Posted by Euripides @ January 11th, 2012
Tech log:
Equipment:
VPI HW-17F Vacuum Record Cleaner, Technics SL 1210 MKII T/T, Rega RB 300 Tonearm, Denon DL304 M/C Cartridge, Cambridge Audio AZUR640P M/C Stage, M-Audio Profire 610 A/D, Adobe audition 3.0
Method:
Clean records on Vpi, rip (PCM@96/32), remove inaudible subsonic (0Hz to 17Hz ~ 0db, with sloped filter from 17Hz to 20Hz)
Manual and carefully targeted automatic de-clicking in Adobe Audition using custom scripts and presets. I make sure this doesn’t damage natural clicks.
Occasional use of noise masking techniques such as ‘footprint’ sampling the groove noise and fading to mono during track changes, etc.
Normalize whole sides to 100% (After deciding if the sides are cut the same), Split tracks, FLAC, MD5, M3U, Discogs Tagging, DR, RAR, +Redbook (16-bit dithered in Audition), FTP
Audio philosophy: Stay out of the way of the music.
Artwork:
Source: The internet
Quality: Mediocre
Contains: Various sleeve and label artwork.
This LP’s school report: (A-), Condition:
NM
Deadwax info:
A: SHSP 4046A-1U / B: 4046B-1U
Very light surface noise in parts otherwise peachy.
Dynamic Range Analysis:
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foobar2000 1.1.5 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2012-04-27 19:15:29
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Analyzed: Roy Harper / HQ
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 0.00 dB -15.46 dB 13:41 01-The Game (Parts 1-5)
DR12 -3.01 dB -16.68 dB 4:14 02-The Spirit Lives
DR13 -1.47 dB -16.07 dB 2:57 03-Grown Ups Are Just Silly Children
DR11 0.00 dB -14.31 dB 3:49 04-Referendum (Legend)
DR11 -4.62 dB -19.17 dB 2:25 05-Forget Me Not
DR14 -1.80 dB -19.83 dB 6:24 06-Hallucinating Light
DR13 -3.16 dB -20.13 dB 7:14 07-When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2716 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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