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Thread #31472   Message #409332
Posted By: GUEST
02-Mar-01 - 04:26 AM
Thread Name: Help: analog to digital music
Subject: RE: Help: analog to digital music
Hi,

I've recorded a few of my LP's to CD. I use my PC for doing home recording so I have a reasonably good sound card (ISIS guillimot) to do the A/D conversion, this gives to me acceptable signal to noise ratio and dynamic range. Of course it is entirely subjective but I think you may find that the soundcard in you PC (probably a soundblaster compatible) may not give acceptable performance - try it and see. As CrzyBrd advised for software try tucows or davecentral.

A couple of extra points regarding burning a CD's. You must use CDR's - CDRW will not work in an audio CD player at present - it may be possible in the future (I believe they do work in a DVD player though). Do not use your PC for anything else while burning CD's - go and make a cup of tea or something. In your CDROM settings turn off your CD autorun feature - this polls the CD and may cause data corruption. If when you listen to your CD you hear strange noises (pops and crackles) you may have the write speed to high - slow it down and try again. Prepare to make a few coffee mats before you get it right:)

Good Luck

Ian