Though it's probably more useful for MP3 than for making regular
"redbook" audio CDs, AudioGrabber (http://www.audiograbber.com-
us.net/) is pretty good for getting stuff off of Vinyl onto the PC.
The main advantage of using it over something like SoundForge is
that you can enter the track names in advance, and it can
auto-detect the track breaks for you and split the WAV or MP3 audio
up into files named by track. That said, the track break detection
is tricked by a lot of the sort of music we listen to on the list,
even at minimum sensitivity - but even with that turned off, you
pretty much just have to hit a single button between tracks. It's
also much, much cheaper than SoundForge (unless you take the
alt.binaries.sounds.utilities route, of course.)
If only I could find some equivalent for Mac OS X, then I'd be
laughing - one less reason to use Windows...
..Mark..
On Friday, December 14, 2001, at 03:35 PM, eric kitel wrote:
> I've been transferring vinyl to CDR with a PC no problem, I just
> record the
> tracks in Sound Forge, and then burn the wave files onto CDR,
> though maybe
> I'm not as demanding as you guys, or maybe it's that extra step that's
> slowing you down too much
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gen Kanai" <gen@kanai.net>
> To: <b.graff@lycos.com>; <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 5:47 PM
> Subject: Re: best analogue cd recorder?
>
>
>> B,
>>
>> I made the same decision as you a few months ago. I tried
>> recording to my
>> CDR on my PC, but it was just difficult.
>>
>> I decided to go with a professional CD-RW recorder/player as I can get
> them
>> for cost (I work for Sony.) I decided on the Sony CDRW-33 which is a
>> professional CD-RW unit, which allows me to record from a CDR to a
>> CDR. This one is cool because I can do CD TEXT (with any PS2
>> keyboard)
> and
>> it has both inputs and outputs for RCA, coaxial and digital optical.
>>
>>
> http://bpgprod.sel.sony.com/bpcnav/app/99999/10/76/58740.99999.product.BPC.
> h
> tml
>>
>> Of course I work for the company so I went for this one, but
>> Tascam, HHB,
>> and others make great professional units that retail for around
>> $5-700.
>>
>> Gen
>>
>> At 12:52 PM 12/14/01 -0800, B. Graff wrote:
>>> Howdy,
>>>
>>> For a number of reasons, transferring my vinyl collection to my
>>> computer
>>> isn't working out for me and I am interested in a stand alone cd
>>> recorder. Problem is, I don't know which model offers the best
>>> analogue
>>> output. Reviews I have located online don't seem to be
>>> consistent, so I
>>> turn to you, my fellow listees, for assistance. Philips seems to
>>> be the
>>> most popular brand, but I'm getting mixed reviews on their
>>> product. Any
>>> pointers you care to share?
>>>
>>> ---
>>> B.Graff
>>> www.allthingsdeep.com
>>
>
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