Hi,
I am new to this Forum and do need assistance to use Audacity and hope to get some insightful advice on the listed 2 Arrangements with regards to vinyl digitalisation.
I have an Audio Technica, with pre-amp built-in, Turntable (TT) AT-LP60XBT (without USB out). On its back, it has an audio jack where it can be either used as a 3.5mm headphone output or using it to connect to the Receiver/Amp. There is also a Line/Phono switch as well. It does not come with Grounding post.
The TT is currently connected to my Denon Stereo Network Receiver, DRA-800H with a dedicated phono-stage input via a 3.5mm male jack to 2 RCA male Y-splitter cable. The Receiver has a Grounding post. The TT user’s guide advised to set TT’s switch to Phono only if it were to be connected to a Receiver with a dedicated Phono-stage, in which I did.
Arrangement 1:
Digitalisation of vinyl using Audacity 3.1.3 on Windows 10, is done by connecting a 6.35mm to 3.5mm Adapter Aux cable from the Receiver’s Phones jack to my laptop’s audio combo jack.
Under this arrangement, to avoid clipping, I need to adjust my Audacity’s recording level to about -0.6 dB and the Receiver’s phones jack volume to about 35 and hit record.
Arrangement 2:
I am considering to get the Behringer UFO202 to digitalise my vinyls.
Will I be getting better results by using an USB Audio interface instead of Arrangement 1 ?
With the UFO202, I will need to connect the turntable to the Input of the UFO202. On the top left of the Behringer, which input should I switch to, is it the Line or the Phono input given my TT’s specs ? Is there also a need to do any Grounding on the UFO202 ?
Thank you in advance for your help… (16 Aug 2022)