[NTLUG:Discuss] linux and recordings

[Bobby Sanders]

On 08/23/2011 08:22 AM, steve at sjbaker.org wrote:
>>> All
>>> These are amateur home recordings so we are not talking about copyrights
>>> or licensing issues, OK?
>>> We are talking about audio only
>>> What might be the simplest way to made audio CD's from analog tape
>>> recordings?
>>>
>>> And, oh yes, all the computers in this house are Linux, so MS and Mac
>>> solutions will be discarded ... sorry ... no offense intended ... it is
>>> just a fact.
>>> Thanks
>>> Regards
>>> Fred James
>> Audacity has features that will make it easy.  They have very detailed
>> help files that explain the whole process.  It is not nearly as difficult
>> as I thought it was when I tried it.
>>
>> I can dig up the links if you need them, but just go to the online help
>> and it is all there!
> Yeah - Audacity really is the Swiss army knife of Linux audio tools -
> there are a ton of plugins for it too.  Some of the filters are nothing
> short of magical!  One word of caution though - I've found it can
> sometimes be flaky/temperamental when working with monophonic audio.  It
> seems happier with stereo samples.
>
>    -- Steve
Kudos on Audacity.  I don't have "real" inputs ports on my laptop so I 
purchased a little unit from Fry's, Tape2USB II, which has such inputs 
on it in addition to a cassette deck. a recording level monitor, 
monitoring through its own speakers (very weak) and a mic to do voice 
overlays, audio song titles, etc..  It and Audacity work great together 
(it comes with Win Audacity on its disk) to transfer cassette data to my 
HD.   The inputs are to allow me to input data from other tape decks, 
turntables, etc. Haven't tried this though.

     -- Bobby