external audio source -> cd

[Shawn Tayler]

Interesting.  I have one of those DW-90's as well.  I think it might be possible to get it mounted uder Linux as I think it is using either SMB or FTP for file transfers.  The file format internally is WAV, I am fairly sure of this.

stayler

On Fri, 23 May 2003 08:52:47 -0400 dep <dep at linuxandmain.com> professed:

> morning, all.
> 
> i have a little project that i hope to undertake here, but i'm not at 
> all certain how to proceed.
> 
> a dear friend of mine died the first of the month, and on monday there 
> was a memorial luncheon in his honor. i have one of those dinky 
> little olympus digital recorders and thought to record the remarks, 
> which came through in better quality than i expected but not so good 
> that the content would survive many generations of dubbing from 
> involving magnetic media -- i'd normally dump the thing to cassette 
> and call it a day.
> 
> there is a usb port on the recorder, but the gadget saves in some 
> proprietary file format which is readily converted to other formats 
> only through the use of a provided program which runs only on 
> windows. this suggests the need to insert an analog link, from the 
> headphone output on the recorder to the line input on the audio card 
> in my machine.
> 
> now. beyond that i am lost because i have neither done this nor done 
> anything like this, ever. i am not certain how -- or even what 
> application to use -- to bring this in, save it as an easily read 
> file, and burn it to a cd in music cd format, such that anyone who 
> has a cd player can play it. i'm eager to get this done because it is 
> currently subject to the volatile memory of the little recorder, 
> which of course will go blank as soon as the batteries run out.
> 
> ideas? strategies?
> -- 
> dep
> 
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