Matching digitized vinyl iTunes imports

Really bummed that iTunes match won't match the vinyl albums I digitized and imported into iTunes. All of these albums are currently available through the iTunes music store but just won't match up so I can take advantage of the higher bitrate. This was one of the key selling points for me for the match service.

Anybody have any tips or tricks to make this work? Is it the hiss and pops on the record or speed of the turntable that is affecting the waveform matching?

Posted on Nov 19, 2011 2:32 PM

63 replies

Jun 7, 2012 12:24 PM in response to Community User

Thanks. Will experiment and report back.

Jan 22, 2013 2:51 PM in response to aaronmchidester

Pretty much the reverse of what I suggested earlier in the thread - possibly add a few seconds of silence at the start of each track, for example. Or, tweak the pitch levels a bit. There's a good chance that one or the other will allow for an upload vs a Match.

Feb 25, 2013 7:32 PM in response to JiminMissouri

Nice post! I personally haven't delved into it too much since early 2012, although I did renew iTM as I had a gift card to burn and I figured a few $5 Amazon purchases would basically "pay for itself" for the year.

I actually need to try a recent vinyl rip of mine, in that I tried the MP3 download (Joy Formidable's "Wolf's Law") and got only one match. I think it's related to "Mastered for iTunes" and matching, but that's a different discussion. I've also since moved onto another turntable with less rumble so that might actually help with matching as well.

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Matching digitized vinyl iTunes imports