RIAA phono eq curve

[suemac at empire.net]

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>Original Message:
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>From: Sean Corbett seanbutnotheard at gmail.com
>Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:56:36 -0400
>To: ubuntu-studio-users at lists.ubuntu.com, phil at magnustudios.com
>Subject: Re: RIAA phono eq curve
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>> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:31:54 -0400
>> From: Phil <phil at magnustudios.com>
>> Subject: RIAA phono eq curve
>> To: Ubuntu Studio Users Help and Discussion
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>> Hey,
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>> I've got a large collection of vinyl records I need to record onto CD, or
>> some other digital format. I've got a stereo with phono inputs, so I
could
>> use that for the preamp, but I'd rather take the phono player directly
into
>> my firebox and correct the EQ digitally.
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>> I've done a bit of research on what I need to do. I need a really
accurate
>> diagram of the RIAA phono curve. The best I've found so far is the one at
>> wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RIAA-EQ-Curve.svg . It's
only
>> got the markings for 20, 1000, and 20000 Hz. I guess it's got to be a
>> logarhythmic graph so I should be able to use it to acurately find the
other
>> frequency levels.
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>> What I'm hoping for is that someone has already done this and has made a
>> preset for a ladspa plugin, or for jamin. Does anyone know of this?
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>> If not, I'll make mine publicly available when I do it.
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>> Thanks,
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>> Phil
>> phil at magnustudios.com
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>Audacity has the RIAA curve built in... Just record your vinyl, select
>the whole recording, and go to Effect>Equalization... and select
>'RIAA' from the 'Select Curve' dropdown at the bottom.  I've never
>done this myself though, so I can't vouch for its accuracy.
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>-- 
>Sean Corbett
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Also nicely done RIAA kit from Elliot Sound:

http://sound.westhost.com/project06.htm

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