I use Roxio Spin Doctor on the PC to record talking books which I can then record on my iBook G4. I also have an older G3 Blue and White with OS X 10.3.3.
Any ideas on a programme I can use that will let me record in, automatically stop and automatically split into tracks? Thanks Seb -----Original Message----- From: Mac UK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Rodger Sent: 18 April 2004 02:21 To: Mac UK Subject: Re: Vinyl to disc capture Thanks to all who responded to this question. I have Charismac's Audioscribe which was a very simple and easy application, well suited to lifting tracks from vinyl. It was possible amongst other features to set the spaces and breaks manually or automatically though, as others have said, it was never a good idea to use scratch filtering. It is a shame they did not develop it for OSX. I have used Sound Studio and Spark ME to edit the tracks afterwards (fade in and out, removing pops etc). Pops are easy to spot and clip but crackle is something which - I suppose - would need some sensitive frequency balancing or compression of the dynamic range to suppress it. I prefer to hear all the detail, warts and all, though a lot of noise can be removed by very carefully setting up the deck, arm and cartridge. I shall have a look at Spin Doctor and the Griffin software. I am also curious to know what use a PowerWave is. I just run high quality cable from the preamplifier tape monitor to the G4 minijack in and another one from mini jack out to the aux input. I often wonder if there is a way of improving the connections and the signal quality but I have rather subscribed to the principal of the "the fewer things on the signal path the better". Which made me wonder about the other Griffin device (Powermate?) and whether I could plug the G4 directly into the Power Amp without risk of speaker destruction when powering up the G4 !:0] Cheers Drew On 17 Apr 2004, at 16:55, Brian Steere wrote: > First off - the vinyl bit isnt necessary. You just want software that > can record sound in. (I presume you have sound in). > If you do a search at <http://www.versionttracker.com> for 'Sound' you > will get an idea of what is out there. > Felt Tip Sound Studio is one such. > But if you have Toast you also have Spin Doctor which as well as being > able to record sound in, can easily allow it to be separated into > tracks and if you want you can apply crackle and hiss filters etc. > These filters have a cost just as dust and scratches filters do in > graphic applications. > Sometimes the clarity with crackle is better than a muffle in my > opinion. > > If anyone does know a good way to clean up sound hiss and crackle I > would like to know about it. Spin Doctor is quick and dirty but more > dirty than I'd like. I generally think its better to buy a new CD if > its still on sale. > > The mp3 part is easier to do with iTunes or even QuickTime - unless > you prefer a 3rd party mp3 encoder. -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
