Re: Transferring 78s to CD

[Brian Dichter <dbrian...>]

on 9/7/2000 8:48 PM, WINSTON WEILHEIMER at nusach (at) hotmail(dot)com wrote:

> FIRST you need to download a program that will record and make mp3 files of
> the recording.  Go to mp3.com and download mac version of music match.  it
> is one of the best at this.  i use it to record for my nusach internet radio
> show.
> 
> SECOND you need a good set of noise limiting cables with the correct plugs
> for your set up. (gold tipped)  You plug in from the earphone or out jack
> outlet of the phono, and into your sound card.
> 
> THIRD  load music match.  i use ibm version, i assume the mac version has
> similar set up.  you set up the the source to be from your sound card.  be
> careful not to be on line, or play any games during recording, cause the mp3
> file will have the sounds from such activity as well as the recording.
> 
> FOURTH make your play list from the mp3 files on the hard drive.  and then
> select make cd and the program will burn the cd (assuming you have a cdrw).
> That's it!
> 
> do not make your cd from zip drive...it will take forever.  you can move the
> mp3 files to the zip drive afterwards.  I store mp3 files on a data cd that
> I burn rather than a zip disk as it holds more.
> 
> good luck...let me know if you need more help....i do it all the time...3 to
> 4 times a week.
> 
The biggest problem with mp3s is that these files are compressed which
usually means that the elements of the file are kind of squished together in
such a way that bits of data can be tossed out. Well, a lot of people are
using this format now because of the amazing file-size reduction. But, if
you listen to the same songs on a CD and compare them to the mp3 version,
it's obvious that too much information is gone--the quality is not there. If
you want to maintain the integrity of the original recording as much as
possible then you'll want to avoid mp3 compression. It would be better to
pull in all the data, clean it up as needed, and then burn it to CD with all
the data intact. Afterwards, if you need to use mp3s, for samples on your
website for example, you can generate them very easily from the CDs.

brian


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