Heavy Technics replica for digitizing vinyl

Due to the rather good recessions here on Amazon, I can give me og Player Birthday (November 2008). These are a pretty neat TECHNICS SL 1200 MK replica. The player has a decent weight (about 11 kg) and is meticulously crafted. The assembly is simple and fast. The supplied system had to give way to a system of NUMARK CS-1. Alone because of the optics already. According to the manual of the system, I have the weight set to 4 g. A jump of the needle is thus almost impossible. The player plays from vinyl in a very good quality and is his great role model as to in any way. The brakes are very good. The drive is stopped by pressing the START / STOP button within a quarter-turn. The built-in preamplifier, however, the effect is removed, that the turntable runs slowly off the power and the sound further transfers. If you turn off the power supply by means of rotary knob, also ends the transfer. But OK. Since this is a semi-automatic, the tone arm must be returned manually at the end of the vinyl. The pitch is in the normal position (green) is not necessarily set to 0. Eventually reference to the strobe display The platter is not balanced 100%. Because you should not expect too much also.

Connecting the player to a computer, in my case, a laptop with Windows Vista, as more difficult. Quick connect the cable via the USB interfaces and off we go, is not possible. There are some special considerations and I recommend because just look at the research on the internet via Google or the audacity Forum (AUDACITY = program for digitizing is supplied). One should know that the player will not be displayed as an additional device. Please therefore make settings in Windows under Sounds. The player appears as a USB microphone there under RECORD. Set here necessarily Properties 2 channel sound 44100 Hz CD quality because the sound otherwise than 1 channel sound, speak MONO is received. When playback, internal or external speakers of the computer should be specified.

Then install AUDACITY (program attached). Here it must be kept under File / Preferences the first rider audio I / O. Here must the entries that were made under Sounds in Windows, are also entered. So playback internal or external speakers of the computer and select a recording, the USB microphone. Then select 2 channel sound (stereo). Most importantly, please put hooks in playthrough, so can be listened when recording the sound. The rider quality should contain the sample rate 44100 Hz. Unless an output desired as MP3, please still download the appropriate directory, place it on the computer and specify file format rider the appropriate location (library).

Please note that the sound is only audible when you press Recording in Audacity. Here can be started by pressing the PAUSE and REC eavesdropping. The setting options for altering the recording are quite extensive. Here you have to try everything once. I have added some vinyls, without changing any modulations and then marks the recorded piece and selected the effect "normalizing". The result can be, depending on the quality of the vinyl listening very well.

CONCLUSION: These are one of the best replicas of the classic Technics. Besser's just only 3 times as expensive original. Those who expect the original, should buy this and then connect via an external preamplifier to the computer. For 200 of the Player of OMNITRONIC's a very good alternative.