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Article #951Re: Converting vinyl (records) to CD - Soundcard advice & Turntable advice needed.
From: Arny Kr�ger
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:00
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Insect <insect81@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:7pigc3$akq$1@nntp3.atl.mindspring.net... > I understand I can plug a turntable through a preamp into a soundcard, and > then record to a PC based CD-R. > > 1. What soundcard is recommended? One alternative is the Soundblaster Live > Value or Soundblaster Live - what is the quality for my purpose? Do I need > to step up to something like a Gina card? What other cards would be good? Please check out http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/summary > Is it true that the SB Live samples at 48KHz, and I need 44KHz to record to > CD, and will therefore get a sound degradation? Yes. > 2. What minimum spec do I need for the A/D converters? Does anyone know > the specs on the A/D converters on the SB Live? (e.g. 16 bit, 18 bit, etc)? Please check out http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/summary > 3. What software is recommended? YMMV. One alternative is cooledit pro: http://www.syntrillium.com > 4. What turntable/cartridge is recommended? The best you can muster.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb1f8,18494a95a362d57e X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1f8,public X-Google-Thread: 1021cd,18494a95a362d57e X-Google-Attributes: gid1021cd,public X-Google-Thread: 10e134,18494a95a362d57e X-Google-Attributes: gid10e134,public X-Google-Thread: 10f5c4,18494a95a362d57e X-Google-Attributes: gid10f5c4,public X-Google-Thread: 10cf58,18494a95a362d57e X-Google-Attributes: gid10cf58,public From: "Arny Kr�ger" <arnyk@flash.net> Subject: Re: Converting vinyl (records) to CD - Soundcard advice & Turntable advice needed. Date: 1999/08/20 Message-ID: <ba9v3.2976$Pv4.1730@news.rdc1.mi.home.com> X-Deja-AN: 515046387 References: <7pigc3$akq$1@nntp3.atl.mindspring.net> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news.rdc1.mi.home.com 935141127 24.6.6.102 (Fri, 20 Aug 1999 02:25:27 PDT) Organization: @Home Network X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 02:25:27 PDT Newsgroups: rec.audio.tech,rec.audio.pro,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.music,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.tech,creative.products.sound_blaster.live