[linux-audio-user] Hardware recommendations for recording under kernel 2.6/Alsa

[John Check]

On Sunday 22 August 2004 02:51 am, Jason White wrote:
> My main interest at present is in making archival recordings of
> material that I originally recorded on audio cassette. My system
> currently contains a C-Media CM8738 controller as part of the Asus
> system board, which is recognized by Alsa. I assume that for quality
> results I will need better sound hardware. I asked this question of a
> local user's group last year and was informed that the M-Audio Delta
> 66 is of high quality and has good Alsa support. It was further suggested
> that one of the USB A/D converters could be useful as it would also
> work on a laptop.
>
> Taking into account price, performance and driver support, what
> options do you think I should consider?
>
> To connect to a cassette tape recorder is it sufficient to run a cable
> from its audio output to the input of the sound card, or is an audio
> isolation transformer also necessary (not sure where one would acquire
> this but I have heard that they are sometimes needed)?
>
> There are informative reviews at http://www.linuxhardware.org/ but
> they focus mainly on playback functionality rather than recording.
>
> Any suggestions for a newcomer to the field would be most welcome.
>
> Jason.

Was the program originally recorded on a deck with noise reduction?
I was just ripping some tracks from old old 4 track cassette masters
that were DBX'ed. 2:1 expansion works for the "decoding".

Dolby is a different story, it's more complex.