[brjblues]

I am using a shareware product called RipVinyl to convert my old vinyl albums and audio tapes to .wav files with the aim to then burn them to CD. I have an analog stereo system inputting through my PC's soundcard (I am running a Dell Dimension XPS T450, PIII 450 MHZ - the HD is one of the newer Ultra ATA drives, OS is Win98se). I have no problems with the RipVinyl application. It's easy to use. The problem concerns the output .wav files. Regardless of type, or length each recording is interrupted by a "beeping" tone of some kind or clipping sound. I am stumped as to what is causing this. When I convert digital media, e.g. music off of a CD, to MP3 on store it on the HD I get none of this beeping and clipping. Any thoughts?

I have some sample files I could send out, but it seems I can't post them to the forum.

Many thanks in advance for replies.

- BrjBlues

[daveppeters]

Does it only happen to vinyl recordings or tape as well? Check the output of your record player, some of them require a pre-amp to send a proper signal. Secondly, have you defragmented your hard drive? Too much fragmentation can cause an interuption in the recording - hence the strange noises. Thirdly, have you tried different software - sometimes one works better than the other. I recommend Audiograbber. Good luck!

[brjblues]

Daveppeters thanks for your reply!

To answer your questions:

The problem manifests itself regardless of the source media (vinyl or tape), although the manifestation (i.e. the strange sound) may be different. I have the tape deck and turntable connected to a graphic equalizer and receiver.

I thought that HD fragmentation could be an issue so I defragemented the original HD that came with the PC and still had the problem. I subsequently bought a new HD (Western Digital 40GB, 7200 RPM) last year and use that for storing the music .wav files...but I still have the problem.

To your last point, maybe I should try some different software. I also wondered whether it could be something in Windows that is causing the problem, but I have not been able to isolate it.

I remain stumped.

Regards,

brjblues