I'm working on learning how to rip audio off vinyl LPs so I can turn some
of my 30-40 year old collection of LPs into CDs.
I'm having trouble, I believe, with my soundcard, Creative AudioPCI,
which uses the es1371 driver.
I've used both gramofile and snd to capture some sound from the turnable,
and in both cases get quite a bit of distortion even though both tools
report that I have NOT had a high enough level to drive the system into
clipping (gramofile reports only a small number of samples above 90%,
NONE above 99, and NONE clipped). Using SND, the VU meters never go
above about 75-85% but the same distortion occurs.
IF, OTOH, I reduce the input gain so that the VU meters hover around
50%, the audio is not audibly distorted.
trouble with this, of course, is we lose dynamic range.
Am I stuck with doing it this way? Is it an issue with the sound card,
or is there some trick to adjusting the mixer's controls? Or am I
destined to have to buy a new sound card so I can accomplish this
task?
If I need a new card, I'm open to suggestions (but I'm not made out
of money!)
Thanks!
Fred
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But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
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