Hi Brian
If you have access to an Audio precision the RIAA curves & tests are part of the software tests.
Duke
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I suspect he is looking for a piece of hardware that can sit in line to facilitate monitoring the RIAA equalized feed going to the cutting head.
He just needs a typical riaa playback circuit without the 40 dB of gain at 1kHz....
JR
He just needs a typical riaa playback circuit without the 40 dB of gain at 1kHz....
JR
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Indeed, my goal is a tidy, already designed solution. As mentioned in an earlier post, adding a big-ass pad in front of a conventional phono preamp seems silly since Wayne designed a line input device with the RIAA playback curve. I've been slowly re-reading this thread to verify the deemphasis curve is very accurate, although the primary reason for this app is to ensure the cutting amp isn't farting <g> or otherwise acting up. You cannot playback the lacquer if it's destined to go through the plating and pressing steps.
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Brian -
All you need to do is pad the cutterhead drive level and feed it into the RIAA EQ portion of the EQ Monitor board at J4.
You'd need to populate IC6, IC7 and if you want a balanced output to drive the monitor, add the THAT1646s at IC10/11.
You don't really need IC7 either but it will give you a gain trim.
See: https://proaudiodesignforum.com/images/ ... 092719.pdf
Feedback monitoring is something a little different - the RIAA is applied to the output of the feedback coil preamp.
The PTS is being used by a number of facilities for cutting.
The FLAT MM preamp is used as a feedback coil amp, the EQ Monitor board to provide Inverse RIAA and then using IC7 to sum modulation and feedback. A second RIAA board is then used to EQ the feedback path.
Gus Elg at Sky Onion is using it this way and he would be a good contact for you for any questions you might have on this project.
I just had a client tell me that it used to be that about 1 in 10 projects were mastered for vinyl - now its 1 in 2 or 3.
All you need to do is pad the cutterhead drive level and feed it into the RIAA EQ portion of the EQ Monitor board at J4.
You'd need to populate IC6, IC7 and if you want a balanced output to drive the monitor, add the THAT1646s at IC10/11.
You don't really need IC7 either but it will give you a gain trim.
See: https://proaudiodesignforum.com/images/ ... 092719.pdf
Feedback monitoring is something a little different - the RIAA is applied to the output of the feedback coil preamp.
The PTS is being used by a number of facilities for cutting.
The FLAT MM preamp is used as a feedback coil amp, the EQ Monitor board to provide Inverse RIAA and then using IC7 to sum modulation and feedback. A second RIAA board is then used to EQ the feedback path.
Gus Elg at Sky Onion is using it this way and he would be a good contact for you for any questions you might have on this project.
I just had a client tell me that it used to be that about 1 in 10 projects were mastered for vinyl - now its 1 in 2 or 3.
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There is a scary chance I will get my build running by the end of the week! Watch this space.
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Glad you're getting closer!
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No way! One down [nearly] ... n+1 to go. I know the feeling
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Having to work from home with two under 5s has not been conducive to working on projects. Work has been particularly manic as well, which is a good thing in the grand scheme of things. If I can get the test cables I need finished final visual inspection of the soldering and I can start testing.
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Last November I got a puppy - a Spaniel/Border Collie mix.
Very high energy dog...
It's been hard for me to build boards to replace what I've sold.
Very high energy dog...
It's been hard for me to build boards to replace what I've sold.
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Two manic breeds crossed. Yup I can guess how that turned out
By end of tomorrow my brownie points balance will be very positive so I'll cash those in for time to get things up and running and start testing things.
By end of tomorrow my brownie points balance will be very positive so I'll cash those in for time to get things up and running and start testing things.