Topic: Newbie needs some help!!!!!

[Councilman]

Hello,

I have several shows that I have taped using my Olympus VN-960Pc digital recorder.  I would like to be able to upload the shows to my computer, burn them to a CD, and also convert the files to FLAC and upload them here.  I have 2 computers at my disposal.  One has Win 98 and the other has Vista.  Now for the problems:

1.  The Olympus software is not compatible with Vista, which is what I have on my new computer.  I can load the Olypmus software to my old computer and I have uploaded some files from the recorder to the computer.  BUT, the computer is so old that it does not support adobe audition, dbpoweramp, etc.  So, the only thing I can really do with the files is use Roxio and burn them to a data disk.

2.  Once I have the "data" disk, I do not know what to do with it.  Here is the information from one of the files I recorded with the Olypmus, uploaded to my old computer, and burned as a data disk:

1.  Size:  15.63MB
2.  Original Size:  62.08MB
3.  Length:  24:36 minutes
4.  Channel:  1 (mono)
5.  Sample Rate:  22KHZ
6.  Sample Size:  16bit
7.  Bit Rate:  88 Kbps
8.  Encoder Setting:  1MA ADPCM
9.  Audio Quality:  Low (lossy)
10. Channel Mapping:  Center
11.  Type:  .wav

I would appreciate any assistance anyone can give me on how I can convert the files (that are on a data CD) so I can play them on a CD player and also convert them to FLAC to upload here.

Thanks!!!!!

Chris

[Nixoo]

Wasn't there a possibility of writing it as an audio CD instead of data? Btw, that format and bitrate isn't really suitable for musicpurposes I think? Very low bitrate, and lossy compression won't please the ears imho
If you succeed in writing it as an audio CD, you can rip the CD using EAC (google will help you out on that one) and edit it in any program you like.

[boojum]

I'll second Nixoo: low-fi.  If you have a choice go for twice the bitrate and stereo.  For transferring you can squeeze the files with FLAC with no loss of quality.

If you cannot find an updated version of the software for the Olympus this might be an opportunity to buy a newer recorder of your own choice.