Newbie Here - Where to start and Vinyl question

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Hey All,

First post here (I'm sure it won't be my last :rolleyes: ). I recently purchased the m-audio delta 66 with the Omni breakout box. I'm currently reading the manuals (yuck) and these forums to educate myself on home recording.

First question is: I have a bunch of old vinyl that I would like to make digital copies of. I'm somewhat familiar with Soundforge and know the program has a 'vinyl restoration' feature. Does anyone have any advice about doing all this with the m-audio equipment I mentioned above? Or can someone point me in the right direction on where I can learn about it. I want to learn some of these songs I have on vinyl and restarting the record everytime is a pain.

Second question is: After I get finished reading the manuals then where do I go? I'm an acoustic guitar player that would eventually like to do some multi-tracking here at home. I’m brand new to all of this and am totally lost. I need some direction.

Thanks in advance,

Mark
 
After installing the delta 66 and loading the drivers, next thing is to setup Soundforge so it can see the 66. Then just hook the turntable outputs into the preamp ins of the omni, arn 2 tracks in Soundforge and press record.

To record your guitar, same thing except plug the mic into the omni preamp input
 
I got Soundforge to see the delta 66, and plugged in my mic (Lg Condenser) through the preamped XLR plugin on the front of the breakout box. Hit the phantom power button on the back, and wahoo, I'm up and running on that, at least for a start. I successfully recorded my first track.

Now my Technics turntable, is this a balanced or unbalanced signal? I went to radio shack and purchased the RCA to 1/4 jacks adapter.

The Omni is preamped for the first two inputs (inputs 1 and 2), either using XLR or a single 1/4". With two ¼’ jacks coming out of the turntable this won’t work will it? Inputs 3 and 4 have two 1/4" plugs for one input, but I tried capturing the sound from the turntable with no results through Input 3 using both 1/4" jacks. I'm guessing it couldn't "hear" the signal because it's not amplified enough.

SO CONFUSED. I'm sure I'm using all kinds of incorrect language trying to describe this stuff. Sorry for being such a newb. Please correct me wherever anyone see fit.

Thanks for your help,

Mark
 
Turntables do not have line level outs. You need to either get a turntable preamp, or have the turntable connected to a stereo system that has a Rec Out.
 
gr8teful. sound forge has a number of nice audio restoration features in it.
for example ...if after recording the vinyl to pc as al chuck mentioned try tests of forges noise reduction. at the beginning of each song hilite in forge a blank section with noise on to get a noiseprint then apply to the whole song. it could be usefull. also forge will find and fix glitches.
and there are many other features.
if you want to get into multitrack recording to do your own songs, i recommend you try try the demo of what i use - powertracks from pgmusic.com.
48 tracks for 49 bucks. it also has some features you could try with your vinyl , BUT not as extensive as forge as its mainly a multitrack recording software. but it includes de-essing, hum filter and noise gating.
a word of warning ...when using these type of noise reduction algorithms that forge and powertracks have its best to use mild low settings and try several passes of the audio.
peace. hope this helps.
ps....tracertek.com have a package called dart audio restoration tools. ive never tried it though. but it looks very interesting.
 
You will need to hook it up to a stereo anyway. There is a eq curve that is applyed to the phono in on the stereo system. This makes up for the curve they put on during mastering when they do vinyl
 
Yes they most likely do, my fault. Dyslexia is a terrible disease.
 
So with my turntable I tried hooking it up through my home stereo, but it still didn't get enough signal to be very loud. Do I need an actual reciever to make this work? How much are those turntable preamps? Can those hook into a stereo so I can listen to records too, not just bring them into my computer?
 
Did you hook it up to your home stereo via the phono input? Or does your home stereo not have a phono input?

You can price standalone phono preamps out by searching on the net, I'm not going to do it for you... I will guess, however, that they go for $50-100...
They have a line level output so you should be able to then connect that to any home stereo that has line level inputs (Aux In, for example).
 
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