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The article throws around a lot of numbers. The main takeaways are that sales for turntables were roughly flat in 2017 compared with 2016, and sales of LPs were up by 9 percent. Another way of saying this is that people bought nearly the same number of turntables and more records. And some sales of high end players could be newbies upgrading cheap players.
So the headline is not accurate. Fading would be a decline, not flattish sales of hardware and continued growth in record sales. For example, early indications are that vinyl sales were way up again on record store day last month.
It will take another three to five years to see where the trend is going.
- signed a guy who happily gave up vinyl in 1990 but remains interested in retail music consumption.
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I'm about to embark on a project to convert many of my LPs (I have more than 1,000) to digital files. I'm leaning toward purchasing an Audio Technica turntable with a USB output. I would like to receive some advice concerning the software for handling the digital files. Audacity seems to be a good one. Are there others that may be superior?
For the LPs where sound quality is most important to you, it might be worth checking iTunes or an official CD release.
I think Audacity is the app a guy at work mentioned when he told me he does his own LP conversions. He can erase pops and whatnot from the waveform, and clean it up. But I have to imagine it's a time-consuming project.
Also, your diamond stylus will last longer if you clean the vinyl before recording it.
http://soundhub.audio/faq-how-long-will-a-phonograph-stylus-last/
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May 22, 2018 - 1:50 PM
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jackfu
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I'm about to embark on a project to convert many of my LPs (I have more than 1,000) to digital files. I'm leaning toward purchasing an Audio Technica turntable with a USB output. I would like to receive some advice concerning the software for handling the digital files. Audacity seems to be a good one. Are there others that may be superior?
For the LPs where sound quality is most important to you, it might be worth checking iTunes or an official CD release.
I think Audacity is the app a guy at work mentioned when he told me he does his own LP conversions. He can erase pops and whatnot from the waveform, and clean it up. But I have to imagine it's a time-consuming project.
Also, your diamond stylus will last longer if you clean the vinyl before recording it.
http://soundhub.audio/faq-how-long-will-a-phonograph-stylus-last/
Audacity is pretty good, especially considering it's free. I've used it for many years now and I like it. There are plug-ins you can download and add for additional effects.
Caveat Emptor! Audacity will not remove every click, pop and scratch. Plus, it is a balancing act to remove/reduce surface noise without reducing high frequencies as well. If an album has only a very few clicks/pops, etc., it will do quite well.
And you are correct, it is time-consuming and labor intensive. If you have a really old album that hasn't been released on CD, it can be worth the time investment.
I've also tried other professional tools, usually on a free trial basis as I'm a cheapskate, and they definitely are an improvement over Audacity.
Just be sure to go in with realistic expectations.
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