Vinyl condition: Sealed
Vinyl Ripping Equipment/Cleaning Process/Recording Process:
Equipment
Turntable: JA Michell Gyro SE (Spider Edition) MK2 with complete ORBE upgrade package (platter, clamp) and JA Michell H.R. DC Power Supply
Tonearm: Origin Live Encounter MK3 tonearm
Cartridge: Nagaoka MP-500
Phone Stage: Sutherland PH3D
Digital Interface: Tascam US144 MKII
Recording Hardware: HP Pavilion Laptop (Intel i5, 8GB Memory)
Recording Software: GoldWave
Editing Software: ClickRepair, Audacity, Izotope RX2 Advanced
Vinyl Cleaning Process
Ultrasonic Cleaner (tap water with home-brew cleaner) for 20-60 mins (depending on vinyl condition)
Pat dry with clean, lint-free towel
Place on VPI 16.5 and apply Audio Intelligent No. 15 Premium Record Cleaner with VPI brush
Vacuum off cleaning solution
Flip record and repeat
Place record in Spin Clean filled with distilled water to remove any remaining cleaning solution
Pat dry with clean, lint-free towel
Place record back on VPI 16.5 and apply L’Art du Son Cleaning Fluid with Osage Audio brush
Vacuum off cleaning solution
Flip record and repeat
Use Zerostat Gun on each side prior to ripping
Recording/Processing Steps
Capture LP rip in 24/96 via GoldWave
Run thru ClickRepair at level 4 with Pitch Protection: on/Reverse: on/Wavelet: x2
Amplify recording in Audacity to -0.7
Split racks in Audacity
Listen to each track in Izotope RX2 Advanced with AKG 702 headphones & Head-Direct EF1 amplifier cleaning any remaining clicks/artifacts
Resample/Dither to 16/44khz in Izotope Rx2 Advanced using the default presets
Flac level 8 with Xrecode II
No Artwork
Dynamic Range Analysis:
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foobar2000 1.1.8 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers / The Big Beat
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -1.59 dB -17.60 dB 9:34 01 - The Chess Players
DR11 -0.96 dB -15.70 dB 6:02 02 - Sakeena's Vision
DR12 -2.40 dB -18.78 dB 6:03 03 - Politely
DR13 -1.38 dB -18.09 dB 8:44 04 - Dat Dere
DR13 -2.16 dB -18.45 dB 6:23 05 - Lester Left Town
DR13 -0.70 dB -18.77 dB 6:39 06 - It's Only A Paper Moon
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Number of tracks: 6
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 4608 kbps
Codec: PCM
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