On Saturday 07 June 2003 03:35 am, Richard Urwin wrote: > On Saturday 07 Jun 2003 4:50 am, Dennis Myers wrote: > > As the subject implies, I am recording my old cassette tapes to make CDs. > > Some of them are nearing 22 years old and I don't want to lose them. I am > > using gramofile since I can't quite get audacity to record to harddrive. > > Now the question is, what's the best way to do this, do the record as a > > .wav and then burn as mp3s or record as mp3s and burn CDs as mp3s? I > > don't find any helpful guidelines as to what gives the best sound quality > > in the end. > > recording and burning as .WAV gives you: > loss-less recording > CDs you can play on any CD player > > recording as .MP3 gives you: > smaller files, so fewer CDs required > recording with good quality should be able to match the tape quality. > you can only play the CDs on the computer or MP3-aware players. > > recording as .WAV and burning as .MP3 gives you the worst of both, but you > may have more control over the MP3 quality. > > I would record as .WAV and then burn as an audio CD, one disc per tape, or > per tape side. > > > And is there a faster way to do the process than just play the tape > > and record? > > no > > Also be sure you mute system sounds, or they might appear on the recording.
Thanks for the advice. This is a new adventure and I am finding that not only are some of my tapes wearing out but old stereo equipment is getting a bit old and cranky too. So this transfer may be just in time. It is going to take a couple of weeks of off and on work. Your advice is appreciated. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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