This is going pretty well. Only one coaster so far. I forgot that audio CDs don’t have file systems so using mkisofs to make one would be a Bad Idea.
Gramofile handles all the dirty work of converting the audio to wav files, locating the tracks, and processing them. I have yet to move beyond the basic filter. But so far I have been working with vinyl that’s in pretty good condition.
An example. I took Stay Awake, a collection of Disney tunes done by popular (as of 1988, anyway) artists and converted it. The LP clocks in at 64 minutes and change. Here’s what you end up with.
The side[1,2].wav files are converted from the audio in. The processed files are the tracks, and the number and start/stop points are in the *.tracks files. Those can be edited if the track locator didn’t work the way you expected.
[/usr/home/paul/cdimages/Stay_Awake]:: ls -l
total 1316724
-rw-r–r– 1 paul wheel 56747928 Dec 17 21:51 processedA01.wav
-rw-r–r– 1 paul wheel 36479568 Dec 17 21:52 processedA02.wav
-rw-r–r– 1 paul wheel 34045248 Dec 17 21:52 processedA03.wav
-rw-r–r– 1 paul wheel 36091492 Dec 17 21:53 processedA04.wav
-rw-r–r– 1 paul wheel 18839564 Dec 17 21:53 processedA05.wav
-rw-r–r– 1 paul wheel 147646852 Dec 17 21:55 processedA06.wav
-rw-r–r– 1 paul wheel 232407048 Dec 17 21:59 processedB01.wav
-rw-r–r– 1 paul wheel 44858568 Dec 17 22:00 processedB02.wav
-rw-r–r– 1 paul wheel 59623248 Dec 17 22:01 processedB03.wav
-rw-r–r– 1 paul wheel 338690092 Dec 17 20:36 side1.wav
-rw-r–r– 1 paul wheel 153642 Dec 17 21:37 side1.wav.rms
-rw-r–r– 1 paul wheel 1377 Dec 17 21:37 side1.wav.tracks
-rw-r–r– 1 paul wheel 341704748 Dec 17 21:35 side2.wav
-rw-r–r– 1 paul wheel 155010 Dec 17 21:37 side2.wav.rms
-rw-r–r– 1 paul wheel 1070 Dec 17 21:37 side2.wav.tracks
Takes up a lot of space.
Then it comes down to this:
/usr/local/bin/cdrecord -vv -eject speed=2 dev=0,1,0 -audio -pad processed*.wav
And then I have a new CD to dazzle the children with.
<UPDATE>Aaargh. Two coasters so far. The burner seems not to like something here. The wav files are fine: I played them through a couple of times already. Highlight: Sun Ra’s Arkestra doing “Pink Elephants on Parade” from Dumbo.