Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 09:06:14 -0500 (EST) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: recording audio with SoundBlaster Live/pcm cards: has anyone tried this? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0301020859070.19698-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <3E13D2D0.1080102@mac.com>
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On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, paul beard wrote: > Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 21:49:04 -0800 > From: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: recording audio with SoundBlaster Live/pcm cards: has anyone > tried this? > > I have been working on recording vinyl LPs to digital files but > have run into a problem. It turns out I misread the cryptic runes > on the back of the sound card and was actually recording through > the mic jack. It worked as far as I could tell -- I got sound -- > but I now have audio that sounds suspiciously like mono. > > So after tracking down the manual for the card (an SB Live! Gamer > or Platinum w/o the Live drive), I am now using the line in and > running the audio through an stereo receiver. But now nothing > registers on the level indicators in gramofile. > > According to Creative's open source site, audio in and out is > supported, but there's "supported" and "proven to work." Anyone > have any experience with this or troubleshooting ideas I should be > aware of? > > -- > Paul Beard: seeking UNIX/internet engineering work > <http://paulbeard.no-ip.org/paulbeard.html>; > 8040 27th Ave NE Seattle WA 98115 / 206 529 8400 > I do a *lot* of recording with my SBLive! card and FreeBSD. It's all guitar and drum machine through a 4-track, plugged into my sound card. The trick with the line-in (at least on my rig) was that the input volume on that channel was zero by default. I use the 4-track to do a little pre-mix before recording. I found that if I pull up an audio mixer (kmix, since I use KDE) I can bring the level up on line-in just fine. However, I have found that for certain tracks the mic input is better, although I have to bring the input gain down with kmix. Also, if you need to 'clean up' your recordings to get the 'eggs-frying' noise out of the mix (all my vinyl has it :), Audacity has great noise filters and it's in the ports collection. HTH - JB PS: If you want to carry on this discussion and feel it too off-topic, feel free to contact me off-list. # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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