Recording an LP to a digital file

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2011/08/22 20:43:01 (permalink)

Recording an LP to a digital file

I've just purchased a UA-1G / Sonar LE to record my LP's to digital files. Can someone please point me in the direction of a simple crash course on getting this done. The tutorials in Sonar just don't seem to cover this task very well. Thanks.
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    57Gregy
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    Re:Recording an LP to a digital file 2011/08/22 22:10:09 (permalink)
    Welcome to the forum.
    Is SONAR already loaded and set up and the UA already recognized by Windows and SONAR?
    In SONAR, click Options>Audio and make sure that the UA is selected for both playback and recording.
    Plug your turntable's RCA plugs into the RCA jacks of the UA.
    In an audio track in Sonar, select the stereo input.
    Turn the record level (input) control on the UA down.
    Arm the audio track by clicking the R.
    Start the record, preferably at a place with the highest volume level so you can set the record level so it doesn't clip at that point.
    Adjust the input level control so the record meter never strays into the red for too long at the loudest part of the song.
    Stop the record.
    Click the Record button in SONAR's transport bar. Start the record.
    You can choose to put all of the album side on one track or by stopping the record and SONAR after each song, rewinding SONAR, setting up another track to record each song on a seperate track.
    Connect speakers to the UA's output jacks to hear what's going on.
     

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    Re:Recording an LP to a digital file 2011/08/23 06:34:48 (permalink)
    This is exactly the thread I was looking for...

    I'm in the same boat as tkonline, as recording from vinyl is the main reason I purchased the UA-1G. I managed to get as far as recording a track, as Greg outlines, without problem. But I've struggled to work out how to top and tail the songs, so that I can save them as individual .wav files without excess space before or after. One problem is knowing the terminology - 'trimming', 'cropping' and 'deleting' parts of the track all sound as though they should do what I want but I'm guessing that they refer to other actions, and I'm at a loss as to what words to search for to guide me. I've used Cool Edit before but Sonar LE is stumping me.

    Thanks in advance.
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    Re:Recording an LP to a digital file 2011/08/23 12:09:53 (permalink)
    Okay, RH, do you have your songs on different tracks or all on the same track?
    If they're all on the same track, use the Split tool (looks like a pair of scissors) to split the long, long track into seperate clips within that track.
    Once all the songs are segregated, drag them down to new tracks, each song on it's own track. Drag them to the beginning. Play the tracks to ensure none are clipping; lower the volume of a track so it doesn't clip.
    I have a folder on my desktop caled audio files that I export any tracks I want to burn to CD to.
    Click a track number until the clip in the track turns black, indicating it is selected.
    Go to File>Export Audio and the Export dialog pops up with a lot of options. What You Hear is a preset that should work for you. If you plan on burning these songs to CD, use 44,100 Hz @ 16-bit.
    Select a destination. In my case that is the Audio Files folder on my desktop.
    Click OK and the file will be copied to your destination folder from which you can burn the song(s) to CD.
    If you want to fade in or fade out a clip, hover the cursor over the upper right or left corner until the cursor becomes a triangle. Drag that triangle and it will insert a volume envelope, highlighted in gray.
    It's also possible to edit out any pops and clicks in the file from the LP, but that's a long, tedious process. I believe there is software that claims to be able to do that automatically, but SONAR can't.

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    Re:Recording an LP to a digital file 2011/08/23 13:26:47 (permalink)
    Thanks for that, Greg. I'll try that out tonight.

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    Re:Recording an LP to a digital file 2011/08/24 09:49:13 (permalink)
    ...Cheers, that was just the nudge I needed to get me started. Many thanks for the help.
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