Brendan Nolan [SMTP:bnolan@apcc.com] wrote:
quoted 5 lines Can anyone give me some advice on the> Can anyone give me some advice on the
> best way to sample the music off
> the vinyl onto my computer. I only
> have an SB16 card would this be
> adequate for the job ?
Chris Sez:
1) Defrag your hard drive first. Recording a lot of data requires quick
access to the HD and if it has to skip around it will put skips in the
recording.
2) Run from the Line In on the SB16 directly to the Record Player.
Don't use the stereo in the chain. Actually, I've done it thru the
stereo/amp too, so try it both ways.
Note: You would be much better off with a better sound card. The new
SB64 is cheap these days and is supposed to sound nice (it has no
built-in amp, so it has no noise)
3) Get a decent recorder program like Sound Forge which lets you adjust
the levels before you start recording. Set to cd-quality sound.
4) Record the whole song in one shot as a big WAV file. Listen to it to
make sure there are no skips. You may want to record each song
separately (instead of the whole side of a record) to keep file sizes
manageable.
5) Some CD-R software requires that the file be saved as a RAW file. If
so, you will need to set some "little endian/big endian" crap. Check
the help file. If the burner software allows you to use WAV files, then
you're all set.
6) Hey kid rock and roll, rock on!
-Chris Fahey