mp3 recorders

[Peter Sharpe]

Is there a programme that is known to be the best device for recording from the sound card directly to mp3? I have been trying to record from some old audio cassettes, using a trial version of a program called Precision CD WAV MP3. It is fairly easy to use, the only snag being that you have to record first to a wav file, and then convert that to mp3. It also seems to over record on some tracks, and you cannot ajust the input level.

 

I have tried quite a few so far, including some that will record directly to mp3, but this one seems the best of a poor bunch. Do any of them have something like a VU meter that actually works? I haven't managed to find a totally free one anywhere, so if I'm going to pay I'd like to get the best one.

[Baldrick]

Have a look at this page http://www.audiotools.co.uk/recgen.shtml you get a brief rundown of each prog & most are available as trial versions/shareware.

[Peter Sharpe]

Thanks for the link, but none of them seemed better than the one I am already using, and none of them seem to be very well designed. I can't find one that allows you to monitor the actual sound through the sound card. Some of them give you the impression that they are doing this, but although it sounds OK through the speakers, it still sounds over recorded on the completed file.

[Baldrick]

"soundstream" & "spindoctor" as supplied with Adaptec Easy CD ver 5+ allows you to moniter the input levels & clean the resultant file of hiss etc but I think you have to convert to mp3 using another prog.