If only I had teachers at school with half of this dude's kind and enthusiastic passion.

This is the best explanation of recording, using Audacity I have seen.

This has to be the best tutorial for using Audacity with Windows 10. Thank you very much Craig. I have finally got round to digitising my record collection. Your tutorial was delivered at the perfect pace & was very descriptive. It was ideal for complete novices to learn with complete ease. Cheers, your a star. 👍

Hey Craig... Hope you are doing great! Nice of you to make all these videos to educate enthusiasts in your own nice special way... Keep it on and coming! Many best wishes & regards

I am greatful to you for your thorough and simple to understand tutorial. My father recently passed away. During the 70's and 80's he directed a rag tag bunch of teenagers in a choral group. During that period, we recorded 3 albums at a local university studio. My father spoke during one of the songs while we hummed in the background. Thanks to your tutorial, I now have that song, and others, in digital form and am including them in a larger "movie" that will be played at his memorial service. Many of the members of the chorus will be at the memorial and I think there will not be a dry eye in the house, especially during that song; it was a favorite. Thank you, thank you, thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge.

Many thanks Craig for the tutorial. Many of my vinyl records can’t be bought on Cd and this is a fantastic way of listening to my precious collection in the car on pen-drive and preserving my vinyl for much longer 👍

Thanks again, I got an audio interface and tested it today. With your instructions it worked wonderfully. The sound is impressive. I hope I still have enough lifetime to digitize all my LP 🙂

Good to see you again. Cassettes saved records. When you find one that looks never played, it was recorded 3 times on cassette.

I have just finished making my first digital copy of a song. It was from a cassette, using a small boombox. I basically stopped your video as needed and did on my computer what you said and then continued. Took forever, but it worked very well. The song sounds better than my cassette copy. THANK YOU AGAIN!

I have been using Audacity for years to edit my records. You just taught me some things I didn't know!! Thank you!

Craig. Thanks for your rather comprehensive tutorial on archiving records (of course also all the others...:)). Just started with a Russian version of 1965 Rolling Stones record called Lady Jane, followed by John Cougar`s Americal Fool from 1982.... working with those seetings you recommend. Just amazing results! Thanks for sharing your ideas! Hello from Nürnberg Germany

Your videos are so helpful, I discovered your videos when I bought my audio technica turntable, and you really helped me set it up right, thank you. I record my vinyl, for my use of course but I also produce a three hour radio show that airs on our local FM station and use Adobe Audition for mixing my shows voice overs and songs. I didn't realize I might be able to label each song like you did here !! I love that and although I have Audacity too I am sure this feature is in Audition too. Awesome videos and thank you again !!

Hello Craig, this has opened the door for me to have a lot of fun and to archive my records, Thank you for this and all the other video's. I have learned a lot from you!

Wow I’m really glad you produced this video! I have been working on converting LPs to a digital mode and breaking down each file THE HARD WAY! Still more work to do, glad I can now go forward with a cleaner, easier method! Thanks!

You're amazing brother! Thank you for being so clear and patient 💯💯

Thank for this Craig, I finally decided to buy a turntable to listen to all my old '80s vinyl - I think I'll be following your lead - I've just downloaded Audacity onto my iMac... :-)

Just getting into using Audacity...this is the perfect tutorial for beginners....thanks Craig

This is great, I have so many records with Instrumentals and Acapellas of some of my favorite songs. Can't wait to try this, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Thank you for taking the time and effort to walk us through this.

Thank you Craig. Your video has helped me learn how to rip my vinyl record albums to my computer, where I can easily transfer the mp3 files to a USB drive or even burn a CD. I picked up a used Music Hall USB-1 for $60, and it works really well. Thanks again.

Excellent tutorial. I've been using Audacity for years, and didn't know half this stuff.

Lov'in the T-shirt 👍 Fantastic tutorial. Have just started using this software and wasn't aware of a lot of the features. Going to have to go back and redo my records again and do it properly this time. Thank you 😊

Bro. This is BY FAR the BEST tutorial on this. I was doing this the hard way. Separating each file. Opening a new instance of audacity. Pasting. Blah blah. An album took an hour to do. I just did this method. Took 10 minutes! Too bad I found this video after my 400 album collection was done the hard way. However. Going forward this is my new method. I absolutely cannot thank you enough for this man!!!!

excellent explanation on how to rip records into digital files, especially the Audacity details. thanks

Best Audacity Tutorial I've found on KZfaq! Thanks!

Very good and clearly understandable tutorial video. Learned so many little things which i was doing in a very long way , in a short way now. THANK YOU!!

I've heard flac files made from a first playthrough of a vinyl and it can be pristine and amazing

Thank you - thank you! Your step by step instructions have saved me time & money. Super helpful!

Thank you very much for your time and professionalism. Every step shown were more than appreciate it.

