Hiya.

Ive searched thees forums now for quite awhile, without finding the answer to the following q.
(minor amounts of herbs have been smoked)

So.. this is it:

I want to record a mix played on vinyl to mp3 and i want it to be in the best quality of sound possible. I've tryed using Sound Blasters MediaSource player but have'nt been getting the results i want.

Can anywon ov u golden audio god's tell me wich prog to use??

..im totaly lost.

Any wav editor will serve your needs just fine ... IMO, it is better to first record, process and cut and then use a standalone encoder (like Lame)

There are many shareware/freeware versions available ... just search the web.

Personally, I prefer using SoundForge 6 for it's versatility and user-friendly interface ... others prefer WaveLab, some still use CoolEdit (now Adobe Audition) ... you can even use the wav editor integrated into Nero - Burning ROM or even Exact Audio Copy or CDEx ... each of these programs can capture any input signal your soundcard can handle ...

For sound capture Audacity is as good as any, though if your vinyl isn't in good condition you'll probably want to invest in a declicker. Your problem is probably the Sound Blaster card, all creative cards are poor for music. A good cheap card is the Phillips Aurilium, it's external so it doesn't add noise. It doesn't have the features, such as low latency and midi, that musicians generally want, analogue in and digital out it is superb.

As far as I remember this is a pretty good in dept page to the art of analog ripping:
http://www.delback.co.uk/lp-cdr.htm

THNX !!

The author of this page is a developer of a great proggy called waverepair....Check it out-its more the worth it....Its a specific kind of audioeditor--aiming almost exclusively at capturing vinyls to wave(recording)and editing it in real time.Its a great alternative if you dont have-cant afford things like samplitude,wavelab wave plugins..etc...