Mielr said:

Jetrell Fo said:

Mielr said:

Jetrell Fo said:

Using a stand alone CD burner along with a turntable might yield better results for you and then you could take the audio to your PC and tweak it there.

When I record, I never let the audio clip....

That's what I do too- I've had good results. When you say you never let the audio "clip" do you mean you never let it go into the red?

Correct............

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Could you please explain that a bit more- I'm interested in your process.

I'm careful with my levels (now), I only let things flirt with the red briefly- no more than once or twice per song (am I doing wrong?).

I always play things first and then lower the level on the CD recorder the amount of dbs necessary before recording. Most of my LPs and 45s end up being about -3 or -4 dbs. Most of my cassettes are homemade and the levels are all over the place, so I sometimes have to adjust levels as I'm recording, very often the louder segments end up being -7 or -8 dbs. Time consuming!!!!

I have an external sound card and a tube pre-amp.

I adjust the pre-amp for gain and then I use louder tracks on the vinyl to adjust the sound card while keeping an eye in adobe audition. Once I get the louder tracks recording levels adjusted I usually am able to find my safety zone. I never let anything go in the red but that is preference. I believe once or twice here and there isn't an issue as you can compensate for that later but I prefer to try and limit any digital/software processing by adjusting the hardware so it can do what it is made to do.......