Re: looking for a debian compatible usb audio interface

[Bernard <bdebreil@teaser.fr>]

Dave Thayer wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 04:47:18PM +0200, Bernard wrote:
>  
>
> > My purpose is to digitalize vinyl records. Using my default audio card  
> > gave poor results. On an audio forum, it was stated that I couldn't  
> > expect good results unless I use a usb audio interface. Lots of them on  
> > the market, but I'd be interrested to hear someone saying that it works  
> > with Linux and give good results for my purpose.
> >
> >    
>
> Are you feeding your soundcard directly from a magnetic cartridge
> turntable? If so, you will need a preamplifier which implements the
> RIAA equalization curve. 
>
> See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_cartridge> for further
> details.
>
> There exist USB sound adapters with phono-level inputs. I have a ION
> "MixMeister" adapter which seems to do a decent job and was fairly
> cheap. It Just Works with debian and alsa.
>
> FWIW, Ripping vinyl involves a fair amount of effort, so if you can
> borrow CD versions of your LPs or find a cheap used CD you're better
> off ripping the CD than spending a lot of time in Audacity trying to
> get a clean LP rip.
>
> HTH
>
> dt
>
>  
Thanks for your reply. This is not a matter of ripping, but of 
preserving my vinyl collection of about 250 records, before it decays 
too much or before pickup heads and diamonds are no longer available. I 
am using a RIAA preamplifier, but the results are still poor. I went to 
a forum that is specialized in audio matters, and they said I would have 
much better results if I were to use a quality sound card, usb for 
convenience. Problem is that, in this specialized forum, no one can tell 
which sound card is linux compatible... The sound card I have so far 
been using is included in my motherboard (ASUS P5LD2 SE, Soundmax ADI 986A)