Vinyl Transfers
I myself am a collector and a lover of vinyl records. I am a fan of analog sounds.
They are warm and they are their own type of sound. I personally think it’s better than digital recordings that we’re hearing everywhere these days via highly compressed formats like mp3. From time to time customers do request vinyl transfers to CD. I capture each side of a record individually. I can also select just the song you want and no other. There are of course some limitations to vinyl. If it gets dirty or scratched it can skip or you may hear the crackles and pops as the needle travels between the grooves.
I’ve always thought there was something magical about this technology that never quite made sense to me. How does the needle transmit the sound from some grooves in vinyl? I may never know. Many audio geeks will tell you that they love the sound of the pops and the crackling because it reminds them of being near a fire. However, in the transfer process, every little spec of dust has the potential to mess up the recording and to become embedded in the track. So when I get some records together, I have to clean them thoroughly before transferring.
Sometimes the result is less than amazing depending mainly on the condition of the record itself. Other times, it’s nothing short of fantastic. I don’t think I’ll ever give up my old record collection. There’s too many memories in there. Too many lovely poems from yesteryear set to a tune that my body can understand intuitively, the language of sound. For more info, contact us here.
