Burning to my Pc ???

[Mike Sigler]

I have a roland vs-2400 with the cd burnier i do not use! for reasons i won't get into.. BUT : my question is.... do they make anything i can plug into my pc to burn from my roland vs-2400 with a cd quality program for a fair cost???? Im fed up with using my old rack mount burner that keeps craping out on me in the middle of my burn downs... and i need to burn to a cd thru my pc...using the commen pc style audio disc.
Thanks For your Help!
Mike

[Rick Campbell]

Mike,

Don't know why you don't do it with the VS-2400, but I'm sure you have a good reason. I used a 2480 up until a couple of months ago.

Anyway, go to Best Buy, Office Max, etc... Maybe even Walmart, and pick up a USB audio/video dongle. Around $30. It will come with software that makes it an easy job. You just go from the rca/phono outs on the 2400 to the USB and into the computer. Good luck!

[Jack Stoner]

All (basically all) PC's have an "audio card" in them for the PC audio. They also have either a "line in" (usually Blue color) and a "Mic" (usually Pink) input or at a minimum a mic or a combination mic/line in jack on them. You can connect the output of the recorder to the "line in" (stereo) or Mic (mono). You need a "recording program" such as the free Audacity to "record" to the hard drive from the external recorder. Save the songs as "wav" files (not MP3). You can then burn the songs on your PC using a CD burning program (usually a PC that comes with a CD burner also has a CD burning program such as "Roxio", "Sonic" or "nero"). If not, the Windows Media Player 11 has some audio CD burning capabililtes.

Finally, burn the audio CD at a slow speed (I use 8X as my "standard") so that it will be compatible with any audio cd player. If you burn the CD at high speed it won't play on all audio cd players or will skip.

This is basically how I did it when I had a separate audio recorder (A Fostex VF160). I would "mix down" to the PC throught he PC's audio Line In to a program similar to Audacity. Then do some slight audio editing with Goldwave then burn the CD's.

Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

[Rick Campbell]

Yes, if you've got the inputs on your computer sound card, do as Jack says.

[Mike Sigler]

Thanks for the help guys! i have tryed this program and it work so -so... but not a great quality, had a few little noise's in it... but over all a fair program.
But looking for something to help finalize my Cds to send to the duplicating company, that has a cd quality.
Unless i have a crapie program or pc..
Mike

[Rick Campbell]

Sounds like you might need a mastering program. Call Brad Lyons at Sweetwater. Tell him I sent you.

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[Jack Stoner]

If there are noises in it, it's NOT Audacity - all it does is record what it gets, it doesn't add to it.

When you "record" make sure nothing else is running that can interfere or can make any system sounds as that can be added to the signal.

The way I noted to do it is the way I did it before I changed over to computer based recording. I now have Sonar (pro recording program) and when I record nothing else is running and I have all system sounds disabled.

If the PC is adding noise (if it is the PC) then your best option is to have it done at a pro recording studio. The cable(s) you are using can be an issue too - make sure you are using shielded audio cables - not headphone extension cables that are NOT shielded.

[Earnest Bovine]

This page
http://www.rolandus.com/products/produc ... ductId=543
says that the VS-2400 can "export files in .WAV format" so maybe that would be the foolproof way to get your music into the computer.

[Mike Sigler]

thanks guys,
you have been a great help..
i am going to try these idea's
your-all the best..
mike