Musical Surroundings and SweetVinyl have teamed up to introduce a groundbreaking new approach to playing and “ripping” vinyl LP records. A first of its kind device, the SugarCube incorporates the acclaimed SuperNova phono stage designed by Musical Surroundings’ Mike Yee, in concert with the proprietary SweetVinyl digital recording system, which includes an internal analog-to-digital and digital- to-analog converter and features automatic metadata identification and noise reduction.
With the SugarCube, listen to Vinyl LPs in a pure analog mode or with our proprietary click and pop filter engaged. Simultaneously, you can rip your LP or another analog source and the SweetVinyl software will identify the song, artist, and album and provide the metadata for easy entry into recording software.
Inside the SugarCube
The analog stages include Mike Yee’s latest discrete, dual mono RIAA phono circuit design with selectable gain, input loadings, and battery power mode. The unique analog-only mode, where all the digital functions are shut down, provides a pure analog listening experience.
When activated, the digital system takes input from the internal analog path, allowing pre or post RIAA equalization or line-level. The signal is digitized using a high-quality analog-to-digital converter with user-selectable sample rates to 192k/24bits and is output via USB to all popular recording software on a personal computer, whether Windows or Mac.
SweetVinyl’s on-board software identifies virtually all songs, artists and LPs, and automatically applies the metadata to your favorite recording software – simplifying the time-consuming process of archiving your vinyl recordings. The identified metadata is displayed on the front panel LCD, your favorite mobile device, and the personal computer used for recording.
SweetVinyl’s real-time click and pop filter is selectable with a variable sensitivity threshold, adjustable from the front panel of the SugarCube mobile or tablet app. Unlike previous-generation click and pop filters, the underlying music is not disturbed by SweetVinyl’s advanced digital noise removal process. The front panel headphone jack with volume control also lets the user monitor the removed noise, selectable from front panel switches, assuring no music is impacted.
SugarCube connects over the internet to a cloud-based SweetVinyl server and automatically matches digitized music with album metadata. SweetVinyl employs sophisticated content recognition technology and search algorithms to query a large library of vinyl recording metadata comprising hundreds of thousands of albums to determine the source of the digitized music. The matching library spans all musical genres including pop, jazz, rock, and classical.
Features
⦁ Musical Surroundings’ SuperNova Phono Stage by Mike Yee
⦁ Switch selectable phono gain, resistive and capacitive loading
⦁ Dual mono, discrete analog circuitry with battery power supply
⦁ Selectable phono and line-in inputs
⦁ Separate analog and digital power supplies
⦁ Analog-only mode defeats all digital circuitry
⦁ On-board headphone amp and volume control
⦁ Modes for analog, digital, and processed audio
⦁ Built-in 192k/24-bit Hi-Res ADC and DAC
⦁ Integrated real-time digital click and pop noise filter
⦁ Automatic metadata tagging: song, artist, album
⦁ Supports popular vinyl LP and tape recording software
⦁ Ethernet, USB, and HDMI digital interfaces
⦁ Front panel displays song, artist, and album
⦁ Supports any combination of external ADC, DAC, and phono stage
Source: Press Release
