[ale] copying lps to cds

[Glenn C. Lasher Jr.]

In the interest of moving towards some real, acutal, bona fide answers, I
am going to offer what I have, although I admit it is not much.  

Sox will probably not be useful.  I have been unsuccessful in getting sox
to record directly from a device.  I hven't yet found an app to do this,
but I haven't been trying very hard, either.

You *will* need to record to WAV files or their equivalent.  The CD
recording process is very persnickety and timing sensitive.  Recording
from a PCM-oid file will yield the best results.  It would also really
suck if you were recording the last track on a CD and somebody bumped your
turntable, because you can't erase the CD.  Recording to your HDD would
afford you the opportunity to redo just the one track.

Record your files at 16-bit, 44100 samples/sec, stereo.  This is the only
format that is compatible with audio CD's.  

You should probably clean your LP's and put a new stylus in your turntable
(and check the alignment, if you don't have a P-type cartridge) in order
to get the best results.  

I hope this is helpful.

On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Wandered Inn wrote:

> Jeff Dilcher wrote:
> > 
> > > > Yes, that is also possible.
> > >
> > > Wow, thanks that is so much help.
> > 
> > No problem.
> > 
> > Suggestion:  Ask specific questions.
> 
> How more specific would you like?  I want to copy old lps to cds. 
> Seriously, what else is there that I left out?  Maybe my ignorance
> regarding music recording and such is showing.  Connect output of my
> stereo receiver to the input of my sound card.  Somehow find some
> software that is going to permit me to record the input from there to my
> cd writer.  Or, do I need to record the lp through my sound card to a
> file and then write the file to the cd writer.  What else is it that I
> could say that would assist you in pointing me in the direction of some
> documentation that would help?
>  
> > Anyone could write volumes about music recording and computers.
> 
> True, but my question was a lot more specific than that.  Prerecorded
> lps to cds, using my computer.  Assuming that Linux would be the
> solution OS, since this is a Linux list.
> 
> > Everything you asked is pretty trivial, and well documented on the internet.
> 
> For Linux?  If you know of some docs or urls regarding this, I'd
> appreciate it.
> 
> > Have you searched all the search engines?
> 
> I started by checking out the various HOWTOs.  I checked the LDP. If
> it's in either of these, I missed it.  I checked out the cd writing and
> sound howtos.  I have done a number of searchs with various criteria
> that did not produce the information I needed.  There is information
> regarding Windows solutions, but I don't have windows on this machine. 
> The specifics are that I expected to use my Linux box and didn't figure
> I needed to note that since I posted to a Linux list.
> 
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