Re: [OT] alsa compatible sound recorder?
"Noah L. Meyerhans" wrote:
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> I'm trying to rip some mp3s off some records (yes, vinyl) that I've got,
> but I'm having a hard time finding a decent tool for the job. I've got
> the turntable plugged in to the Line In port on my Trident 4D Wave
> soundcard, and I can play records and hear then (albeit faintly, even with
> input volume at 100%) from my speakers. However, I can't record anything.
> I've tried wavr from the wavtools package, but it segfaults when I pass it
> the -l flag (which tells it to use line in). I can get wavr to work if
> the turntable is plugged in to the Mic port on the soundcard, but that
> port only supports mono, and the quality is poor.
>
> I've also tried ecasound from http://www.wakkanet.fi/~kaiv/ecasound/ which
> is supposed to natively support ALSA, but it doesn't seem to do anything.
> It just eats up CPU cycles with calls to
> sched_yield(0x401e5810, 0xbffffb30, 0, 0xbffffb30, 0xbffffb54) = 0
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> So, I'm stumped, and I'm looking for ideas for other tools to try. It
> would be cool if it was in .deb format, but at this point I'll try
> anything. Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
>
> Noah
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Like Seth points out, the turntable does not have a line level (2v max) output, but
is down in the millivolt range like a microphone, which is why you get something
through the mic input.
Use your soundcard like a tape recorder i.e. connected through a tape loop's inputs /
outputs of your amplifier (assuming it has at least one tape loop - probably needs to
be a 'separate' for that). The amp should automatically route its active input
through the tape loop (as well as to the speakers).
Jonathan.
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