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== Vinyl / LP ==
== Vinyl / LP ==


=== [http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-AT-LP120-USB-Direct-Drive-Professional-Turntable/dp/B002S1CJ2Q Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB Direct-Drive Professional Turntable] + [http://www.shure.com/americas/products/phono/m97xe-audiophile-phono-cartridge Shure M97xE Cartrige] ===
=== [http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-AT-LP120-USB-Direct-Drive-Professional-Turntable/dp/B002S1CJ2Q Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB Direct-Drive Professional Turntable] + [http://www.shure.com/americas/products/phono/m97xe-audiophile-phono-cartridge Shure M97xE Cartridge] ===
*Output stage:
*Output stage:
**RCA to 3.5mm cable -> [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102188 Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card] (32-bit depth and 96khz sample rate) -> [https://creative.adobe.com/products/audition Adobe Audition CC 2014.2] (recording at 32/96)
**RCA to 3.5mm cable -> [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102188 Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card] (32-bit depth and 96khz sample rate) -> [https://creative.adobe.com/products/audition Adobe Audition CC 2014.2] (recording at 32/96)

Revision as of 17:41, 27 February 2015

The webmaster has the following equipment at his disposal to digitize or transfer several different formats.

Magnetic media

Audio cassette tapes

Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1

  • Three head, asymmetrical dual capstan transport with pressure pad lifter
  • Manual playback azimuth adjustment, allowing best frequency response of a tape that was recorded on any other device
  • Output stage:
    • Mediabridge 6 foot RCA to 3.5mm cable -> ASUS Xonar DX sound card with 112dB input signal-to-noise ratio (32-bit depth and 96khz sample rate) -> Adobe Audition CC 2014.2 (recording at 32/96)
    • Each tape is fully wound (fast forwarded) and then rewound to ensure tape spools are properly packed with the least amount of potential stiction which may result from a long time spent in storage
    • Azimuth is optimized per tape, and if required, per each individual tape's side

Digital Audio Tape (DAT)

Sony SDT-9000 SCSI DAT drive

  • Flashed with firmware that is able to read audio DATs
  • Most direct option to rip audio DATs to WAV format in their native sample rate (i.e. 16-bit 32khz / 44.1khz / 48khz)
  • Allows error correction which no standalone DAT deck / recorder can perform
  • Regularly cleaned according to manufacturer recommendations using "new old stock" Seagate DAT head cleaning tapes
  • DATs ripped using dat2wav software

VHS / S-VHS

NTSC

  • Philips VR1000 (JVC rebadge) with built-in line time base corrector
  • Working on obtaining external time base corrector & lossless capture card

PAL

  • Working on obtaining high-end VCR

Optical Media

Compact Discs / CD-R

DVD

  • ImgBurn to make ISOs
  • PgcDemux to demux audio soundtracks to their native formats

BD

  • Not applicable at this time due to no Blu-Ray bootlegs existing that need to be ripped; as far as I know, only one or two BD recordings have been torrented on DIME.

MiniDisc

Sony MDS-S707 MiniDisc deck

  • Optical output is used for digitally bit-perfect transfers
  • Many thanks to Ryan Jonik for his generous contribution.

Vinyl / LP

Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB Direct-Drive Professional Turntable + Shure M97xE Cartridge