From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Starkey Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 08:24:05 +0000 Subject: Re: best sound format and app. for recording voice. Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org Ok... never mind. I was wrong. Sorry :} Josh Steiner wrote: > Using mp3 compression, and keeping CD quality sound, you can get 10-14 > times compression. You can sacrifice quality to get much higher, which > may well be appropriate since i can't imagine that the recordings are > going to be overly hi-fi. Use any simple wav recorder to import it into > the computer, then run the .wav's through any number of linux mp3 > compression programs. I'm not sure off the top of my head which ones are > easiest/best. good luck. > > - Josh > > > Unless technology has skyrocketed since I last worked in recording (1995) > > you'll spend 10x more buying hard drives than you will tapes. I forget the > > formula but I think 1 sec on 1 track @ 44.1 samples per second equals a meg > > or so. > > > > I'm pretty sure that the memory usage (not the formula) is still the case. > > Compression may help. > > > > Good luck, > > > > John > > > > Bryan Bolden wrote: > > > > > I am in school and I tape my classes. what I would like to do is to begin > > > to keep digital copies of the taped classes on my computer without taking > > > up so much disk space. what I will do is have the output jack of the tape > > > recorder connected to the input jack of my sound card. I need to know the > > > best sound format and a good (maybe free but I am open to buying a good > > > app) application that will allow me to make digital samples with mono > > > recording and at least radio quality that will not take up a lot of space > > > for a taped class of about an hour. > > > > > > I would prefer the application run on linux but I am open to a good M$ > > > windows based sound application (please forgive me but I am desperate :) > > > > > > --- > Josh "Yoshi" Steiner - josh@xiphoidprocess.com - http://eds.org/~joschi > > Xiphoid Process Records - http://xiphoidprocess.com > San Francisco based Electronic Music.