On Tuesday 28 Jan 2003 8:51 am, Vahur Lokk wrote:
> Hello!
> I happen to have a rather largish LP collection gathering dust for almost a
> decade since the player broke.
> Now I thought it would be cool to somehow digitize it all and acquired old
> grammophone (is this the right word?). Connected it to my soundcard.
>
> But nothing. No sound in speakers, no sound in files saved (K Sound
> Recorder used). So where to look for mistakes? And what kind of software I
> actually should use for my purposes?
>
> Wahur

I managed to import my old vinyl by connecting the output from the record deck 
directly to the  input of my sound card.  Naturally you have to set your 
mixer to accept input from the correct input device, and to unmute it.

As for software there is a package called 'Gramofile'  available in the 
Contrib directory on any Mandrake mirror.
http://panic.et.tudelft.nl/~costar/gramofile/
It is a command line application, and contains  scratch and rumble filters to 
'spruce up' that worn old vinyl.
I found it necessary to change the default settings to ensure gramofile would 
distinguish the beginning and ending of tracks correctly.

Naturally I saved my imported tracks as ogg files instead of mp3 for reasons 
of quality and 'freedom'.

HTH

derek
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