Hello Charles.

01 Mar 03 16:28, you wrote to me:

 RT>>>> Hmm ... had a peek at Goldwave, and the slow down feature
 RT>>>> in my copy only goes to .50, and if my math is any good,
 RT>>>> I need around .48 to go from 33 1/3 rpm to 16 rpm.

 CA>>> The .50 would be close enough to be undetectable for all
 CA>>> but the 'golden ears' out there. :-)

 RT>> I got pretty good ears, tho I will not claim "golden ear"
 RT>> status, but my hi-fi equipment, CD, player. turntable, amps
 RT>> and speakers cost me just over 3x the price of my car. :-)

 CA> I can only reply "WOW!". :-)



 RT>> the .50 stting just might turn out to be perfect anyhow, as
 RT>> someone pointed out that 16 rpm LP's actually are 16 2/3
 RT>> rpm discs.

 CA>>>>> Let me know how this works for you. If it doesn't I may
 CA>>>>> have other suggestions by that time. ;-)

 RT>>>> It would seem that CoolEdit has a option which will allow
 RT>>>> me to do this, must get a hold of that 16 rpm LP and free
 RT>>>> up some HDD space, and give it a bash. :-)

 CA>>> Any well-written WAV editor that you want to use is good.

 RT>> Hmmm ...

 CA> Seriously. I wrote single-bit sound apps to save raw sound data
 CA> from a DAC and WAV files aren't much different. It's quite
 CA> 'raw' in it's format, that's why they are so huge.

That I understand, but something I have been wondering about is, is there 
likely to be a program that loses "quality" while working with
and saving to 
*.wav format. ie. I use CDWAVE to split LP sides into tracks, no sound 
processing, all things being equal, am I likely to loose quality of sound 
using different apps to save the same "sound data" or is this
something that 
is not likely to happen.

 CA> --8<--cut

 CA>>> Hopefully not more than 2 or 3 times to grab good audio
 CA>>> and write the WAV file.

 RT>> Have no intention of playing it more than once, unless I
 RT>> absolutely have to, and my system is setup to just over 80%
 RT>> on SU meters, once recorded I then "normalize to 95% via
 RT>> software.

 CA> Sounds right to me, I do the same. :-)

 CA>>> Let me know what you find when you get there. ;-)

 RT>> Will do. :-)

 CA> I really am interested in this, it's one of the better uses for
 CA> a CD burner.

As soon as that LP lands here, I will record it to HDD, and then write to a 
CD, and then "work" on it. :-)

The only use that my computer at home earns me a few Rands. :-)

Russell

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