March 21, 2009
Ubuntu Tip: How to change the bitrate for ripping MP3s in Sound Juicer

  • Open Sound Juicer (Applications > Sound & Video > Audio CD Extractor on my Ubuntu Studio System)
  • Edit > Preferences
  • Click “Edit Profiles”
  • Click “New”
  • Enter a name for your new profile and click “OK”.
  • Select the new profile and click “Edit”.
  • Check the “Active” box.
  • Replace “wav” with “mp3” in the “File Extension” textbox.
  • Paste the following line into the “GStreamer Pipeline” textbox (for 192kbps):
audio/x-raw-int,rate=44100,channels=2!lame name=enc bitrate=192
  • Click “Close” until you get back to the main window and close Sound Juicer.  There appears to be a bug that keeps your new profile from showing up in the list until the program is restarted.
  • Restart Sound Juicer.
  • Edit > Preferences
  • Select your new profile.  Now you will be able to rip in your specified bitrate.

March 4, 2008
Audiophiles can't tell the difference between Monster Cable and coat hangers

Those of us who know better realize that it’s not the cables that matter, it’s the knobs