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signofzeta
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Post subject: Re: Capturing PCM soundtrack to a computer Posted: 19 Dec 2014, 06:30 |
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A lot of laptops, such as all Macbooks for some years now, have a TOSLINK hidden in the 1/8" mic/line in. You need a mini TOSLINK adaptor like what was popular in the day of Minidisc. I did this to record the audio from Lou Reed & John Cale: Songs for Drella (1990) [LVD9225] since the LD version is live and, IMHO, superior to the studio album, its my preferred version. Its nice to have a more portable copy.
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Post subject: Re: Capturing PCM soundtrack to a computer Posted: 20 Dec 2014, 01:57 |
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I've used an Edirol R-44 to do bit-perfect captures of both PCM and (demodulated) Dolby-Digital tracks. It records wav files to SD cards, so it's trivial to 'leave it running' and go do something else.
Not a cheap solution (unless you can find one on ebay/craigslist), but mostly idiot proof. Mostly.
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Post subject: Re: Capturing PCM soundtrack to a computer Posted: 20 Dec 2014, 03:12 |
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signofzeta wrote: A lot of laptops, such as all Macbooks for some years now, have a TOSLINK hidden in the 1/8" mic/line in. You need a mini TOSLINK adaptor like what was popular in the day of Minidisc. I did this to record the audio from Lou Reed & John Cale: Songs for Drella (1990) [LVD9225] since the LD version is live and, IMHO, superior to the studio album, its my preferred version. Its nice to have a more portable copy. Unfortunately last two generations macbook dropped this feature. I was so excited when my wife bought her macbook pro last year then I found out the newer models don't have any audio inputs anymore:(
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Post subject: Re: Capturing PCM soundtrack to a computer Posted: 08 Mar 2015, 15:37 |
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mercury77 wrote: So I want to keep it as analogue as possible, which I am sure you want to do. The sound is encoded digitally (16/44.1) in many cases, although analoge track do exist, so why make a D/A conversion before transferring it to your PC? It makes no sense to me at least. If you're recording the analog track then I fully understand, although for actual listening there is no reason to go any higher than 16/44.1 (unless you're listening to music with a dynamic range of 115dB and are playing it at 130dB+).
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signofzeta
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Post subject: Re: Capturing PCM soundtrack to a computer Posted: 08 Mar 2015, 17:17 |
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happycube wrote: Works yes, but it might not be bit-perfect. I've made quite a few copies of things over TOSLINK. Depending on what systems you are using its often possible to monitor how many errors need to be corrected by the recording device. Usually, over the course of 30 minutes the number of errors is zero. Sometimes is like...two. If it's a half hour recording that's two samples out of 80 million. I don't know what "bitperfect" is but if you want an identical copy of what's on the LD this is the way to do it. It's easy, common, trivial, honestly.
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