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Last thing first. CD Wave for
digitizing tape. Most of the best tapers and torrenters recommend it for going
from playback straight into the PC. Also even folks that use other software use
it for splitting the tracks as it's about the only one that doesn't create SBE
(sector boundary errors) that can cause little pops and clicks.
With EAC you should never use burst
mode for a good extraction. This is a good quick start guide. Just skip the Lame
mp3 parts unless you make mp3 for some reason. Lame does make the very best
sounding mp3 I've ever heard and it's also free.
When you are ready to encode your wav
files I can't recommend flac over shn highly enough. Shorten isn't being
developed any more and flac is always being improved. It's just
better.
----- Original Message -----
From: Danny
ODare
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 6:37 AM
Subject: [Zappa-List] EAC advice needed - problems extracting one
track! Hi guys & gals - here is a copy of the message I've just posted over at Zappateers. I'm planning (well, hoping!) to upload Madison 11-Aug-84 (2-CDs - original source) as a torrent, but I just cannot get 'Easy Meat' (real nice version as well) to extract properly - all the other tracks are fine. Very frustrating! cheers, Danny Hi guys & gals! I'm trying to upload my first ever torrent (Madison 11-8-84) to Zappateers & DimeaDozen, but I'm having problems extracting the last track (No14 - "Easy Meat) from the first disc - I keep getting errors, "suspicious positions" warnings and so on. However, this is the first time I've ever used Exact Audio Copy, so I don't really know the 'tricks of the trade' yet. Yes, I've extensively cleaned the offending disc and tweakes some of the settings ('burst enable', for instance), but still no joy. Needless to say, it plays perfectly fine, just will not extract. Any advice? Once I sort this out, I'm planning to upload some Mike Keneally shows and a really good 90min radio interview with FZ, entitled - "Broadway the Hardway explained and more' on a 'Feast of Friends' show KMPC 8-1-89 (w/Alan Ladd). I do not recall seeing this one doing the rounds either on Zappateers or EasyTree/DimeaDozen. If, for any reason, you do not think it would be advisable to upload the content listed above, please let me know - as I said before, I am a newbie to all this Torrenting/Uploading/Seeding (etc) stuff. Also, what program would you recommend for 'digitalising' my FZ audio cassettes - SoundForge, Nero Wave/sound Editor, CD Wave, WaveLab or Adobe Audition? I must admit, I don't have a clue about how to do it, so all tips & sagely advice gratefully accepted!! cheers, itsonlydanny p.s. I include the draft text/blurb that comes with my putative Madison '84 upload: "This is my first ever torrent upload, so be gentle with me - you know what it is like when you lose your cherry! Obviously, as this is my first bash, it will (in all probablity) be quite amateurish, but you live and learn, I suppose. I didn't choose this recording for any great particular reason, except that I don't recall seeing it floating around Zappateers/EasyTree recently - though of course I could be completely wong about that! Not much to say about the lineage of this recording, apart from the fact that it came to me as the "Moustache Over Madison" 2-cd bootleg (my mate bought it for a lot of money!!). I haven't done any of that fancy editing stuff, as the original discs sounded fine to me - though some of the hard-core veterans might disagree! In the future I might edit/polish any Zappa stuff I upload, probably using either SoundForge v7 or Steinberg's WavLab (or maybe Nero Sound/wave editor). Naturally, I do not have a clue at the moment as to how to use these programs, but I'll learn no doubt. I plan to uploads shed-loads of FZ material. I've been meaning to do it for ages, but just somehow never found the time. For instance, at the moment, I've got about three boxes of FZ audio cassettes lurking on the backstairs, most of which I've never found the time to listen to, let alone transfer/digitalise/torrentise ... Let the torrent (stupid pun intended) begin! All friendly and constructive advise will be gratefully accepted - and anything else will be politely, but sternly, ignored! Contact me at either: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" OR "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Oh yes, the technical info and track listings - of which the latter, naturally, I've lazily cut-and-pasted from Jon Naurin's show list, and amended where appropriate. "Original source unknown>2XCD-R>EAC>WAV>SHN(MWCT)>BitComet" 11-Aug 1984, Oscar Meyer Theatre, Madison, WI 120 min, Aud, A- Digitally recorded. Disc 1 1.Tuning Up 2.Heavy Duty Judy 3. Band Intro 4.Tinseltown Rebellion 5.More Trouble Every Day 6.Penguin In Bondage 7.Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel 8.Advance Romance 9.Cocaine Decisions 10.Nig Biz 11Outside Now 12.Be In My Video 13.Montana 14.Easy Meat (incl. Variations On Sinister #3) Disc 2 1.Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy 2.Carol You Fool 3.Chana In De Bushwop 4.Let's Move To Cleveland 5. Chat/Tuning Up#2 6.Dinah-Moe Humm 7.Dancin' Fool 8.Sharleena 9.The Illinois Enema Bandit" Very Happy Question ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/c9hWNA/3MnJAA/n1hLAA/yXLolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! 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