Re: Tapes to MP3?

[Bruno Prior <bruno@xxxxxxx>]

You're probably right. I don't know a lot about the physical side of 
this sort of thing, which is why I put "I believe". I've probably
been 
doing the wrong thing for years. On the other hand, it worked, but I 
have no idea if the quality would have been better doing it your way. I
wasn't expecting great quality off tape anyway, and it seemed pretty
good.

The only other thing about doing it my way is simplicity. I simply put a
switch on the line out from the amplifier, so I could choose to send the
signal either to the tape deck or to the soundcard. Then all I had to do
was switch the switch to send the signal to the soundcard, whether I was
ripping vinyl or tape.

Cheers,

Bruno


Sullivan, Glenn wrote:
> Not to pick nits, but I beg to differ...
> 
> Line out from a tape deck is line out and should be a cleaner signal
than
> running it through a receiver or preamplifier first.
> 
> Phono out from a record player is completely different.  It needs
to have a
> specific EQ curve applied to it to restore the low frequencies and cut
the
> high frequencies that we modified during the cutting of the
master.  Records
> should ALWAYS be played either through the phono input of a receiver
or
> preamp, or with a custom eq circuit applied before the signal is
processed
> to get back to the true sound...
> 
> At least that's the way it is here in the states...
> 
> Happy holidays,
> 
> Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I  MCDBA
> David Clark Company Inc.



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