Posted by JL on 09/18/05 02:12

On 17/09/2005 23:12, asdf wrote:

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>>If TuneBite just digitally copies the sound data as it goes to the card, then there will be no difference in sound quality due to your soundcard. However if like you're telling me it is actually meant to play the sound through the Speaker jack and record back through the Line jack, then yes, the soundcard will affect the quality and basically the weak link is the card's DAC and also how succeptible the card is to the electronic noise coming from inside the PC case.
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> Yes that is what it does plays the sound and records at the same time..
> I don't know exactly how it does it but it says that other sound that
> gets played on the computer at the time will show up on the recording.
> I have to go through all this because I have a drm wma file that I
> bought at musicmatch and want it on my ipod !
> I'm also wondering about this technique because if you could get really
> good recordings this way, eg using really good hardward and a high rate
> then you don't have to worry much again about DRM. I was thinking that
> one way you could test the quality would be to do the recording again
> and again like 10 times and see what the result is. Maybe try another
> sound card and do the same thing or another computer etc. You could
> also test ripping this way as well rip and then burn and then rip again
> and then burn and see what quality you get after like 10 times or
> something.

If you care at all about audio quality, there is absolutely no point in
converting an already badly compressed audio format (WMA) into analogue,
then back into digital and then into another compressed format (MP3).
You will get terrible results, as clarity is reduced at each stage. Buy
it on CD or download in MP3 format to start with.

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