Hello Roy.

11 Mar 03 04:06, you wrote to me:


 RT>> It is good for a great deal, which unfortunately means a great
 RT>> deal of reading and time spent experimenting or testing. :-)

 RT> My recollection is that there's stuff in there about converting from
 RT> one sound file format to another,  beyond that I'm not remembering
 RT> much.

That and a whole heap of other things as well. :-)

 RJT>> Right now I'm running gramofile again,  getting another tape
 RJT>> into .wav,  after which I can split it into tracks get it into
 RJT>> .mp3 files. Hey,  is there a way to pause that while flipping
 RJT>> sides?  Back to the docs,  I guess.

 RT>> None that I know of, make side one, and then side two, two
 RT>> seperate files is what I do.

 RT> That thought did occur to me.

 RT>> Also easyier to work with a 300 megabyte wave file than a 600
 RT>> megabyte wave file. 

 RT> Easier?  Maybe quicker anyhow.

Easier, yes, it is quicker too, takes half the time ti filter/hiss 
removal/pop/click removal, have the memory and disk space ....

 RJT>> Now I need to figure out how I want to organize this stuff,
 RJT>> etc. Somehow just throwing big piles of .mp3 files into one big
 RJT>> pile in a directory just doesn't appeal...

 RT>> /mp3/*classification*/artist/title/*songname*

 RT> That whole genre-list is something else,  way more subdivisions than
 RT> I'll ever use.  But what you wrote there is sorta close to what I was
 RT> thinking.  Even still,  there are things where I'm still not sure
 RT> where to put 'em.

All to true. :-((

 RT>> Currently looking for a intergrated amplifier I can put real
 RT>> close to my computer to make life easier, currently I have to
 RT>> pull my computer apart,  assemble next to the Hi-Fi in the
 RT>> lounge, record, then reverse the process,  back to my room where
 RT>> I work on the files and do the transfer to CD-ROM,  which I do
 RT>> not appreciate having to do.

 RT> How long a cable would you need to reach from one room to another?

From where my computer now sits, to next to my Hi-Fi, about 20 meters.

 RT> For an amp you can do well with not very much hardware,  if you don't
 RT> want a whole lot of power.  I built a little box some time back after
 RT> I snagged a pre-done board that had been set up for a "stereo
 RT> headphone amplifier".  The board was sold by Radio Shack at one time,
 RT> I picked mine up at a hamfest for 50 cents or so. Built it,  stuffed a
 RT> couple of LM386 (?) chips in there,  added some switches to deal with
 RT> the jumper options the board gave me,  and fed it from a little DC
 RT> power supply.  Nominal output of the supply is supposed to be 9 volts
 RT> at 1 amp (!) but I suspect it goes a little higher than that.  It gets
 RT> surprisingly loud,  and fidelity is more than adequate for my needs.
 RT> I have the papers that came with this board around here someplace,
 RT> even think I know where they are,  so if you want I could send you
 RT> some photocopies...

I don't need an amp so much, as the RIAA stage which is part of the phono 
stage in the amp.

Russell

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