Originally posted by: Cowclops
Basically, if you didn't find a problem with the audio in the first set, you won't find a problem with the audio in this set either. The analog in on a TBSC has to be at least as good as the analog in on a sony TR7000 digital8 camcorder. Even if it is a more "technically accurate" manner of recording, syncing a digital rip of the audio to the video would be far more of a pain in the ass and imperfect sync will be more of a bother than the quality lost due to going analog to digital to analog (since it has to be resampled ANYWAY, why not just let the ADC on the sound card do it in the process of recording?)
Basically, if you didn't find a problem with the audio in the first set, you won't find a problem with the audio in this set either. The analog in on a TBSC has to be at least as good as the analog in on a sony TR7000 digital8 camcorder. Even if it is a more "technically accurate" manner of recording, syncing a digital rip of the audio to the video would be far more of a pain in the ass and imperfect sync will be more of a bother than the quality lost due to going analog to digital to analog (since it has to be resampled ANYWAY, why not just let the ADC on the sound card do it in the process of recording?)
Cowclops,
At least one forum member has reported slight clipping in the first set.
Look for a post by drjimmy526 on October 8 in the Zion thread.
I replied (also October 8) asking Zion if he planned to capture analog or rip the PCM.
Thanks to your post (and Google confirmation) I now realize a PCM rip isn't quite the panacea I first thought.
LaserDisc PCM is sampled at the Red Book rate of 44.1kHz while DVD PCM is 48kHz,
so it would have to be re-sampled as you have stated above. Thanks for pointing that out.
Thanks also for the wiring link. I too was an EE student (although I never worked in the field after graduation)
who never bought into the name-brand cable hoopla.