bernie arai wrote:
On 4/30/07, *david* <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
Awhile back, someone on the list was asking about an MP3 player type of
thing that could also be used as a portable music recording device.
An audiophile friend of mine has an iAudio LX5 or XL5 (something like
that, I forget the last part of the model). It has a very very clean
stereo line-in connection, and can record audio as FLAC or WAV. He's
been using it to digitize his collection of vinyl albums. Tonight we
listened to the digitized version of a performance of Handel's concerti
grossi (the vinyl is over 40 years old). The digitized sound quality was
marvelous.
It works beautifully with Linux - just plug in the USB cable and his
Linux systems see the 30GB hard drive with no problems.
i have the x5 (less battery, 30gb) and recommend it highly as well. how
does your friend get FLAC or WAV recording from the line in? i can only
record to mp3. maybe i need a firmware update?
Sorry, I checked with my friend, and it only records MP3 from line in.
Here's what my friend said to me:
"That's true. The default for line in recording is a fixed, 128K stream.
You can bump that in increments to 320K. What you heard was a 320k
recording, edited in Audacity to remove some clicks, normalize the
volume, and then exported to WAV. I then used Lame with its "--preset
standard" to convert back to MP3. Typically, the conversion averages
around 200k. LPs use a higher bit rate than CDs (typically 20-30k), not
because they have more music information on them, but because Lame tries
to render the distortions of an LP accurately."
my only gripes about the x5 are the limited way of browsing the
collection (only a basic file browser) and the fact that you need to use
an adapter/dongle for a line-in jack (and usb and power and line out).
My friend does all his browsing using Konqueror on his computer. I saw
the dongle, seemed like it was worth it to me for the quality. I think
without the dongle, you're limited to recording using the built-in mic?
--
David
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