Hi Thomas!
TK> Servus Sven!
Servus Sven appropinquat... der Skalve Sven naehert sich :))) Selbst fuer 
jemanden, der mal 5 Jahre schlecht in Latein war ist das "Servus" als Gruss 
immer noch komisch :)))))
TK> Ehm, yes. What about recording a CD from an external SONY MiniDisk -
TK> Device?
That wouldn`t be any problem... There are some ways that work and there is a 
way that works best. If you ahev a MiniDisk player with a digital (S/PDIF) 
output and a soundcard with an S/PDIF input, that would be best. You just 
make a WAV file out of every piece, that isn`t worse than the original.
TK> Do you think it would be possible to do it via any of the "normal"
TK> Sound Blasters, such as Creative Labs AWE 32 ... ? And if, which input
TK> should be used?
Doing it the analog way causes definately some degradations. The DAC (digital 
to analog converter) of the MD-player isn`t too bad, I think. The ADC (analog 
to digital converter) of the soundcard might not be as good. Especially the 
mic inputs aren`t very good on most soundcards... they are made for things 
like voice processing, not for recording music. Also some soundcards put 12V 
phantom power to the mic input. That might destroy the line out of other 
audio devices, in case those aren`t "phantom power proove".
If the soundcard has a line input, you have to use it for recording the WAV 
files. The ADC might be better, too. I don`t know the techical data of the 
AWE 32 (the wave table is pretty good). An SNR (signal to noise ratio) of 
60dB is about tape quality. 10 dB more means it`s half of the noise energy. 
90dB is pretty good, >100dB is studio quality.
Take care     
             
             SVEN
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