That took a surprising amount of futzing, especially since the UI of the Lynx Mixer did not correspond to the instructions in the manual which appeared to be referring to an earlier software version. The first challenge was to figure out how to configure the Lynx card to record from Analog Ins 1+2 while simultaneously monitoring on Analog Outs 1+2 (which drive the Rudi). I hooked up the Record Out of the Boulder to the Analog In of the L22 (luckily both run balanced so no special cables needed). However if you insist on 'investing' I would suggest that you are likely to get better bang-for-the-buck SQ-wise spending money on a decent sound card (internal or external) than a USB-equipped phono stage. a USB-equipped phono stage) just introduces a big new sound-quality variable and risks disappointment. IMHO, buying something new for this project (e.g. Almost all PCs have a built-in sound card and the Line Out of your phono stage (or Record Out of your preamp) can be connected to the Line In of the sound card (NOT the microphone input) with a simple RCA-to-3.5mm jack adapter cable. There is absolutely no need to get a USB-equipped record player or phono stage - your existing record player and phono stage will do the job just fine! Also, the advantage of using your existing equipment (both analog and digital) is that the resulting transfer should almost by definition be of the sound quality you are used to hearing. Probably the only point I would like to make here is that the only equipment I deem absolutely necessary to make a good quality digital transcription of an LP is: Audacity 1.2.6 and later 1.3.9 (beta) for recording and editing (FREE!).Rudistor RPX-33 and Sennheiser HD800 for monitoring.Lynx L22 sound card, Windows Driver 2.0 Build 017 Release Candidate 3e.Dell XPS tower PC (2006 vintage) running Windows 7.Nordic Concept Artist/Breuer 8c/Dynavector XV-1s (deck/arm/cartridge).VPI HW-16.5 record cleaning machine, MoFi 'Super Deep Cleaner' and VPI Record Cleaning Fluid.In fact the biggest problem I had was that the audio equipment and the PC equipment were in different rooms! Whether to take Mohammed to the mountain or vice versa? For convenience I decided to move the record deck and preamp into my study which probably was the wrong call, see later. No 'necessary investments' either, oh well. Part of the impetus for embarking on this project was the sudden realization that I had all the necessary equipment on-hand and there were simply no excuses for not doing it. digitizing a given size of LP collection to mp3 in the shortest possible time) rather than quality. I only mention this to make the point that my approach and lessons may not be relevant to anyone whose goal is quantity (i.e. I was prepared to invest a fair amount of time in achieving a good result as I saw this as a learning exercise. My aim was to produce as high a quality digital transcription as possible, given my existing equipment, of one of my father's cherished LPs - Beethoven's Violin Concerto played by Alfredo Campoli with the RPO under John Pritchard, (HMV Concert Classic, SXLP 20043). Here is a short description of what I did do and a couple of lessons learnt along the way. The advice on offer seemed to mostly fall into two camps: "buy XYZ USB turntable/phono stage" or "don't bother/buy the CD" and I had no intention of doing either. I trawled around a little on this forum beforehand to see if I could find any useful tips but gave up pretty quickly. It was a slightly frustrating, although ultimately rewarding experience which I thought I would share with you here. Okay, so I finally did it, I transcribed an LP to digital (aka a 'needle drop').
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