[ale] Recoding in Linux

[Dow Hurst]

Chris,
In XMMS there is a compressor module you can kick in to make the volume 
reasonable similar for all your recordings.  Since your a coder, you 
might could adapt this to your purpose.  Normally people will start with 
the first item in an analog chain and have the volume as high as 
possible without distortion.  Following your recording chain along with 
this philosophy works great for analog.  Aaron has a point with the 
digital side of recording.  Keep the XM side low enough in volume that 
you stay very clean.  Once you have WAV files on your disk that don't 
have any pops or distortion you should be fine from there.  The dynamic 
range recorded/encoded in the WAV files is the best you can do, right?
Dow


Christopher Fowler wrote:
>Maybe some people here are doing what I'm doing and can give some
>insight.  
>
>I'm recording off my XM radio directly to hard drive as WAV.  I then use
>lame to encode that to MP3.  I then tag the files with mp3tag.  Finally
>I load those files onto my iPod so I can take XM with me.  My plan is to
>get many hours of good quality recordings so when I don't have my XM I
>can at least listen to the music/shows.  Right now I'm working on
>channel 150.  
>
>Is there a good program in Linux or Winbloze that can record this audio
>and automatically adjust the input levels to make is sound extremely
>good.  right now I'm using record that comes with the xawtv distribution
>and am manually adjusting the input levels.  I record then see how it
>sounds and adjust as needed.
>
>I have 2 laptops.  One with Linux and one with winbloze.  I don't care
>what program I use as long as the end result is near perfect.
>
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