Talk:Recording 78rpm records

Peter 1Mar10: The information in this tutorial was garnered and condensed from several threads on this topic in the forum and based on an original short article in the Wiki (provided by Gale Andrews, I believe). So my thanks go out to all the forum contributors who have provided insights and experience for this tutorial.

Those who should be mentioned in dispatches for their inputs to this tutorial (in no particular order) are:
 * pdxrunner
 * L_Libza
 * bobv
 * scar
 * BillW
 * SteveTF
 * Koz
 * whomper
 * Gale Andrews

Peter 10Jan12: The following section with advice for RIAA Eq inversion in earlier versions of Audacity is no longer relevant to the current versions of Audacity (1.3.13 and onwards). I have moved it here for archival retention.

Audacity 1.3.12
Audacity 1.3.12 introduced an "Inverse RIAA" preset curve for the Equalization effect. Choose this curve from the "Select curve" drop-down menu, then click OK to apply the effect. Note: be sure to select the "Draw curves" radio button - in Graphic EQ mode, the drop-down menu will display a "custom" version of the curve adjusted to meet the needs of that mode. Alternatively, you can select the "RIAA" curve, then use the "Invert" button to invert it.

Earlier versions of Audacity Beta
The Inverse RIAA curve can be applied by modifying the "EQCurves.xml" file that is stored in the same location as your Preferences settings. Open the "EQCurves.xml" file with a plain text editor, then copy and paste the following code near the end of the file just before the line " ". Save the file, making sure that the file extension remains ".xml".

                <point f="900.000000000000" d="-0.300000011921"/> <point f="1000.000000000000" d="-0.000000000000"/> <point f="2000.000000000000" d="2.599999904633"/> <point f="3000.000000000000" d="4.699999809265"/> <point f="4000.000000000000" d="6.599999904633"/> <point f="5000.000000000000" d="8.199999809265"/> <point f="6000.000000000000" d="9.600000381470"/> <point f="7000.000000000000" d="10.800000190735"/> <point f="8000.000000000000" d="11.899999618530"/> <point f="9000.000000000000" d="12.899999618530"/> <point f="10000.000000000000" d="13.699999809265"/> <point f="15000.000000000000" d="17.200000762939"/> <point f="16000.000000000000" d="17.700000762939"/>

Pre-Beta versions of Audacity

With patience, the above points can be drawn on the Equalization graph in pre-Beta versions of Audacity, but not saved as a preset. If you are really in a hurry, draw something that looks like the green "Record" curve here.