[ale] vinyl records / CD ripping

[Ron Frazier]

Thanks Pete, I'll look that program up.

Ron

On 10/8/2011 10:50 AM, Pete Hardie wrote:
> Fro CDs, grip work under linux - full save in various formats, named
> from freedb (CDDB clone)
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 00:23, Ron Frazier<atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>  wrote:
>    
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> I see what you mean about mastering.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>> On 10/4/2011 11:44 AM, Rich Faulkner wrote:
>>
>> Line out to mic in == crunchy audio stuff (very likely)
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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).
>>
>> 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).
>>
>> Enjoy ripping audio!  Pops, clicks-n-all!!!
>>
>> Rich in Lilburn
>>
>>      

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