Guest Anonymous Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 So now I have stacks of live recorded MDs and I must put them on CD. What do I need in order to do this? What's the minimum I need on my comp in terms of memory and soundcard -- can it be done on a laptop? And what is this I hear about a USB interface -- is that necessary? Thanks in advance for any information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 you would need a LINE OUT from your md pr preferably an OPTIC OUT but if u dun hav 1 do not worry 2 much about it and a cable that can connect from your md to ur soundcard's LINE IN socket (whether it be from RCA or 3.5mm Stereo plug)...u need quite a bit of storage space if u want 2 hav them saved as wav files but it can be done on a laptop considering it has an ok soundcard and ample storage space (say 20gb free space???) but this depends on how many songs that u want 2 record... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 The minimum you need is a CD writer with an audio in. You don't even need a computer if you do it this way. Of course, this probably isn't what you are looking for (but it does give very good recordings) The main thing you are looking for is a decent soundcard. If you have an MD player with an digital out (such as some decks and most pro units) then it would be best to get a soundcard with a digital in and use that. Otherwise, you will need to go for an analogue connection, which isn't too bad, but if you have a bad soundcard, then there might be a bit of noise. Specs for doing the recording - more ram will help. You will also want to have a decent hard drive. If you have partitioned your hard drive, try and record to the partition near the edge of the drive (it will be a bit faster because the surface of the drive at the edge is moving faster than the surface in the middle). You will want to shut down as many applications as you can, so hit control-alt-delete and see if anything is running which shouldn't be. Disable as much stuff as possible. In the recording program, look in the options for an options to do with a recording buffer - make the buffer a generous size, just in case some rogue application decides that it is going to do something with your hard drive while you are recording. Finally, just record a couple of minutes first, and then have a listen to it. Record at CD quality (44.1kHz, 16bit, PCM) or even a little bit higher (24bit maybe), if you are happy with the quality, then record the whole thing - otherwise, identify the problem and try again. Don't waste an hour of your time recording something which sounds bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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