[Cin] offtopic: Digitize and record Audio via Line-In Jack or via USB adapter?

[mnieuw at zap.a2000.nl]

The UFO202 is the UCA2020 with built-in phono preamp.
Its inputs can be switched between phone and line.

I do not know how good that pre-amp is, but Behringer in general has
excellent value for money.

Audacity can record audio, it uses an internal 32 bit floating point
format by default, which is the best IMHO.
It exports in a number of formats, for FLAC select the audio you want
to export, choose File->export_select_audio, choose the flac format in
the  drop-down box near the right bottom. Change the file extension in
.flac. I use Audacity multiple times per week.

MatN

On Sat, 25 Sep 2021 21:22:57 +0200
"Terje J. Hanssen via Cin" <cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org> wrote:

> Thanks a lot for this information.
> I'v found a near identical(?) model at an affordable price,
> Behringer U-Phono UFO202 USB Vinyl Audio interface
> https://www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=P0A12
> 
> I wonder if it is possible to record and save audio in FLAC lossless
> compressed format in any application on Linux?
> 
> Terje
> 
> 
> fre. 24. sep. 2021, 13:58 skrev mnieuw--- via Cin <
> cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org>:
> 
> > The Realtec ALC892 audi chip used on your (and may other)
> > motherboards have for input two stereo A/D converters, which can do
> > 16/20/24-bit, and 44.1k/48k/96k/192kHz sample rates.
> > Because the analog front end is specified as 90 dB(A), and 16 bits
> > in itself is 96 dB, there is little point in using more than 16
> > bits, unless it needs to be mixed with 20 or 24 bit signals.
> > The highest sample rates usually cause a loss in precision, and
> > bandtwith is limited to 22 kHz mostly (I think motherboard
> > determines that).
> >
> > How this compares to external USB sound cards I don't know, have not
> > looked at measurements. The Behringer UCA202 I once measured, and
> > S/N was 70 dB. Which was way below the noise from the cassettes I
> > digitized, so prefect for this.
> >
> > MatN
> >
> > On Thu, 23 Sep 2021 22:33:50 +0200
> > "Terje J. Hanssen via Cin" <cin at lists.cinelerra-gg.org> wrote:
> >  
> > > I'm travelling some days, so sorry I have to wait a week to
> > > practically follow up the replies.
> > >
> > > I have speakers connected to the back panel audio ports and
> > > possibly also a mic.
> > > In the meantime thanks for the received suggestion and detailed
> > > information.
> > >
> > > What is really the "A/D converter" using analog ports in
> > > comparision with an usb A/D adapter?
> > >
> > > Terje  
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