ripping / Re: [linux-audio-user] Cactus Data Shield copy controlled cd's

[Robert Jonsson]

Hi,

> > Programs like cdparanoia and EAC operate as digital rippers, using the
> > cdrom's built in mechanisms to extract the audio data directly.  There
> > are other programs however (such as cdsound-recorder) that will play the
> > disc through your CD drive's built in DAC, and record the sound through
> > your soundcards ADC input.  Or, you can use a standalone CD player for
> > the same effect.
>
> Wow, I guess that either I have always been mistaken about this, or the
> meaing of the word has changed over the years. I always thought that
> "ripping" meant getting a byte for byte digital copy, converting the CD
> audio format to a soun file format. What you're describing, I always
> thought of as "taping".

Though I'm not a native english speaker, I would tend to agree with you. 
Though it was a long time since I last heard the word "taping" (or it's 
swedish counter part for that matter, incidentally "ripping" doesn't really 
have a swedish counterpart, as with many "newage" words...)

>
> So when some in the Linux Audio world talks about, say, ripping samples
> from an audio sample CD into wavs, in order to load them into csound (just
> picking a likely application), do they mean they made an exact digital
> copy, or do they mean they made an analog copy? I always thought it would
> mean the former, but am I wrong? This is a quite important distinction,
> don't you think?
>

/Robert