On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 06:46:38AM +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 9:36 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 30 Sep 2003 4:45 pm, you wrote: > > > did you see this one Anne , this list is a bit weird at the moment > > > > > > No, I didn't see it. Thanks for sending it on. I got LVG's though. > > Before I saw this I had found an article on Gramofile through google, > > so I've installed it. I'll also take a look at LV's suggestions of > > audacity and rezound. > > > > But the first need is to actually get the sound in. What can I use > > that will give me some feedback as to whether it is actually hearing > > anything? It's too time-consuming to keep attempting a recording > > when you don't know whether there's anything there in the first > > place. > > You should have the output from vinyl player to go to line-in of your > soundcard. In sound mixer(like Kmix) you should select line-in for recording > purposes. If the speaker is connected to speaker/lineout port, then if you > play the player, you should get sound from speaker when the OS is working. > For this no sound s/w(playing or recording) need to run. If not then there is > problem with /dec/dsp or /dev/sound/dsp > -- > L.V.Gandhi > 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 > MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA > http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ > If you try to go directly from a turntable to aux in on the sound ,you will probably need to use a special preamp.The frequency response recorded to vinyl is nonlinear to avoid overcuting the ridges at lower frequencies.The output of most turntables is also extremely low voltage for most aux level inputs.If the turntable is connected to an amp or receiver,that should all be taken care of by the phono input and you can use either aux out or record out to connect to aux in on the sound card. Ray Warren
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