Re: Playing acetates on a laser turntable?

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:45:04 GMT, "Paul Stamler"
<pstamlerhell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Edi Zubovic" <edi.zubovic[rem this]@ri.t-com.hr> wrote in message
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-- You can bet that there may be _many_ warped and off-center records
there. And add to this the abt. 78 RPM speed, a too light cartridge
and a "wild" tonearm, this may be a havoc. Then I'll try "half speed"
and set the corresponding sample rate :)

Half-speed works, and you don't have to mess with the sample rate. Sample at
your chosen rate, then do the speed-up in the computer. DC-SIX has a decent
speed converter. If you set to 45 and run slow you can get to 39rpm, half of
78.
Yes, I can do this way too!.

By the way, running into a mic preamp isn't really a good idea, because
these cartridges want to see a 47k load with a certain number of pF in
parallel. Most mic pres are 1.0-2.5k, way too low; you'll overdamp away all
your high-frequency response. If you're tied to the idea of transferring
flat, I'd go with the Esoteric Audio preamp, which is designed for that.
When you put the curves back in, make sure the filters are minimum-phase. I
know the "scientific" filters and the ones in the parametric EQ in Audition
are minimum-phase, dunno about the ones in Waves.

The Esoteric Audio preamp is already on the way to my address, I hope
:)

-- I still have Cool Edit Pro so I can try their filters too. Waves
Q-Clone is a smart capture plugin of the analog gear's "sound", based
on convolution, rather that sample-and-hold. It can capture your
favorite analog equalizer sound chartacteristics. Those having "their"
favourite gear could be in position to judge the effectiveness of the
Q-Clone by direct comparison, but it has a ton of already captured
settings too. However, perhaps reluctant of publishing the real names
of equipment, they just have broad descriptions and values. Clues as
to the equipment used are all yours. So Bass-1 could be everything
dealing with low frequencies but it turns out that it's a very fine
RIAA de-emphasis curve. Perhaps Pultec's own? -- Anyway, it works just
as it should and in case of noisier records, the noise is very good
surpressed, yet the highs are reasonably clear. It has often been my
time-saver. Looks like real C values ie. time-constants of analogue
correction filters.
Peace,
Paul

Edi Zubovic, Crikvenica, Croatia

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