sampling vinyl using an inferior turntable

kristofason · Post by **kristofason** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:43 pm

can a cheapish direct drive (say Soundlab for example) deck with good a cartridge still give decent sound quality? I'm not really planning on digitizing my vinyl collection, more just for samples. I know the soundcard and mixer have a lot to play in the quality aswell.
cheers

::BLM:: · Post by **::BLM::** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:59 pm

yeah will be fine. I haven't changed my needles in about 3 years and I still sample and it sounds fine.

lem · Post by **lem** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:44 am

if it does sound a bit rought, use it! might add something interesting!

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:01 am

it's going to sound a lot nicer than any sample from a CD or mp3.

kristofason · Post by **kristofason** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:00 pm

lem wrote:if it does sound a bit rought, use it! might add something interesting!

Thats what Im after!
I stupidly forgot that I'm sitting on a goldmine of sample material.