[Ray]

Just starting using Roxio to transfer from turntable thru receiver to line in on sound card.
First recordings successful, but sound quality is off, with the music sounding like it is coming out of a barrell.
Bass seems to be accentuated.
In equalizer, reducing 32HZ -10, 64HZ -6.6, 125HZ -3.3 and Master -10.0 helps somewhat, but echo is still noticeable, particularly at higher volumes.
Anyone have any ideas?
First guess is receiver bass/treble settings which I am going to reduce and see if it helps but am not optimistic
Second is old receiver - Pioneer circa 1980, but performs well otherwise.
Third is sound card - one year old ASUS motherboard with built in sound card.

Appreciate any help.

Ray

[grandpabruce]

Ray, on Aug 17 2006, 03:01 PM, said:

Just starting using Roxio to transfer from turntable thru receiver to line in on sound card.
First recordings successful, but sound quality is off, with the music sounding like it is coming out of a barrell.
Bass seems to be accentuated.
In equalizer, reducing 32HZ -10, 64HZ -6.6, 125HZ -3.3 and Master -10.0 helps somewhat, but echo is still noticeable, particularly at higher volumes.
Anyone have any ideas?
First guess is receiver bass/treble settings which I am going to reduce and see if it helps but am not optimistic
Second is old receiver - Pioneer circa 1980, but performs well otherwise.
Third is sound card - one year old ASUS motherboard with built in sound card.

Appreciate any help.

Ray

I use and old Pioneer SX-9000 Receiver/amplifier, circa 1971, and works well. My recordings, from my vinyl albums, sound great.

My sound card is a Creative Audigy2 Platinum card, and I have Klipsch Pro Media 2 speakers for my computer.

The bass/treble settings, on your receiver, should not affect how the music is recorded on your computer.

[d_deweywright]

Ray, on Aug 17 2006, 04:01 PM, said:

Just starting using Roxio to transfer from turntable thru receiver to line in on sound card.
First recordings successful, but sound quality is off, with the music sounding like it is coming out of a barrell.
Bass seems to be accentuated.
In equalizer, reducing 32HZ -10, 64HZ -6.6, 125HZ -3.3 and Master -10.0 helps somewhat, but echo is still noticeable, particularly at higher volumes.
Anyone have any ideas?
First guess is receiver bass/treble settings which I am going to reduce and see if it helps but am not optimistic
Second is old receiver - Pioneer circa 1980, but performs well otherwise.
Third is sound card - one year old ASUS motherboard with built in sound card.

Appreciate any help.

Ray

I assume you're using the Phono inputs on your receiver, and not the Aux or Tape inputs? That is very important because the Phono inputs will apply the proper equalization curve to the output of your turntable. (Assuming your turntable doesn't have a built-in preamp, if it does, then you should be using the Aux inputs of your receiver.)

Next, from your receiver, you should be connecting from the Tape Out jacks on the back to the Line-In on your sound card using a "Y" cable that has two RCA plugs at one end, and a stereo 1/8" plug on the other. Make sure you're NOT using the Microphone input! The microphone input is a mono input and could cause lot's of distortion since the line-level output from your receiver will easily over drive that input.

If you're still getting poor recordings, use an ohmmeter to make sure your "Y" cable is good. The stereo 1/8" plug will have three sections, the Tip, the Ring and the Sleeve. The Tip and the Ring (middle section) should each go to one of the center connectors on the RCA plugs. The Sleeve (farthest from the tip) should connect to both outer sections of the RCA plugs. My dad had a bad cable once where the ground (sleeve) wasn't connected and the results were very odd. So make sure your cable is good.

Let us know if any of that helps or not.

This post has been edited by d_deweywright: 18 August 2006 - 05:04 AM

[sknis]

d_deweywright, on Aug 18 2006, 08:03 AM, said:

I assume you're using the Phono inputs on your receiver, and not the Aux or Tape inputs? That is very important because the Phono inputs will apply the proper equalization curve to the output of your turntable. (Assuming your turntable doesn't have a built-in preamp, if it does, then you should be using the Aux inputs of your receiver.)

Next, from your receiver, you should be connecting from the Tape Out jacks on the back to the Line-In on your sound card using a "Y" cable that has two RCA plugs at one end, and a stereo 1/8" plug on the other. Make sure you're NOT using the Microphone input! The microphone input is a mono input and could cause lot's of distortion since the line-level output from your receiver will easily over drive that input.

If you're still getting poor recordings, use an ohmmeter to make sure your "Y" cable is good. The stereo 1/8" plug will have three sections, the Tip, the Ring and the Sleeve. The Tip and the Ring (middle section) should each go to one of the center connectors on the RCA plugs. The Sleeve (farthest from the tip) should connect to both outer sections of the RCA plugs. My dad had a bad cable once where the ground (sleeve) wasn't connected and the results were very odd. So make sure your cable is good.

Let us know if any of that helps or not.

Also make sure your equipment is properly grounded. This could cause a problem with hum.

With my old computer set up, there were some mono LPs that sounded like the singer was in a barrel. Make sure that you are recording mono and not stereo (but use both channels).

For the ones you have already recorded, you should be able to get rid of the hollow sound using sound editor and using the mono to stereo in reverse to make the stereo recording you made ot more like mono.