ripping vinyl for the first time... am I doing it right?

Audacity Help Forum macOS
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Hi, I have no idea if I’m ripping vinyl correctly and would like some guidance on how to create great quality rips.

I’m using a macbook OS X v. 10.9.4 laptop, two technic 1210’s and a DJM 800 mixer. I also have traktor audio 6 which runs from the record port of the DJM 800 to the laptop with a USB cable.

so I make sure that the USB cable is plugged in before opening audacity (seems to work better that way). my audacity preferences are as follows…

-96000 sample rate
-24 bit rate

I also make sure the traktor audio 6 box is selected and that it also says stereo (2 channel)

after ive recorded the rip I will usually cut the unwanted audio from the beginning and end and then add a amplify effect and maybe a normalise if needed? is this correct? is there any way in which I can improve this process? thanks.

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Have a start with a read of this set of tutorials in the Manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_copying_tapes_lps_or_minidiscs_to_cd.html

This one will be particularly useful: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/sample_workflow_for_lp_digitization.html

WC

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Oh and the USB one will be useful too: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/recording_with_usb_turntables.html

WC

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-96000 sample rate -24 bit rate

People get in trouble with advanced sample and bit rates. They produce enormous sound files for the work and there was a recent poster who found some compressed sound formats (like MP3? He didn’t say which ones) didn’t accept them.

Koz