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|   I think I identified my Sound Card...chrisnz, troy, dusty, | Audio Girl
Mar 1, 2003 10:04 AM | | stone, mark:
I followed the instructions that Chris provided, and here's what I came up with:
1. On the Dell desktop: Creative SB Live!
2. On the Compaq Evo N600c Laptop: ESS Allegro PCI Audio
Did I identify the right thing as a soundcard. How are these or do I need to upgrade? Also, any special software needed and if so, recs please.
Ag |
| Indeed you did. | chrisnz
Mar 1, 2003 11:54 AM | | The card in the Dell is possibly sufficient for what you want to do (depends entirely on the level of fidelity you're after). I doubt the laptops card is any use whatsoever but I could be wrong.
Sometimes the Live is supplied with a suite of software that could include a rudimentary editor that would allow you to begin recording. Do you have it's installation CD?
Hooking up your TT to the PC... Try taking a line out of your amp through a tape decks IN connection and routing it through a connector that reduces down from twin RCA's to a headphone jack connector that plugs into the blue "line in" jack on the Live. You can pick up these connectors from any kind of Radio Shack/Circuit City operation(I don't live in the States/Canada so I could be talking rubbish) These are not HiFi but they do work and they will get you off the ground.
More homework for you :-)
Regards, Chris. |
| ...not talking rubbish... | jeskibuff
Mar 1, 2003 12:09 PM | | ...but I don't understand why Chris has introduced a tape deck into the path. Generally, once you get your turntable input processed through a phono preamp, you can route the output (perhaps using tape monitor/record outputs) directly to the analog input of the sound card. Here's the cable Chris referred to:
<img src="http://www.radioshack.com/images/ProductCatalog/ProductImage/42/42-2551.jpg">
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=&product%5Fid=42%2D2551 |
| Don't want no stinking tapedeck. | chrisnz
Mar 1, 2003 12:51 PM | | I want the line level drive TO the tapedeck to run the Live instead of the tapedeck... which on second thoughts might be what you saying in the second part of your sentence anyway :-)
I don't actually do much recording off my main rigs analogue outputs prefering instead to rip wav's but I just ran the process to check that I remember everything correctly. I find the levels are very low even though everything is set to max. Of course I can Normalise the wav up to 98% but that's not very kosher to get the best signal to noise. How can I get a hotter signal?
Chris. |
| Thanks, Chris & Jeski | Audio Girl
Mar 1, 2003 1:56 PM | | I appreciate you all guiding me through this process. |
| Another link. | chrisnz
Mar 1, 2003 5:23 PM | | This is from the Cool Edit site which is the editor that I, Jim Clark and rufus use and it explains the hookup proceedure that I was trying to explain, a whole lot better than I managed.
http://support.syntrillium.com/howto/howto_002.html |
| for software... | rufus
Mar 1, 2003 3:13 PM | | i believe the retail versions of easy cd creator and nero will allow you to do basic stuff like splitting up lp sides into individual tracks, fadeouts and crossfades etc. i really don't know, as all i have is the oem version of easy cd creator 3.5 that came with my computer, which really doesn't do much more than just burn the discs.
if you plan on doing more intensive wav editing, there are software packages like sound forge, cool edit 2000 and goldwave that will let you do pretty much anything you want to a wav file. i use cool edit and goldwave, but am still pretty much an amateur with them. you can download trial versions of both, but won't have access to all their features. goldwave is better in that regard, as it offers far more features in the free version than cool edit, which limits you to two tasks per session, and if i recall, doesn't allow you to save what you did. to purchase, they're both about $69-79.
of course if you really get into it, you can get cool edit pro, which features mult-track editing, and more eq options. |
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