{"id":1661,"date":"2021-05-18T21:52:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T02:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2021-05-29T13:27:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T18:27:44","slug":"koko-lp-digitizing-milestone-approaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/2021\/05\/18\/koko-lp-digitizing-milestone-approaching\/","title":{"rendered":"[koko] LP digitizing milestone approaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:156,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.discogs.com\\\/Talking-Heads-Little-Creatures\\\/master\\\/39301&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20210218043255\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.discogs.com\\\/Talking-Heads-Little-Creatures\\\/master\\\/39301&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-01 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02:42:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-05 01:34:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-08 16:28:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-25 02:49:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-14 15:17:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-24 11:57:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 20:21:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 22:56:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 16:21:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 16:21:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>In my primary collection, I&#8217;ve accumulated roughly 800 LPs over the years. Some are junk, some are treasures, a few have never been unsealed, a few are in terrible condition, but mostly these are LPs that I want to hear and preserve. I&#8217;d been gradually digitizing them so I could listen to them in the car and on my phone, and so I&#8217;d have archival versions if the LPs were lost.<\/p>\n<p>A few years ago, I got a new Audio-Technica turntable to displace my finicky decades-old Thorens (which is now configured for 78s). I did that, in part, to accelerate progress digitizing the LPs and now have maybe 20<small><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/small> left before I&#8217;ve finished with the primary collection. Now seems the right time to summarize the tools I use and techniques I&#8217;ve developed. Both this post and the video are intended to be self-contained, but each probably offers details missing from the other.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ihs-l7kxplU?version=3&#038;rel=0&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Talking-Heads-Little-Creatures\/master\/39301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1675\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/2021\/05\/18\/koko-lp-digitizing-milestone-approaching\/thlgsmall\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THLGsmall.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"THLGsmall\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THLGsmall-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THLGsmall.jpg\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1675 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THLGsmall-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Talking Head - Little Creatures cover\" title=\"Talking Head - Little Creatures cover\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THLGsmall-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/THLGsmall.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The first step is to grab summary info about an LP from Discogs<small><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/small>. Here&#8217;s the page for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Talking-Heads-Little-Creatures\/master\/39301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Talking Heads&#8217; Little Creatures<\/a> that I digitized today in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Capturing the LP in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacityteam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audacity<\/a> is routine. (Audacity uses 32-bit float PCM native format, all processing is in that format until final export to MP3.) Having done that, the next steps are to trim off noise\/silence after the last track on the LP, clip out noise from the end of the first side to the beginning of the second side, and trim silence\/noise from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1664\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/2021\/05\/18\/koko-lp-digitizing-milestone-approaching\/eof\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EOF.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1914,570\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"EOF\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EOF-300x89.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EOF-1024x305.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1664 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EOF-300x89.jpg\" alt=\"End of recording in Audacity\" title=\"End of recording in Audacity\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EOF-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EOF-1024x305.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EOF-768x229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EOF-1536x457.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EOF.jpg 1914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Even the best LPs will have some residual noise. Assuming there are nominally silent seconds between tracks, I grab a little of those and use the Audacity Noise Reduction effect to subtract that sample from the whole recording.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1665\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/2021\/05\/18\/koko-lp-digitizing-milestone-approaching\/noisesample\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/noisesample.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1914,570\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"noisesample\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/noisesample-300x89.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/noisesample-1024x305.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1665 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/noisesample-300x89.jpg\" alt=\"selection of residual noise between tracks\" title=\"selection of residual noise between tracks\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/noisesample-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/noisesample-1024x305.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/noisesample-768x229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/noisesample-1536x457.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/noisesample.jpg 1914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Then I use the Click Removal effect even if there are no obvious clicks in the recording. If there are still obvious clicks, I use more aggressive parameters with the effect. If there are still some prominent clicks, I use the Amplitude effect to reduce those clicks individually.<small><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/small><br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1667\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/2021\/05\/18\/koko-lp-digitizing-milestone-approaching\/clickremoval\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/clickremoval.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"489,178\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"clickremoval\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/clickremoval-300x109.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/clickremoval.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1667 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/clickremoval-300x109.jpg\" alt=\"Click Removal effect parameters\" title=\"Click Removal effect parameters\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/clickremoval-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/clickremoval.jpg 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>My capture settings leave maximum amplitude roughly 6 dB below maximum, so after removing noise and clicks I use the Normalize effect to get the maximum amplitude up to -0.05 dB (the effect default is -1.0 dB).<br \/>\n<center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1668\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/2021\/05\/18\/koko-lp-digitizing-milestone-approaching\/normalize\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/normalize.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"474,178\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"normalize\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/normalize-300x113.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/normalize.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1668 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/normalize-300x113.jpg\" alt=\"Normalize effect settings\" title=\"Normalize effect settings\" width=\"300\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/normalize-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/normalize.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Having done all that, I start at the beginning of the capture, select the first track, export it to MP3, delete it, export the second track, and so forth.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1663\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/2021\/05\/18\/koko-lp-digitizing-milestone-approaching\/6minutes\/\" 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src=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/6minutes-300x89.jpg\" alt=\"6 minutes at the begging of capture, showing inter-track gap\" title=\"6 minutes at the begging of capture, showing inter-track gap\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/6minutes-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/6minutes-1024x305.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/6minutes-768x229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/6minutes-1536x457.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/notes.technologists.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/6minutes.jpg 1914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The exported files have temporary names, typically 1.mp3, 2.mp3, etc. The files have the MP3 tags filled in, at least for track #, artist, title and album. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mp3tag.de\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mp3tag<\/a> is then used to rename the files in conventional track &#8211; artist &#8211; title format.<\/p>\n<p>This is just the first milestone approaching. I have another 100+ LPs that I&#8217;ve recently inherited, more that my daughter found for me in used record bins, plus a few hundred 45s, plus roughly a hundred 78s. And then, hundreds of cassettes. (I also have 100+ tape reels, but have digitized the ones that I find interesting.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Footnotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I finished the main collection May 29. It turned out to be 30+ remaining vs. the 20 underestimate. Next up cassettes, probably then 78s, then 45s, then LPs not in the main collection.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">About Discogs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Less than 24 hours after writing this, a click removal exception was presented to me. James Talley&#8217;s LPs typically have extra tidbits at the end of each side. The last track on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/James-Talley-Blackjack-Choir\/master\/632892\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blackjack Choir<\/a>, &#8220;When The Fiddler Packs His Case&#8221;, is followed by sounds of the fiddler closing his case, which Audacity Click Removal effect treated as clicks until I avoided selecting that fragment for click removal. &#8220;There&#8217;s an exception to every rule.&#8221;\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my primary collection, I&#8217;ve accumulated roughly 800 LPs over the years. Some are junk, some are treasures, a few have never been unsealed, a few are in terrible condition, but mostly these are LPs that I want to hear and preserve. 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