Once done, if desired, you can process the audio to “de-click/de-pop” it, split up the recording into individual tracks, add suitable metadata and/or convert the data to an appropriate replay format (be that MP3, AAC, FLAC etc.). With those things in place, you play the record while feeding the output of the turntable, or your phono-stage into your ADC/recorder and capture it with the recorder or via your computer and software. And dedicated digital recorders typically have ADCs built-in. What is involved in making a Needle Drop?Īt a minimum you’ll require a turntable, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a means to record the output of the ADC - which might be a dedicated recorder or a computer (or similar) and sound recording/editing software.ĭepending on the turntable, ADC and software used, you may also need a phono-preamp/stage. What is a Needle Drop?Ī Needle Drop, in this case, is simply a digital recording of an LP. Link music files to your album, using this great feature of Music Collector! Read more about it in the Cataloging Music Files section of our manual.Ĭlicking the + or – signs expands or collapses the underlying levels.Since there are a good few vinyl listeners active here, and some just adding LP-replay capabilities to their rigs, I thought it might be a good idea to start a thread for discussing Needle Drops, how to go about them, and the tools and techniques that are available/can be employed when making them. Extremely useful for those incidental caPS LOCK adventures. When editing tracks from an existing album that was added automatically, this button could come in handy. When adding an album manually, you will not need this button. This option let’s you Parse Track Info that has double entries in the Title and/or Artist fields. Click the Restore Original Order button, et voilà. Not happy with your dragging your tracks around? Let Music Collector restore order. Clicking the Auto Renumber Tracks will renumber your tracks in order. You can order your tracks by draggin up (and or down) in the tracklist. When you want to delete a single track, make sure you have the TRACK selected before clicking the delete button. Select the track you want to add a subtrack to and click the Add Subtrack button.Įdit one of the discs/headers/tracks/subtracks in the list.ĭeletes a disc/header/track/subtrack in the list.īe careful with what you delete. With this button you can add a Subtrack to one (or more, of course) of the tracks on your album. When you add the time to a track, Music Collector automatically adds up the total for the whole album. The cursor will automatically be placed in the field you last entered data in. Adding more tracks is easy: just hit Enter and add the next track. The Add Track button let’s you, well, add a track. The header can also be used for archiving vinyl, using it for Side A and Side B. The title can be put in the Header, the tracks will appear under the Header. This is mostly used for classical pieces that have one title, but several movements. If your album has only one disc, you don’t need to add a disc. This is the place where you can add a disc to the album. The album you are adding consists of two discs. Click the tracks tab.įrom left to right you have several buttons. To add discs, headers, tracks, or subtracks, go to the Edit Album screen.
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