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Where do I get EMU src ?

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> Insect wrote:
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> > I understand I can plug a turntable through a preamp into a soundcard,
and
> > then record to a PC based CD-R.
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> Yes you can.
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> > 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
> >
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> SBLive is definately recommended (value or regular) same
> chip, you do not need the SPDIF for this purpose.
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> > to step up to something like a Gina card?  What other cards would be
good?
> > Is it true that the SB Live samples at 48KHz, and I need 44KHz
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> Well the SBLive would be good for this purpose and for
> the price.
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> > to record to
> > CD, and will therefore get a sound degradation?
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> You will not get a sound degradation - at least you won't
> hear it.  What I recommend is you sample everything at
> 48Khz.   Since the CD-A standard uses 44Khz16bit PCM WAV
> you will need to downsample.  You would use EMU's src
> (source rate converter) it's a small program, it's fast and
> is better than the one on the sblive.
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> > 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)?
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> Speaking out of lucky guess here but I think that anything
> below -80dB S/N is good.   The SBLive is well into
> quality specs for LP to CD conversion.
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> > 3.  What software is recommended?
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> I personally use Cool Edit Pro 1.1 - There is also SoundForge.
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> > 4.  What turntable/cartridge is recommended?
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> I use Maranz, which are good.
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> Make sure though that your turntable is plugged into your
> tuner/amplifier and that your turntable is properly
> grounded to your tuner/amp.
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> Then, to remove the pop, hiss, and crackle I recommend
> Algorithmix SoundLaundry with its set of plugins - it works
> realtime previewing, and faster than realtime conversion
> and the quality is excellent !  I have rendered some
> scratchy records to almost CD quality.
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