Recording Vinyl With SoundForge: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 05:49, 26 August 2014

Start Menu > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound
- Recording tab
- With Microphone selected as the recording device, click the Properties button
  - Advanced tab:
    - Select Microphone: USB Audio CODEC
    - With USB Audio CODEC selected, click Properties
    - Default format: 2 channel, 16 bit, 44100 Hz
  - Levels tab:
    - Tweak levels until the audio isn’t peaking
    - N.B. The last time I did this (with the Reveen record) I had to turn recording levels all the way down to 3 before the audio wasn't peaking in Sound Forge.
  - Listen tab:
    - Listen to this device: checked
    - Playback through this device: Default playback device
Start Menu > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound > Playback tab
- Set “Speakers: High Definition Audio Device” as the default.

Options > Preferences > Audio tab
- Audio device type: Windows Classic Wave Driver
- If there’s an option, make sure the USB microphone is used as the recording device.
~~When recording through USB it’s not possible to monitor the sound being recorded through the computer.~~
~~To monitor the audio while recording, connect the stereo RCA to a second device and monitor through that.~~

With the whole vinyl recording loaded into Sound Forge, zoom into in and out points.
Drop markers with the M keyboard shortcut.
Select both channels from in point to out point, then copy.
Create a new window.
Paste.
Save.
- Format: FLAC
After saving all the individual tracks, save the project.
- With the window containing the entire recording with in and out markers, Save As and select the native Sound Forge project format.

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 * <strike>To monitor the audio while recording, connect the stereo RCA to a second device and monitor through that.</strike>
-==== Recording audio =====
+==== Recording audio ====
 * '''menu bar''' > '''Record''' button
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 ==== Saving audio ====
+* With the whole vinyl recording loaded into Sound Forge, zoom into in and out points.
+* Drop markers with the <kbd>M</kbd> keyboard shortcut.
+* Select both channels from in point to out point, then copy.
+* Create a new window.
+* Paste.
+* Save.
+** '''Format''': FLAC
+* After saving all the individual tracks, save the project.
+** With the window containing the entire recording with in and out markers, '''Save As''' and select the native Sound Forge project format.
+== Converting FLAC to mp3 ==
+* '''AVS Audio Converter'''
+* Drag the `.flac` files into the files pane.
+* Settings
+** '''Codec''': mp3
+** '''Channels''': stereo
+** '''Bitrate''': 192kps
+** '''Sample Rate''': 44100 Hz
+** '''Sample Size''': 16 bit