A smashing video to help beginners get started, Craig, but I do feel that you left a rather important point out. The sound quality of the results you get is dependent upon the quality of turntable/arm/cartridge/pre-amp that you use for recording the record with. I have met a few people who seem to think that the quality of the vinyl playing equipment doesn't matter much because vinyl is not very good quality anyway ! Of course, we know that vinyl is capable of excellent quality when played properly on the best equipment but some people insist that they know different before they have listened. Perhaps it would also be worth mentioning that once the recording has been made that is as good as it can get, that you can not 'add quality' and improve the sound of an indifferent recording which has been clumsily been made with cheap equipment.

Thanks! Just ended my Apple Music subscription and need to make mp3 copies of my vinyl . This video will allow me to do it!! Great job!

I love the way you have presented it. It helped me a lot. Now I can digitize my tapes and Lps. Thanks a lot.

Thank you for an excellent video. Just the right pace and detail for me to get started with Audacity.

You are the best teacher , i tried many times but i couldn't understand but today i got it .Thank you sir .

I used to, and still do, record my lps on open reel tape. I do also record them on cd, but I like the sound of tape better when recording vinyl records.

I'm more advanced at this process than the audience that this is targeted to, but thank you for posting this. I recently did a search for like-videos to see what was out there and the few I found left a lot to be desired and weren't serious at all. Good job!

Great tutorial on Audacity. Thanks for putting out here for us.

Nice and educational video Craig. Great work. Keep those videos flowing to us. 17 and regards to your family.

Great video, clear and steady away tutor for beginners, I learnt a lot from this guy. Thanks a lot.

Thanks man, I appreciate your wisdom and decision to share it.

Awesome - thank you for this. Getting back into vinyl as my mother had asked me to a) clear out all the old records from the house as she's moving into a condo and has no room and b) transfer some of her favourites from way back into to digital files she can listen to without all the associated paraphernalia of a traditional 'hi-fi' system of yore. After reading up and obsessing over a reasonably good "budget" turntable I bought myself a Fluance RT82 (looks like you have one too?) which should arrive in a week or so. In preparation I have also watched your turntable setup video. Oh, yes - and subscribed! Looking forward to rediscovering the contents of boxes of records that have sat unused for a few decades.

Craig ! Hey buddy. Great video man !! Always excited to hear new videos from you. Audio Technica did come out with new 2019 LP120X USB. They do have updated specs on it and fixes issues that LP 120 had. Maybe in the near future that could be another video idea to compare these two direct drive players. Have a good one Craig ✌️

Thanks sir! Was able to get all my Pink Floyd LP's to FLAC. You made it so easy.

I use a Sony CD Recorder RCD-W100. Over the years I've had three Panasonic PDR's and all were unreliable. But the Sony is amazing and the quality of this machine is quite obvious.When you've finished recording, just pop it into your PC and simply convert it to whatever media you like. Love your Videos.

Great video. Step by step guide makes things very easy. Many thanks.

Wear it out once, you may experience a different warmth, if not, look harder. You Rock Out Loud!

thank you for the easy to understand information. Appreciated. Hope you continue to produce more content.

The best video on this subject thanks and I wish you all the contentment you deserve

Great video, as always, Craig.

I like seeing your process. I go a little nuts with it using my interface into Pro Tools, then using a light high pass filter and noise reduction plugins!

Thank you soooo much!!! I was having such a hard time trying to figure out how to label each song!!

Your explanation is spot on! Love it! Love it! Love it! I subscribed to your channel. Thank you.

Many thanks for your down-to-earth guidance!

Sir! Thank you for all the great videos! this is particularly convinced me to use audacity over Logic!

You just helped me out big-time with this video.Seriously, thanks!🗽🛸📼

This was so helpful!! Thank you very much!!💪🏼😍

Thank you very much Craig! Very good tutorial.

Hi Craig, Tony from the UK here, many thanks for that as I really didn’t understand Audacity at all! So now I know :) thank you I will be trying this soon.

Another great video as usual.

Exactly what i was looking for... Thanks! Regards from Brazil

Thank you this is the best tutorial on KZfaq best regards Mark

Fantastic explanation about recording with audacity ! thank you sir.

Awesome tutorial. Really easy to follow

Perfect!!! Just what I needed to do the job! Thanks!!

I like how you record the music . In audacity I would not normalize but amplify to max -5. This way you still get dynamic range. I also have a stereo voice that sounds great and it made to split files while duplicating. I have not tried the file splitting feature yet.

Fantastic video, very good at teaching all this.

Thank you for making this instructive video.

Great video, Craig. Thank you.

