Re: [SLUG] record from Line Iw

From: Pete Theisen (petetheisen@verizon.net)
Date: Sat Dec 26 2009 - 21:52:30 EST


Eben King wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Dec 2009, 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?
>>>
>>> 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.
>
> No matter. I'd be happy with the record being recorded, no matter how
> the sound gets there. Thanks.
>

Hi Eben,

Are you using FLAC? Might help. Might not, too. Uncharted water.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/30547/Ripping-Vinyl-to-FLAC

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