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Hi Guys,<br>
<br>
Thanks to Rich Faulkner, Geoffrey Myers, Scott Castaline, and others
for comments on this topic. I'm just replying to all at once, even
though I'm quoting Rich. I added CD ripping to the subject line.<br>
<br>
I really don't know if I'll get around to this, but it's an interesting
discussion. I figured the turntable puts out phono level if there's no
preamp. That's why I figured mic in might work.<br>
<br>
I see what you mean about mastering.<br>
<br>
So, I suppose I should use something like FLAC for the original capture
and then downsample to 320 Kbps or maybe 192 Kbps MP3 or OGG for the
portable device. I've used the LAME encoder before on Windows. I
don't remember what I used to rip my CD's. I think it was an old
version of WinAmp. I only ever got them done 56 Kbps or 128 Kbps for
some.<br>
<br>
So, hypothetically, what could I use to rip an entire album in a batch,
separate tracks into separate files, apply pop and click filters, save
to FLAC (or something else), then transcode to MP3 or OGG?<br>
<br>
I'd like to push 1 button then walk away for an hour and come back and
have it done. Then I'd just have to name the titles. I'd like to do
the same thing with CD's except the pop and click filter doesn't
apply. With CD's, it would be nice if the titles would automatically
be looked up on the internet.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
<br>
On 10/4/2011 11:44 AM, Rich Faulkner wrote:
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Line out to mic in == crunchy audio stuff (very likely)<br>
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Some inputs will sense if a mic or line level input (if I recall right)
but that will depend on the card. Since you're re-mastering audio you
should plan to do it the "right" way from the beginning. <br>
<br>
Are you planning to remaster to Linux? Codecs? Think Lossless and
down sample from there for portable tunes. Always remaster to highest
quality (IMHO) and down sample from there. Disk space is cheap these
days so horde bits all you want I say! Whatever you choose for a
format you'll need a good transcoder to convert to lossy formats for
listening on the go. Again, depends on the platform (and I know you
drive Windows as much as you do Linux if not more). <br>
<br>
Outlets like XM Satellite Radio use 384K for audio while on our XP
based workstation we use 380K with dBPowerAmp. (In this case required
due to the broadcast audio cards we use for this system - Windows only
drivers). <br>
<br>
Enjoy ripping audio! Pops, clicks-n-all!!!<br>
<br>
Rich in Lilburn<br>
<br>
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