I understand Gnome Wave Cleaner is very good at getting rid of clicks
and pops.
On 03/04/2012 04:43 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
> i use jack_capture to save to flac.
>
> i have a music hall turntable, feeding a NAD preamp, which then feeds
> my frontier designs tango24 ADC which feeds my RME audio interface.
>
> the biggest obstacle: i have to manually create track boundaries or
> per-track files *if* i want them.
>
> second biggest obstacle: the music hall is a fully manual deck, so i
> have to be there to both stop the recording *and* lift the tonearm off
> the vinyl.
>
>
> On 3/4/12, Adam<adam707@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>> Hello everyone! I just joined this list and already I feel I'm in
>> way over my head. :-) I have one simple question, but it definitely
>> involves using Linux for audio. In fact, it's such a simple and
>> common question that I'm almost embarrassed to ask the experts here
>> about it.
>>
>> I've finally got my collection of analog sound recordings (LPs and
>> audiocassettes) down to the relatively few that aren't available in
>> any digital format but are worth preserving. That means I'll have
>> to digitize those myself. So --
>>
>> Can anyone recommend (or disparage) any particular hardware and
>> software for digitizing sound recordings?
>>
>> Here are some specifics about my equipment and my expectations:
>>
>> Something close to CD quality or 320 kbps MP3s will be "good enough"
>> here. I'll be dealing only with existing stereo recordings. I
>> already have a turntable, receiver (including phono preamp), and
>> cassette deck, all working, that are IMO good enough. I also have
>> the 25' of audio cables (RCA plugs) necessary to connect my "stereo
>> system" to my computer, unless rearranging my entire room to bring
>> them closer together would make a significant difference.
>>
>> At the computer end, I have an low-end Compaq desktop with
>> integrated audio (inadequate quality for input here) running
>> Mandriva 2010.0, an available PCIe-x16 slot and some USB 2.0 ports
>> (no Firewire), plus lots (hundreds of GBs) of free HD space. For
>> the new audio hardware, I'd prefer something that not only fits this
>> machine and runs well under Linux, but will also be usable in future
>> desktop Linux systems (e.g. not a plain PCI card if possible).
>> Anything that would fit into that PCIe x16 slot (I understand a PCIe
>> x1 card will work in a PCIe x16 slot) or a USB port -- I just need
>> something that will accept line-level stereo inputs. I'm hoping to
>> find something decent in the US $40-80 range, new or used.
>>
>> For software, I thought I could use 'rec' to put the digitized audio
>> into some standard file format (and automatically split it into
>> tracks if desired), and 'audacity' for the digital signal processing
>> (noise reduction, declicking, etc.). Or are there other programs
>> that would be better for me, either in audio quality or ease of use?
>>
>> Any recommendations for hardware or software, especially hardware,
>> would be very much appreciated! Suggestions on where else to look
>> for advice would be welcomed too. Thanks!
-- David gnome@email-addr-hidden authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-userReceived on Mon Mar 5 08:15:01 2012
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