EVO PHONODAC TWO
DXD-DSD A-TO-D AND D-TO-A CONVERTER – PHONO PREAMP
REVISION P
R
A – JULY 2016
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9.6. Recording programs
When acquiring on a computer with the
EVO PHONODAC TWO
, a suitable program of
application needs to be used. Several different programs of packages are available for
Windows, Mac and Linux, some of them are freeware, others need to be purchased.
M2Tech
cannot be aware of all the available programs, nor specifically recommend any of
them, nevertheless some indications are useful for the
EVO PHONODAC TWO
owner in
order to have a glance of the available features and the possibilities offered by the various
programs.
A free package for Windows is Audacity (
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/?lang=en
) which
allows for recording up to 384kHz 24bits (with source packages compiled by the user,
otherwise 192kHz will be the limit for executables downloaded by Audacity website) and
generates files in WAV, FLAC and other compressed formats. Several options dedicated
to the vinyl are available, as automatic tracks cut to divide the acquisition of an LP side
into the single tracks, and de-clicking.
A much more professional package, Cubase, is sold by Steinberg
(
http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/cubase/start.html
) and can operate up to 192kHz
32bits.
Mac users may take advantage from PureVinyl (
http://www.channld.com/pure-vinyl.html
)
by Channel D, as well as from SoundBlade by Sonic Studio
(
http://www.sonicstudio.com/sonic/products/sonic_productoverview.html
). For sure, free
apps are available as well.
For a very complete list of ripping programs, please check
http://www.recordcollectorsguild.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=sections&file=inde
x&req=viewarticle&artid=6&page=1
.
