Technology record bass/treble?

[FroDawgg]

hi everyone. i have a problem i need to solve.

i have a record player--not a new high-tech one, but one from like the 70s or 80s which is the typical stereo from back then: lp, cassette, and radio.

my issue is that when i try to burn records to CD, which i use my external CD burner for, there basically is no bass. there are bass and treble knobs on the player which go from -10 to 10. is there a standard?

-if i want a bass level that would match that of a CD, what would i set that at?
-should i set the treble accordingly?
-is there a way to adjust it on the PC (i have acid 4.0 and audacity)? is it more accurate?
-would it be better to get a pre-amp (which i don't know how to use anyway)?

thanks so much for any help!

fro

 

[PuffnScruff]

there isn't really an specific bass level standard for cd's. in the end it comes down to the mastering engineer.

i would say just keep it at nominal level i.e. 0
unless you find something that sounds good to you.

are you going out of the turntable rca/spdif cables into the cd burner? sometimes the cable can be part of an issue in quality but not that often.

you could run it through a pre-amp or a two channel dj mixer but a preamp is just going to amplify the sound. running it through acid will just manipulate the recorded audio file.

so what do you have your bass and treble nobs set at when you record?

 

[FroDawgg]

well if i leave it at zero, there is like no bass, so i was just wondering if there was a nominal level.

i do use the cables, but the audio quality is fine, so i don't think that's the cause.

when i record, i have the bass at 10, which might be too much but at least it's something. should the treble be adjusted accordingly or do they not necessarily need to correspond?

thanks again.

 

[PuffnScruff]

zero is the nominal level. with old records, people that would play them on home systems they would just adjust EQ , gain, and other settings to their own prefernce. so you aren't really going to find a standard setting. you might have to change your settings around from record to record.

lol that probably doesn't help too much

 

[FroDawgg]

^^^no it doesn't!...just kidding. i see what you're saying; i guess it's my preference.

just one last thing...i never understood the correlation b/w treble and bass. are they supposed to be somewhat equal; do they balance each other out?

thanks.