[ale] vinyl records / CD ripping

[Pete Hardie]

Fro CDs, grip work under linux - full save in various formats, named
from freedb (CDDB clone)



On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 00:23, Ron Frazier <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Thanks to Rich Faulkner, Geoffrey Myers, Scott Castaline, and others for
> comments on this topic.  I'm just replying to all at once, even though I'm
> quoting Rich.  I added CD ripping to the subject line.
>
> I really don't know if I'll get around to this, but it's an interesting
> discussion.  I figured the turntable puts out phono level if there's no
> preamp.  That's why I figured mic in might work.
>
> I see what you mean about mastering.
>
> So, I suppose I should use something like FLAC for the original capture and
> then downsample to 320 Kbps or maybe 192 Kbps MP3 or OGG for the portable
> device.  I've used the LAME encoder before on Windows.  I don't remember
> what I used to rip my CD's.  I think it was an old version of WinAmp.  I
> only ever got them done 56 Kbps or 128 Kbps for some.
>
> So, hypothetically, what could I use to rip an entire album in a batch,
> separate tracks into separate files, apply pop and click filters, save to
> FLAC (or something else), then transcode to MP3 or OGG?
>
> I'd like to push 1 button then walk away for an hour and come back and have
> it done.  Then I'd just have to name the titles.  I'd like to do the same
> thing with CD's except the pop and click filter doesn't apply.  With CD's,
> it would be nice if the titles would automatically be looked up on the
> internet.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
> On 10/4/2011 11:44 AM, Rich Faulkner wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
>
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