GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide by Graham Williams
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Recommended Recording Process

1. Gramofile to record from the sound card through line in from the source (e.g., LP record)
2. Gramofile to identify track beginnings and endings. These are saved to a .tracks file automatically.
3. Audacity to confirm and fine tune the track splits stored in the .tracks file.
4. Gramofile to perform the split into tracks and to filter out pops using the Conditional Median Filter II. The tracks are saved into separate files numbered 01, 02, etc.
5. Xmms to check the beginning and ending of each track to confirm the splits were fine.
6. Audacity to edit out any remaining spikes in each track, being sure to export back to WAV if any changes are made.
7. The tracks are now ready to burn to CD. Create a disk.toc:
   
   

     CD_DA
     TRACK AUDIO
     FILE "side1001.wav" 0
     TRACK AUDIO
     FILE "side1002.wav" 0
     ... 
     TRACK AUDIO
     FILE "side2005.wav" 0
   

   
   Then
   
   

     $ cdrdao write disk.toc
   

   
   

A handy table of minutes to seconds:

1/60	2/120	3/180	4/240	5/300
6/360	7/420	8/480	9/540	10/600
11/660	12/720	13/780	14/840	15/900
16/960	17/1020	18/1080	19/1140	20/1200
21/1260	22/1320	23/1380	24/1440	25/1500
26/1560	27/1620	28/1680	29/1740	30/1800