How To Rip Vinyl (And Why As A DJ You Shouldn't)

Got a pile of old vinyl knocking around? Always planned on ripping it so you can use it digitally in your DJ sets? In this video, I'll share why that is probably a bad idea... but also talk you through some ways to do it if you are determined to!

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[cmjones]

If there's a track you have on vinyl and it's not available to buy digitally, there's no harm in contacting the artist and asking (very politely) if they will share a digital copy with you. It's worked for me before - thanks Timothy J Fairplay.

[ilikethispost]

I would also recommend using the rubber mat instead of a slip mat. If you don't do that you will get pitch drift and won't be able to set your beat grids correctly.

[binaryego]

The last 12 months I've been digitising my 700+ vinyl, if you want decent sounding tracks the main priority is the audio chain, using the higher end equipment is a must in my book. using carts like like ortofon concorde nightlcub e (Elliptical stylus) decent mixer ie Allen & Heath (for the analog sound) and a good soundcard/Audio interface...the one I used was Apogee duet (lovely Apogee pre amps) Recording at 24bit/48khz (Sreato/Reckordbox and others support these rates. Then theres the cleaning process of pops in the vinyl recording what you might have, just zoom right into the track using Logic/Ableton were the pop happens and literally cut the pop out (the best way to get the pops out of a vinyl recording in my book) you can use a Waves x-Crackle to remove any crackle in the quieter parts of the vinyl recoding (Were you can really notice the crackles)
At the end you'll great the best sounding rip which sounds better than the vinyl because of the cleaning process. its a lengthly process, but worth doing if you what the best sounding rips

[FBA_AllTHEWAY]

Only rip the stuff you can’t buy on the download stores..
Some exclusive remixes can only be found on 12” vinyl.Great advice! Great video!👍🏾👍🏾

[indegruv]

Make sure your table is direct drive quality, bc belt drives and warped records can make recordings with timing issues.

[FermbizX]

I've got into djing and vinyl collecting 4 years ago. I've recorded almost every record I've purchased as they come in. They are, for the most part, nice, new and clean. Vinyl records are already expensive. I'm not going to double dip unless the vinyl version is pretty bad.

[Spanishdog]

I’m a producer and I like when my vinyls sounds crackly and distorted because they sound cool when they get sampled. However, this technique is more aimed towards lo fi/90s throw back producers.

[DirtyDiezel]

I ripped all my old 90s breaks and they actually sound great!

[ruk--]

The number one reason for me is that I would much rather pay a quid, have a song in five minutes and get back to djing for an hour than rip a song in an hour (to get it right) and then spend five minutes djing.

[raliviacamillo]

Great Video Mate! I've resorted back to vinyls and shelved my CDJs in the cabinet collecting dust. It's nostalgic for me like driving a manual gear box 911. 👍

[brettclouse]

I did it total different when it comes to ripping this was before what you talk about now. I used a Tascam cd -rw 900 mk II and it turn out great. Of coarse there was some work to it & turned out good. Used it a mo.ago using cdrw. & then put the music in my computer.

[priyonjoni]

I actually like ripping worn out scratch records because the cue burnt sounds with the samples from scratching so much on them makes it sound so smooth and organic. But that’s just me.

[djcaru]

This came 10 years too late! My solution was a record deck plugged into a Cambridge Audio pre-amp, and then to a M-Audio sound card connected to the desktop PC I owned at the time. Most of them came out pretty well.

[ruffnutts]

I got some very new vinyl that's not on digital, but I totally agree with this, my mate did all he's over a long time all he's UKG and it is just not the same, great video mate

[djh]

Is a Pink Triangle Anniversary, decent enough? Recorded in 96Khz/24bit. Sounds good ;)

[spiderweb]

Anyway if a track is available only on vinyl and is unavailable on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon or Beatport and so on, this mean we are in possession of a unique treasure 🤗

[HiFiInsider]

Sony makes a turntable and supply the software to rip vinyl via USB directly to computer (PS-HX500). I have one. No additional devices required.

[Crumlish]

Thanks Phil, I use serato dvs and have recorded some of my vinyl onto serato.
I sound really nice and loud, and pretty much identical,

[seanholmes]

Ya Ive got many records with values well over $500. You know I'm ripping them. Setting levers and ripping them is pretty easy. Set your lever as high as you can with out distortion. Monitors the tape loop output... Its not hard.

[Ravinstomper]

You can do this easy with out buying any interfaces.

If you want to rip (record) your vinyl to play in software, simply plug an RCA from the mixer master, record or booth out into the line-in via mini jack on any pc. Check levels and adjust from mixer before recording. Done. Next record.

Really no need to a modern mixer or a DVS unit. A phono to line unit is needed only if you are going direct from player to pc for less than £15 to do the job.

I did this years ago and yes it took me a long time and still have my vinyls in storage but it's much easier to find tracks within software and all tags included.