James Perrett (James.R.Perrett@soc.soton.ac.uk)
Mon, 22 Mar 99 09:52:11 GMT
>
> <excerpt>At 11:35 AM 3/20/99 -0500, cevallos@juno.com wrote:
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> >What is the best way to convert MP3s? I have a DAT, so I guess I
> could
>
> >just run an 1/8 inch stereo line from the computer to the DAT. Would
>
> >that be the cleanest way to capture the MP3 file? Is there any
> specific
>
> >software that might help convert them so I can burn them on CD? Any
> and
>
> >all leads welcome...
>
> Your Computer audio is digital, and so is your DAT, but when it turns
> into an audio signal, it has to convert to analog and you get noise.
>
>
> I have a Midimand Dman. It's all analog. What's a good cheap coverter
> that has SP/DIF? Thanks
>
>
>
Oddly enough you'll probably find it cheaper to buy a CD burner for
your computer rather than buy a soundcard with a decent SPDIF
interface. The Soundblaster Live has an SPDIF interface but it insists
on converting everything to 48kHz sampling rate (and back again if
needed) so you go through plenty of extra processing before the sound
gets to the outside world. Turtle Beach are also supposed to be
bringing out a digital daughter board for their Montego card which
should be around the same price as the SB Live.
If you want to buy something decent right now then you are probably
looking at $300 - $400 for something like a Zefiro ZA-2, Event Gina or
something similar. Mission Recording have a searchable soundcard
database on the web at http://www.missionrec.com.
Cheers.
James.
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