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I'm looking to upgrade my home pc with a new sound card and new software for audio editing/mastering, mostly from analog to digital. This is a hobby of mine, so I don't want to have to take out a loan for this stuff, but I'd like something versatile and powerful enough to make it worthwhile. Any of you out there with similar interests? What would you suggest?
Thank you and good day.
Wow, no one? Where are all you bootleggers!
You really can't go past Protools for good editing software and there are lots of aftermarket mastering plugins you can buy.
Thanks, Stefan. I know you are a recording artist and Protools sounds like something you pros can really take advantage of, but I'm in the market for something a little less professional (expensive!) for my amateur needs...
Thanks, Stefan. I know you are a recording artist and Protools sounds like something you pros can really take advantage of, but I'm in the market for something a little less professional (expensive!) for my amateur needs...
Massa the Blues, I get the feeling you might just want to be converting old tapes to digital (MP3?) for portability or whatever??? If so, and you are going to use the original playback device (with Line Out capability), a cheap or free product will do nicely, especially if you only want conversion and not manipulations.
Rock ON & Keep the Faith,
Rocket
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I use a suite of tools for my av work, mostly processing my vids and making dvd. I don't use the audio processor much but it will do anything and isn't expensive. I think I paid about $60 for the package. AVS4YOU is the name. It is top rated. It takes a bit of trying to learn since support is limited but it works well once you learn it.
Rick
I'm working on converting my collection of master concert cassettes from past decades, so I would like a good deal of ability to "tweak" them to finely mastered recordings in a non-lossy (non-mp3) format. I've done this on a few of my recordings with a software called RipEditBurn by Blaze, but it isn't fulfilling my needs. I know there are a bunch of audiophiles out there that use similar software, so I was just looking for user opinions/suggestions for not only the software, but pc sound cards as well. I will look into the AVS4YOU software. Thanks.
To convert cassettes you need a cassette player that has outputs your computer can utilize. There are cassette players available that have a usb plug. For the computer, assuming a usb plug on the cassette player, any current laptop will do. The key is hard drive spac and enough RAM. You will want at least 1 terrabyte of space and i recommend 8 GB of RAM. If your cassette player does not have usb you will need a system that will accept the right and left audio cables. You can buy a converter that will change this to a single plug audio plug that most computers can accept though the microphone jack.
Once you have the cassette player and the computer set up, you will need to download Audacity. This is a free program. With this program it will record the cassettte as it is played. This can then be saved into various formats. I export the file as a WAV (microsoft pcm16).
Then you need exact audio copy. Another program that is free to download. With this progam you then process the WAV. Here is where you break the file up into tracks. This is done by creating a cue sheet. Then you need to use split WAV by cue sheet without gaps. (you do not want gaps between the songs added to the tracks. If you want gaps they can be added later).
A CD can now be burned using exact audio copy. You can also use media monkey to burn the CD.
If you plan to save the file you want to convert it to FLAC since this will take less space than the WAV file. To do this you need to download trader's little helper, another free program.
It is a long and tedious process but worth the effort.
Happy converting
Phil
I was hoping for you to speak up, Phil. Free is good! And tedious will not be solved by any hardware or software. Analog out means PLAYING all those tapes for the full duration to copy and convert.
To convert cassettes you need a cassette player that has outputs your computer can utilize. There are cassette players available that have a usb plug. For the computer, assuming a usb plug on the cassette player, any current laptop will do. The key is hard drive spac and enough RAM. You will want at least 1 terrabyte of space and i recommend 8 GB of RAM. If your cassette player does not have usb you will need a system that will accept the right and left audio cables. You can buy a converter that will change this to a single plug audio plug that most computers can accept though the microphone jack.
Once you have the cassette player and the computer set up, you will need to download Audacity. This is a free program. With this program it will record the cassettte as it is played. This can then be saved into various formats. I export the file as a WAV (microsoft pcm16).
Then you need exact audio copy. Another program that is free to download. With this progam you then process the WAV. Here is where you break the file up into tracks. This is done by creating a cue sheet. Then you need to use split WAV by cue sheet without gaps. (you do not want gaps between the songs added to the tracks. If you want gaps they can be added later).
A CD can now be burned using exact audio copy. You can also use media monkey to burn the CD.
If you plan to save the file you want to convert it to FLAC since this will take less space than the WAV file. To do this you need to download trader's little helper, another free program.
It is a long and tedious process but worth the effort.
Happy converting
Phil
"good info folks
I asked one of my taper friends about the tweaking part of your question so he might have further suggestions / experience
Yes, the "need" to tweak what and how and in what way for what reason are all part of any good answer...
"I've already mastered a number of these shows of mine, but the software I have limits what I'd like to do with them. I'm an audiophile myself, so I get pretty nitpicky with them. I'm sure there is some software out there that will allow me to do what I'd like to with less work and not break the bank. I was just hoping for some user reviews (Sound Forge, Adobe Audition, Wavelab, etc.). The fact that Joe let's his fans record his shows leads me to believe there are some folks from the forum that like to play with audio like me. I know there are pc sound cards that cater to the audio-centric type that may be worth investing in as well, but again, just looking for suggestions.
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