[Dixielandjazz] Converting LPs to CD

[Charlie Hull]

Audacity works for me, too. It's loaded with features found in expensive 
audio recording/editing software.

I just record the whole side of the LP into Audacity at one time. As you 
look at the total recorded waveform there are obvious gaps between the 
individual tracks of the side. Select from the beginning to the first 
gap, and COPY that section, then go to File/New and PASTE the copied 
section into the new file, then save it with the name of the first 
selection on the LP side. Then go back to the first recording, where the 
first selection should still be selected, and delete that selection. 
Then repeat the process for each tune on the LP side. After creating the 
individual file of the final tune on the recorded side, the original 
large file can be dumped.

  If you want to use Audacity's features to minimize scratch, ticks, 
etc., it's easier to do it to the original whole-side recording before 
creating the individual tune files. If any of the treatment functions, 
such as scratch or hiss reduction, use numerical adjustments, it's good 
to write those down so both sides of the LP get the same treatment.

When creating the individual song files, I create filenames showing the 
tunes' sequence on the LP; "01-FirstTuneName", "02-SecondTuneName", 
etc.; which helps get them in the right order when burning to CD.

The described method doesn't work for LP's where each side is a single 
track, like some live concert recordings, as there won't be a gap 
between tunes. For those, you have to listen from the beginning of the 
Audacity recording and Pause where you want to break, to separate out 
the individual tunes. If there is audience applause following each tune, 
I like to split in the middle of the applause, then use Audacity to 
create fade-in/fade-out at the beginning and end of each selection.

Charlie Hull

On 3/21/2019 4:54 AM, Sep Troelstra wrote:
>
> The freeware " Audacity" works fine for me!
>
> Sepndnet.com
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