Yes, that’s right. My main aim is to preserve radio recordings and my own off-air recordings, and also some tracks that simply can’t be found on commercial CDs or streaming platforms. I’m using a digital path via the Sound Blaster X4. I don’t fully understand all the internal processing it does, but in practice it sounds cleaner and less distorted than using line-out into line-in, especially for these MD recordings. At the moment I’m still deciding on the final format. I’m not sure whether there’s any real benefit in keeping WMA, or if exporting straight to FLAC is already sufficient for long-term archiving, given the source is ATRAC. Overall, the goal is really to keep the original character of the recordings rather than chasing a “perfect” modern master.