what sound card are you using? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jinx" To: Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 11:06 AM Subject: [OT]:Audio conversion for CD > I've got a head-scratcher in the continuing quest to get my vinyl on > to CDs and hope that someone has a suggestion for a fix > > As I understand it, audio CDs use 44.1kHz 16-bit files. If my recording > s/w is set to this though there's an unpleasant ringing on high frequencies, > eg female vocals. At 96kHz PCM 16-bit sampling the sound is good, > so it's possible to create hi-fi .wav files, although the writer s/w rejects > them as CD- incompatible. Hmmm. The file can be converted to > 44.1kHz, but the ringing comes back. However, it can now be written > as a .cda track > > I've had a look at CD Recorders, eg Philips, Marantz, that use 96kHz > 24-bit DSPs. Somewhere in the h/w that sampling rate is knocked > back to 44.1kHz whilst retaining the fidelity of the original. But starting > price for good ones is $2000 > > It "may" be the sound card, but as the source and 96kHz sampling > sound OK and its settings are at "Best", I'm sceptical. I've tried 3 > different programs - Polderbits, Goldwave and Windows Sound > Recorder - with identical results > > Any thoughts ? TIA > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics