The Analogue Ripper for Mac

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• T.A.R. not worthy

  info3982December 1, 2009

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I tried the app and had major trouble on my Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard. At first it wouldn't load after minutes. Found that I had to force it to use Rosetta (force Rosetta to be resident from the Terminal). Once done with that hurdle, it still took forever to load up. It was extremely slow in operation even after I got it running, too. The author claims it loads and runs in 3 sec on a Quad Xeon MacPro(?) machine of his. But he didn't want to argue about it. I was using the trial, crippled version as it turned out, which he also did not realize in trying to refute my claim of it not working. He also admitted that development was 'stalled', "It's a project that I intended to revisit when I had clear feature benefits to include. It's so easy to make things more complicated. Now it needs a maintenance release." Didn't go past that terribly far. I did however contact the author (Ian Mann) to advise him of the facts and elicit some help. He seemed determined to refute my claims rather than help, seems there wasn't much to do. As a result of discussions with him, found out that this software isn't going any further in the forseeable future, originated from an OS9 version (recompiled?), despite claims of compatibility with SL, hadn't actually proven itself on a slower machine, o and the demo version doesn't perform nearly 'as well' as the full app. For analog vinyl ripping it does not have some tools I consider essential. Never got to compare the cost. I went to Audacity and was much more satisfied. Even Ian seems to prefer it. So in short, the 'demo' doesn't work, it isn't being developed further now, doesn't have the tools available elsewhere. IMO that's plainly shoddy. Why would you not expect a demo to, uh, try out the software?

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• Ripping Good Program!

  gkhornerFebruary 5, 2006

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Tried The Demo and within the hour sent off payment to register it. Its such a time saver, I record LP's at 45RPM and it converts them to 33 1/3RPM. It finds the gaps between tracks (Most of the Time). I then enter the album and track data and get it to send the files to Itunes, it then gets Itunes to encode them into MP3's. The album data and track titles are also sent to Itunes so all I need to do is look up Album art. So about 5-10 Minutes after recording an LP it can be in my Itunes library.

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• Some awkward processing...

  tomasaurApril 5, 2005

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />AR does record from line input fine, the problem is how it saves the data. .MP4 files can't be opened in some other sound editing programs, and it describes the process as importing and exporting to a movie. In fact, the mp4 files it saves have the Movie icon associated with them. Saving can also be quite slow. If you don't save a file as independant media, you'll get a file that needs the original file to refer back to... I discovered this when burning what I thought was a regular mp4 to a disk, only to discover that the file wasn't playable on another computer because the original data file wasn't on that computer. Tom

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• A simple program that does one thing well

  tomasaur_1March 2, 2005

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />It does a nice job of taking sound input, sensing silence gaps, and making a file (or files) from the recording. It doesn't do simple things like allow you to copy a piece of music and splice it onto the end of another piece or manipulate the waveform to any extent. Too bad... It does have some nifty little features like sending your tracks directly to iTunes and recording 78 rpm records on 33 rpm turntables.

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• The Analogue Ripper Rocks on ...  ÂÂ

  CuairteoirDecember 9, 2004

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />OSX â?? There's nothing like it!! To MacJuanC: You can use Griffin iMic no problem â?? TAR also recognizes my Digidesign hardware. From what i read about Final Vinyl Recorder i would prefer TAR because it can split the audio automatically for you. You should check out the TAR 2.0 Manual to read about what it can do and how it does it. I find the developer very responsive regarding bugs etc. Another fine program that gets the job done is Audio Companion. They are around the same price.

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• Billy BobDecember 28, 2002

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Very nice. Will even record streams if you make a loop from your sound out jack to your microphone in jack. At least on my

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• ArthurJoyceOctober 27, 2001

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />This is a great shareware application that is well worth the cost. It fills a niche that has been overlooked by programs such as ITunes.

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• sstrat--2008October 27, 2001

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />TAR is an excellent tool for converting LPs and cassettes to digital. I've been converting my LPs using several different programs, but TAR combines several

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