Unlike the music on your stereo speaker system, is the other reason you want the computer to a hi-fi system could lead to "tear" analog sound sources - vinyl, cassettes, even a radio - in digital format. You can not record directly to your iPod in this way, but you can record everything on your computer and then transfer them to your pod.
First analog sound into your iTunes library has more time to rip CDs - and more difficultget right in terms of sound quality. You must set the right values, record the album or song in "real time" in some audio recording software and then through filters and effects to clean up the sound mess. If you find a reissue CD, MP3 or an online version of the track, which is probably the best option. But for those titles that are not easy to find in digital format, here is what to do ...
Step 1: Connecting
First of all you must do the rightConnection. With little 'luck, your computer has a microphone or line-in port, probably in the form of a mini-jack connection (if you can not add a right to the USB device). Hi-fi, a headphone jack is sufficient, but is much better to get to "level" when committed by a line-out - check the back of the system, if a pair of RCA jacks labeled "Line Out", " Tape Out "or something similar. Even so, just a standard RCA-minijack cable - you might as wellhave.
Step 2: Make sure enough disk space
During the actual recording, it takes much hard drive space: a well-gigabytes for an album or 15 MB per minute. (After recording, you can play the music you convert to a format imported space-saving as MP3 or AAC, and delete the original giant.)
Step 3: Select a software
Recording from analog sources requires a re-encoding audio applications. You may have heard somethingadapted to the computer, but there are dozens of excellent programs available for download from the network.
Step 4: Recording ...
Connect the computer and hi-fi as described earlier, and turn your hi-fi amplifier on "Phono", "Tape" or whatever channel you are recording. Start the audio recorder and open a new file. The details here will vary depending on which program you are running and the source from the analog recording, but broadly speaking, the processis the same.
You will be prompted to specify certain parameters for the new recording. The default values (usually 44.1, 16-bit stereo) should be fine. Play stronger part of the recording to get an idea of the maximum level. A visual indicator of the sound should come in - you want as much as possible, without the red.
If you have little or no level seems to ensure that the line-in is specified as the recording channel and the input volume is: On a Mac, look underSound in System Preferences on a PC, check the line-in, Sound and Multimedia in Control Panel, and the level of openness Volume Control (Start Menu / Programs / Accessories / Entertainment), choose Properties from the Options menu, select the recording and press OK.
If you are ready, press the "Record" and start your discs, tapes or another to play. If the song or the album is finished, press the "Stop" button. A waveform graphics on the screen. Use the "size" to clean allNoise or space at the beginning and end of the file, hide inside and outside the "cuts" fade.
Step 5: Clean Sound
It will not always necessary, but it is often a good idea - especially if you record from vinyl - to try to clean up the sound a bit '. Your audio editor can offer crackling hissing, cracking and filters or for serious projects, you could try a special program like SoundSoap noise reduction. However, clean-up is not going crazy and does not overwriteOriginal file until you get the right sound: Remove the noise and crackling is good, but if you end up with a recording, the presence of heat or lose, shellac-version, you will be disappointed.
If there is a function of "normalization" could also be used to maximize the level without distorting it. This ensures that when you copy a set of tracks, are all at the end of the volume.
Step 6: Convert the file
If you are satisfied with what you have, save theFiles in WAV or AIFF, and perhaps up to CD. Then import the file into iTunes (choose Import ... from the File menu), convert it to a compressed format of your choice and eliminate the cumbersome original is in your iTunes folder and its original position. Your remaster is now ready to be played on iTunes or downloaded to your pod.
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