Russell Tiedt wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 RJT>> Try man sox,  perhaps? :-)  If I run across it again I'll let you
 RJT>> know where...

 RT>> Will read it anyhow as it seems to be one of the more capable
 RT>> Linux sound manipulation utilities even if it is command line
 RT>> driven.

 RJT> I'm going to have to review it as well,  since I am not currently
 RJT> doing much with it,  and I forget what it's good for.  

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

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

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

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

That thought did occur to me.

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

Easier?  Maybe quicker anyhow.

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

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

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

 RJT> Had a minor hardware glitch here,  just now.  When I started this 
 RJT> tape I wasn't getting any left channel.  Re-seating the connection 
 RJT> at the line input to the sound card fixed it.  And this for a new 
 RJT> card?  I wonder if I need a bit of spray cleaner in there or 
 RJT> something.  I wonder if I can even find it, anywhere in this 
 RJT> mess?  :-)

 RT> All miniheadphone jacks are not born equal, nor are they all the 
 RT> same dimensions, so there might be no problem with the connection,
 RT> then the jack on the card might not be "quite" up to spec, or the 
 RT> one on the lead you used to record with.

Yeah,  it's not given me any trouble since then.

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

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

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

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