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

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

RJT> I'm not sure where it was,  but somewhere in one doc file or another I
RJT> saw some documentation about the format of some of these files.  I'm
RJT> pretty sure that .wav is just a small amount of header information
RJT> prepended to what amounts to raw dsp data.  Try man sox,  perhaps?
RJT> :-)  If I run across it again I'll let you know where...

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

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

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

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

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

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