Awesome Video - You have done a great thing in showing how to use the program Audacity. The features of putting labels and meta data, Excellent work and good teaching characteristic. I've used Audacity before and how it was too confusing - Simple instruction you have provided - Almost sounds like you were a teacher at one point to a school ??? Any how Thank you so much for bringing me up to speed in using the program Job well done.

Great video !! Thanks for making it 👍🏻

Seeing Winamp pop up there made me chuckle.

Excellent video tutorial. Thanks

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Hi...many thank's for this real great video. Now I'm record my favorit songs to burn it on CD. 👍 Have a great day and keep on rocking.♪✌

Thank you. Best video so far. Many thanks. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

I have a usb turntable and after I downloaded windows 10 I was unable to play and record records that I then sell on Discogs. I have read and tried for 8 months to get this problem resolved with no results. Until now, after watching this video I was able to stop using the usb plug and use the white and red cables that are connected to my turntable, and add the double plug female with the 3.5 male pin that fits into the back of the computer next to the sound plug. It now works Thanks for your helpful information.

Subscribed. Thank you for helping me to rip some rare vinyl!

What a nice man,great video

Just a big thank you for this video!

thank you for very detailed explanations !

Such a helpful video! Thank you.

Thanks Craig!! I couldn't find the line in jack on my laptop but i was able to find it on my pc

this helped so much craig thanks a ton

thanx Craig for this one , i try it out !

My two cents...I've used a couple of methods and programs. Early on I had a CD Recorder and would just rip that way TT to CD. Later on I had an Alesis ML-9600 HD recorder, that I used in my "home studio" for mixing/mastering. You could set the recording quality from 16 to 24 bit and 44.1kHz to 92kHz...lots of options. The catch was that you had to burn the tracks to a CD to get them off the internal HD. = I finally went the PC route. I've used PreSonus and Behringer pro audio interfaces and am currently using a Tascam (which has RCA inputs - the other two had 1/4" & XLR in's only). I have a TT pre-amp in between and the connection is USB. I use both Audacity and Vinyl Studio (a pay for program). They are both easier to use, but I find Audacity is easier for editing and VS is better for tagging. I do not like to use the click/pop removal options in either of the programs...I swear if "colors'" the music As for resolution for recording...I happen to use 24/96 (personal preference, and outboard storage is so cheap there's no reason why you can''t). I use dBPowerAmp (a pay for program) for converting files to MP3 for my friends and for my phone (always 320K Constant Bit Rate [CBR]). Like anything with tech tho' the only way to learn and know what you like/what works for you is to play around and see what you get.

I been using the moo0 audio recorder. Works well with me and records any sound from your computer PC audio.

I run my turntable into a Presonus Audiobox 96 that was on special at Guitar Center last month. I was running my phono preamp (U-Turn Pluto), into it, but that caused signal clipping (apparently the Audiobox doesn’t like line level signals unless you run them through a direct box), but then I ordered some cables from Channel D so that I record The sound directly from the turntable without any kind of RIAA curve being applied. The vinyl ripping program I use (DCart10) has a virtual preamp so that I can apply the curve there.

Awesome video! Kudos!!!

Good work! very useful informations thanks! 👍

Easy and effective connection method is to connect the "tape out" jacks of your amplifier to your P.C. line in. This gives a healthy output voltage, includes RIAA equalisation from the amplifier pre-amp and saves disturbing existing connections. Another good tip is to clean your stylus before archiving every side; even better clean it before playing each individual track as detritus from the grooves will accumulate and seriously prejudice the reproduction towards the end of the record side. Also, if you're really anal, monitor on headphones and keep the speaker volume in the room at zero to minimise any acoustic feedback. Every little helps!Hope this helps.

Very, Very Helpful. Thanks!!

Awesome Craig!

Hey, Craig. Enjoy your shows. I've set my AT-LP120 up according to your specs, and it's working great EXCEPT for when I try to play new LPs. I buy old records, clean them up with the Spin Clean machine that I ordered (per your advice) and they work and play beautifully, but new records? The stylus starts skating almost from the moment I set it on the edge of the record. All my setting remain the same, so It's got to be the record, right? Would appreciate any advice, and thanks for sharing your talents.

I tries that and the metadata entry saved me time

Loved it Mate thanks so much can now hopefully record on a USB for the car awesome

Very informative so thanks.

The second I opened up the vid I said, “Yes! I’ve watched this guy before - this is gonna be good.” And I was right.

I have the Numark TTUSB and Audacity, and get great results!

Great information

Hi Craig thank you very much for the clear tutorial I am watching from Belgium Europe. My turntable is connected to a Cocktail Audio X45 that makes the recording in "CAF" format. I then edit this file on my PC with Audacity to optimize it. I still have a question in connection with optimizing an LP recording: You use “Normalize” but in other tutorial I see people using the ”Limiter”. In your opinion which of these two is actually the best? What's the difference between these two? Many thanks in advance for your help. Paul😉