[ale] vinyl records

[Rich Faulkner]

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


On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 11:14 -0400, Ron Frazier wrote:

> HI Geoffrey,
> 
> That's interesting info to know.  I can imagine the "younglings" in our 
> readership saying isn't a turntable what you put a car on at an auto 
> show, and isn't vinyl what the seats are made of?
> 
> It's kind of amusing (in a bad way) that some vinyl records have better 
> longevity than some DIY CD's and DVD's.  Organic Dye failures and all that.
> 
> I still have a decent Technics turntable that I bought from Best Buy or 
> Hi Fi Buys years ago just because it was clear that they were 
> disappearing.  This comment won't apply to anyone without a turntable.  
> I haven't given this any thought previously, but couldn't I simply get 
> an adapter cord at Radio Shack and plug the output of the turntable into 
> the mic input of the computer and run some capture software on it?  
> Could I do the same thing with cassette tapes?
> 
> Just out of curiosity, what audio file format do you use for 
> conversion?  What kind of compression do you get?  I've got about 60 
> CD's I captured to 56 KBps MP3 years ago.  I can actually hear the 
> compression artifacts in them if I listen closely.  Some I've converted 
> to 128 KBps.  That's much better.  I've thought about bumping them up to 
> 256 or 320 (I think that's the max).  Of course, you lose compression 
> and increase size when you bump that up.  If you're trying to stuff 600 
> songs on a portable MP3 player, that can become an issue.  According to 
> the technical podcasts I listen to, apparently most people cannot hear 
> the difference between a CD and a 192 KBps MP3.  I know OGG is also an 
> option, but I don't know much about it.  My Sansa Fuze+ player can play OGG.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ron
> 
> On 10/4/2011 8:33 AM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> > I still have my old Kenwood turntable.  I've got 400+ vinyls.  For those
> > that I can find either cd or other digital technology, I've figured it
> > was worth my time to simply repurchase them in the new format.  I do
> > have a good number of albums from small local bands that never made it
> > beyond the vinyl.  Those I am in the process of converting.
> >
> > The usb turntables I've seen have not gotten very good reviews.
> >    
> 


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