[mdlug] Cassette tape to Music CD

[Ingles, Raymond]

> From: Drew

>     What's the best way to go about this? My sound card, 
> according to lspci, is an Ensonique ES1370.

 The other suggestions (Audacity et al) are good and should work fine.
However, a point - cheaper soundcards have correspondingly cheaper D/A
and A/D units. Indeed, they'll tend to skimp on the Analog-to-Digital
(capture) because that's less often used, and when people do use it,
they're usually capturing voice which doesn't need a lot of fidelity.

 I noticed a *major* difference between the A/D on a Trident 4DWave
sound card and that on an SB Live card. The Soundblaster was markedly
better. The good news is, the 1370 gets good marks for sound quality from
here:

 http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/reports/index.htm

 Other tips may be found here:

 http://lau.linuxaudio.org/audio_quality_HOWTO.htm

 Sincerely,

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