Hi All,
I am a technician in the Bird Division at the Smithsonian and I have a
few questions about archiving and thought maybe the people on this
list would know something about it. One of our researchers has about
50 hours of analog tape, collected over the last 20 years of one
species of warbler. We want to transfer this to digital format, but
being museum types we are interested in preserving the original sound
as best we can. We have a small sound lab with a HHB CDR-850
professional recorder which could be used to directly capture the
sound from analog tape. I think is the best way for preserving
quality, but I was asked to look into other methods using computers,
soundcards, etc. I know that you can hook a tape recorder up to a
computer and capture sounds easily, but I don't think .wav or MP3 are
going to be of the quality I want.
So, my question to you all is...how would one go about transfering
audio tapes to digital using a PC with an emphasis on preserving sound
quality?
What is the best format?
What is the best soundcard?
Do I need an amplifier?
What is the best way to attach the analog recorder to the computer?
What software would best capture the sound?
What else...?
Thanks for you help! I am new to the list, so my apologies if this
topic has already been covered recently.
Chris Milensky
SI - Division of Birds
202-633-0794
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