
> >
> > turntable goes to the pre-amp, which in turn goes to the line-in on my
> > shelf-system. then i have the other cable plugged into the headphone
> jack
> > of the shelf system and back to the line-in on my PC.
> >
> > so what am i doing wrong?
> >
> > if anyone could help, i'd really *really* appreciate it.
> >
> > thanks,
> > alan!
> >
> > np:invisible soundtracks 5
> >
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> Watch the levels _on the computer_ as you record. It doesn't matter how
> high
> they are leaving your tables if the computer is recording them low.
> Normalize the entire track after recording, this will bring the level up
> as
> high as it can get without clipping.
>
>
> -l[e^2]
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