(02-04-2024, 04:36 PM)michaelagiles Wrote: Good morning! I searched for a solution for this but couldn't find anything.
My venerable Wxp juii@ recoding/ LP transfer system seems to be dieing quickly and I am looking for an replacement. A HiFi berry ADC system with audacity looks like it might work but I am not sure about actual recording media? Can i send it to a HDD attached to the RPI?
Anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks for your help!

(02-04-2024, 04:42 PM)Nutul Wrote:

(02-04-2024, 04:36 PM)michaelagiles Wrote: Good morning! I searched for a solution for this but couldn't find anything.
My venerable Wxp juii@ recoding/ LP transfer system seems to be dieing quickly and I am looking for an replacement. A HiFi berry ADC system with audacity looks like it might work but I am not sure about actual recording media? Can i send it to a HDD attached to the RPI?
Anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks for your help!

If I were you, I'd digitize the LPs on a PC using an adequate sound card; then (from probably .wav) convert them to FLAC, tag them accordingly, add album art, and transfer them on the HDD / SSD where all your music is.

(02-04-2024, 04:36 PM)michaelagiles Wrote: Good morning! I searched for a solution for this but couldn't find anything.
My venerable Wxp juii@ recoding/ LP transfer system seems to be dieing quickly and I am looking for an replacement. A HiFi berry ADC system with audacity looks like it might work but I am not sure about actual recording media? Can i send it to a HDD attached to the RPI?
Anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks for your help!

(02-04-2024, 05:03 PM)michaelagiles Wrote: This what I have been doing but my old desktop is dying and I am looking for a new solution. I only own laptops now and don't know whats available in usb connected AFC's any more. I used to use an edirol usb interface but gave it away! I haven't done an extensive search yet - thought I would see if anyone had experience with the HiFi berry units.

(02-04-2024, 07:59 PM)Tim Curtis Wrote: If the LP rips are going to be post processed for noise reduction, de-clicking and other such repairs and you want a very high quality result then avoid Audacity and instead use a pro-audio tool like Adobe Audition. Its algorithms are light years better than those in Audacity.. This is based on my personal experience digitizing a set of Classical Guitar recordings.

(02-04-2024, 09:01 PM)Skip Pack Wrote:

(02-04-2024, 07:59 PM)Tim Curtis Wrote: If the LP rips are going to be post processed for noise reduction, de-clicking and other such repairs and you want a very high quality result then avoid Audacity and instead use a pro-audio tool like Adobe Audition. Its algorithms are light years better than those in Audacity.. This is based on my personal experience digitizing a set of Classical Guitar recordings.

I use a Steinberg UR22 mkII USB sound card, similar to the Focusrite Scarlet or the Motu, maybe a bit cheaper, and it works great. You do not need a powerful computer at all, so the laptop should work well. I use an inexpensive but beautifully designed and executed program named VinylStudio:

https://www.alpinesoft.co.uk/VinylStudio/download.aspx

The workflow is logical and efficient with good results. One thing I do that I do believe helps is capture the sides at a high resolution, 192K/24bits. This is overkill for sound quality if your levels are set right, but it lets the pop and tick reduction processes work better as those flaws have a sharper rise time than the music itself letting the software distinguish the bad stuff from the good more effectively. I set the 'cleanup' parameters to the lowest setting and it works effectively without smoothing out the music itself.

Skip

(02-04-2024, 11:45 PM)michaelagiles Wrote:

(02-04-2024, 09:01 PM)Skip Pack Wrote:

(02-04-2024, 07:59 PM)Tim Curtis Wrote: If the LP rips are going to be post processed for noise reduction, de-clicking and other such repairs and you want a very high quality result then avoid Audacity and instead use a pro-audio tool like Adobe Audition. Its algorithms are light years better than those in Audacity.. This is based on my personal experience digitizing a set of Classical Guitar recordings.

I use a Steinberg UR22 mkII USB sound card, similar to the Focusrite Scarlet or the Motu, maybe a bit cheaper, and it works great. You do not need a powerful computer at all, so the laptop should work well. I use an inexpensive but beautifully designed and executed program named VinylStudio:

https://www.alpinesoft.co.uk/VinylStudio/download.aspx

The workflow is logical and efficient with good results. One thing I do that I do believe helps is capture the sides at a high resolution, 192K/24bits. This is overkill for sound quality if your levels are set right, but it lets the pop and tick reduction processes work better as those flaws have a sharper rise time than the music itself letting the software distinguish the bad stuff from the good more effectively. I set the 'cleanup' parameters to the lowest setting and it works effectively without smoothing out the music itself.

Skip

Thanks gentlemen! All assistance appreciated! I have done a little research on usb interfaces and there look to be several good choices here with good software etc.The HFB option looks workable but complex programming wise. 
Re Audacity : I have used it for many years with good results - my needs are very simple. Tim - how do you find Audition superior? It was originally developed from Cool Edit if i remember correctly and that was only slightly easier to use and not noticeably better in other respects.
Thanks again!