Why waste your time. All your tunes have probably been posted to usenet hundreds of times already. Get a good newsreader, learn to use it (filter out google, etc) and enjoy the music.......
al
The sheer joy Al of doing it oneself.
I take your point though.
James
Yes (not a native speaker)
Mono, ok that is bad, but the incorrect impedance is bad for the frequency response? That could be correctable in the software.
Do you mean How to do it? or How exact it will be? There is an RIAA-plugin for Audacity (that I didn't try because I have a phono preamp)
Understood.
Very much so. Around 2 k ohms instead of 47 k ohms. Will also heavily load the cartridge, reducing its output, therefore degrading signal to noise ratio. Not to mention that most mic inputs on sound cards are of disgraceful quality to begin with.
But how would anyone know how much to correct it ? The data is not available.
I wasn't aware there was a readily 'off the shelf' plugin available.
Graham
Find a decent old used hi-fi preamp or receiver. Circa 1970-1985, (Before CD's). That is, one that has TAPE MONITOR outputs. Look for a switch on the front panel.
Hook the turntable output to the PHONO inputs of the receiver. Hook the TAPE MONITOR outputs from the stereo to the LINE INPUT to your sound card. (Power up the receiver, with speakers attached). Set the stereo to PHONO mode.
The tape monitor outputs are the line level of whatever the stereo was selected for playing (records/radio/auxiliary). The TAPE IN inputs could feed the power amplifier directly if the Tape Monitor switch was set to Monitor, otherwise the amp would be outputting what the selector switch was set for.
The tape monitor mode was from the days of big reel to reel tape recorders, (and fancy cassette decks). They had two sets of heads one for recording and one for playback. Both would work at the same time. Operating in tape monitor mode allowed you to listen to what was just recorded on the the tape. (Copying your friend's records, radio shows, etc...).
You don't want to run in monitor mode. Many a preamp/receiver was considered "bad" when it was really a simple bad switch or "pilot error". (Or somebody pranking a pretentious equipment geek by setting his preamp to Monitor and watching him panic when no sound came out of the speakers).
Sometimes the tape in and tape monitor out are on a "DIN" socket. A multi-pin round connector about 2/3 inch across.
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