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 The Analogue Ripper - 2.05record LPs, tapes, edit & export to mp3 |
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| Overall Rating: |   (3.0) |
Features: | (3.0) |
Support: | (3.5) |
| Ease of Use: | (2.5) |
Quality / Stability: | (3.5) |
Price: | (4.0) |
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Developed for convenience and ease of use - Version: 2.05, 11/23/2006 11:21AM PST
(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)
n9vjg
It's a fantastic program. It's a little tough getting used to in the beginning with the editing controls. However, the export and send to itunes functions are priceless. I like the interface, timers, etc. Playthrough controls are in the right spot. Track-Hunter is the best function for editing songs and speeches. The copy and paste for info that is embedded into MP3's is also very handy. It has a nice pop-up help function and the PDF is easy to search and read.
Sometimes I unintentionally end up setting it to gobble up 50GB for a 90min. tape. It seems this "glitch" occurs when I start to record something, stop it and it goes into the Editor (when I forgot to check the button for Pause Recording (and resume on Sound Input). Then I have to quit the program once or twice to re-save as the same name. Weird. But it "fixes" itself after the recording is done and I get my 50GB back.
Other than that, it's perfect. I've done 13 cassettes so far and have not had one single crash or major glitch.
I hope the developer continues to improve it and make a lot of money from it. It's worth the $30. In fact, it's really worth alot more. Maybe $60 or $80.
Sometimes I unintentionally end up setting it to gobble up 50GB for a 90min. tape. It seems this "glitch" occurs when I start to record something, stop it and it goes into the Editor (when I forgot to check the button for Pause Recording (and resume on Sound Input). Then I have to quit the program once or twice to re-save as the same name. Weird. But it "fixes" itself after the recording is done and I get my 50GB back.
Other than that, it's perfect. I've done 13 cassettes so far and have not had one single crash or major glitch.
I hope the developer continues to improve it and make a lot of money from it. It's worth the $30. In fact, it's really worth alot more. Maybe $60 or $80.
Ripping Good Program! - Version: 2.0.3, 2/5/2006 09:33AM PST
(3 of 3 users found this comment useful)
gkhorner
Tried The Demo and within the hour sent off payment to register it.
Its such a time saver, I record LP's at 45RPM and it converts them to 33 1/3RPM.
It finds the gaps between tracks (Most of the Time).
I then enter the album and track data and get it to send the files to Itunes, it then gets Itunes to encode them into MP3's.
The album data and track titles are also sent to Itunes so all I need to do is look up Album art.
So about 5-10 Minutes after recording an LP it can be in my Itunes library.
Its such a time saver, I record LP's at 45RPM and it converts them to 33 1/3RPM.
It finds the gaps between tracks (Most of the Time).
I then enter the album and track data and get it to send the files to Itunes, it then gets Itunes to encode them into MP3's.
The album data and track titles are also sent to Itunes so all I need to do is look up Album art.
So about 5-10 Minutes after recording an LP it can be in my Itunes library.
The author claims it loads and runs in 3 sec on a Quad Xeon MacPro(?) machine of his. But he didn't want to argue about it. I was using the trial, crippled version as it turned out, which he also did not realize in trying to refute my claim of it not working.
He also admitted that development was 'stalled', "It's a project that I intended to revisit when I had clear feature benefits to include. It's so easy to make things more complicated. Now it needs a maintenance release."
Didn't go past that terribly far. I did however contact the author (Ian Mann) to advise him of the facts and elicit some help. He seemed determined to refute my claims rather than help, seems there wasn't much to do. As a result of discussions with him, found out that this software isn't going any further in the forseeable future, originated from an OS9 version (recompiled?), despite claims of compatibility with SL, hadn't actually proven itself on a slower machine, o and the demo version doesn't perform nearly 'as well' as the full app.
For analog vinyl ripping it does not have some tools I consider essential. Never got to compare the cost. I went to Audacity and was much more satisfied. Even Ian seems to prefer it.
So in short, the 'demo' doesn't work, it isn't being developed further now, doesn't have the tools available elsewhere. IMO that's plainly shoddy. Why would you not expect a demo to, uh, try out the software?