Pete Theisen wrote:
> Pete Theisen wrote:
>> Eben King wrote:
>>> I got a USB turntable for Christmas. Yay. Unfortunately, I could
>>> not get a USB connection to work (one I compiled usb-audio I got no
>>> sound here [Ubuntu 6.xx LTS], and very choppy sound on the laptop
>>> [Ubuntu 8.04 LTS]). So I switched to using Line In through my
>>> Soundblaster Live! here.
>>>
>>> I can get playthrough to work by unmuting and raising the "Line"
>>> slider, but nothing I do allows me to record from Line IN. Right
>>> now, I'm using Audacity. Its input is set to "ALSA SB Live 5.1: ADC
>>> Capture/Standard PCM Playback (hw:0.0)". (Yes, I tried the obvious
>>> approaches of setting the mixer to capture to "Line" and zero or more
>>> of "Front" and "Wave".)
>>>
>>> I don't mind hearing while I record, but I'd then have to make sure
>>> no other sounds happened while I recorded. Any clues?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Eben,
>>
>> This guy seems to have done it:
>>
>> http://junocake.blogspot.com/2007/03/ripping-vinyl-with-gnulinux.html
>
> Oh, wait, he isn't using USB, though. IF USB or the turntable is the
> problem this won't help you, sorry.
You don't want to use Line-In unless you have real recording equipment.
The SB Live is a good card, but the inputs are very noisy. For
recording, I personally have an M-Audio Fast Track Pro (a $200 device...).
Is the USB turntable class-compliant? If not, I suggest you return it
and find one that is. Generally you can tell this by the OSes they
support. If it supports both Windows and OSX, chances are it's
class-compliant. It may even specify if it is (my M-Audio mentions that,
for instance).
Class-compliant basically means it works without a driver. Under Linux,
the audio would work via the driver you compiled. You may need
particular configuration to get things to work the way you need them to.
The alsa wiki may have particulars for you.
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