Bruce, how do i set my record device to mic?,
I have a Dell desktop computer, with on-board sound, and cannot for the life 
of me find this option, or the what you hear option,
Billy
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Subject: Re: sound editing?


> You don't have to alt-tab back into Gold Wave. If you have your recording
> device set to mike, then it doesn't matter what's playing over your
> headphones, Gold Wave will be recording from the mike.
>
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> On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, TrueBlue & Proud wrote:
>
>> Bruce, I'm sure this is correct, but i don't understand how you can play 
>> the
>> backing track in winamp, & record in goldwave. are you saying: you are in
>> goldwave, you start recording in new sound file, then alt tab into 
>> winamp,
>> and start the backing track, then alt tab back into goldwave and start
>> singing, sorry but i cannot imagine how that would work,
>> Sorry about this,
>> Billy
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bruce Toews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: sound editing?
>>
>>
>>> Okay, let me see if I can do a bit of a better job here. I start Gold
>>> Wave recording. Then I switch into Winamp, start my file, and sing my
>>> vocal.. Then I go in and trim the beginning and end off the vocal, since
>>> it's just typing sounds. Then I load the music track into Gold Wave. I
>>> copy the trimmed vocal track into the clipboard, and use control+m to
>>> mix it in with the music track. Preview really helps here because you
>>> can edit the precision of where you want it to start to within a
>>> thousandth of a second. When it's mixed, including volumes and so on,
>>> you save the track. This has the added benefit that you can add any
>>> effects to your voice (reverb, for example, I use the Freeverb plugin as
>>> it provides better reverb than Gold Wave's) before mixing the voice with
>>> the music, so you don't have to apply the effect to the background music
>>> as well.
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:52:30 -0000, "TrueBlue & Proud"
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>>>> Bruce,
>>>> can you please explain how you achieved this?.
>>>> Do you go into Winamp, and play the backing track, and then go into
>>>> goldwave
>>>> and put down the vocal in the new sound file function.
>>>> If they are playing separately, then how can you record the finished
>>>> project?.
>>>> Aren't they in different programs, or am I missing something here, 
>>>> which
>>>> is
>>>> possible,
>>>> Billy,
>>>> Dinky Doo
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Bruce Toews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 7:38 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: sound editing?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I recorded the vocal track separately with Winamp playing the music
>>>>> track
>>>>> in the background, then I mixed the two togetehr using Gold Wave. 
>>>>> There
>>>>> are other ways to do it, this is my prefered way.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bruce
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, TrueBlue & Proud wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bruce,good to know. This is what I want to do.
>>>>>> I want to be able to record my vocal track over the backing track, 
>>>>>> but
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> just can't get it to work.
>>>>>> I'm just wondering if it because my sound card is built in sound on
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> mother board.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any help/tips to achieve this would be very helpful,
>>>>>> Billy
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Bruce Toews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 1:33 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: sound editing?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I use GW for everything from one-track production to mixing my radio
>>>>>>> shows
>>>>>>> together to recording my voice over a karaoke track.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bruce
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he
>>>>>>> gave
>>>>>>> the right to become children of God.--John 1:12, NIV
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bruce Toews
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, 1 Mar 2008, Sarah wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I produce my one track podcasts with gw and love it! I just started
>>>>>>>> donig
>>>>>>>> this sometime last year.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sarah Alawami
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>>>>>>>> skype: marrie1
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>>>>>>>> www.marrie.org
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>>>>>>>> out
>>>>>>>> http://tffp.marrie.org/mailman/listinfo/tffpdiscussionlist_tffp.marrie.org
>>>>>>>> "Tell me what you think, Captain, I'm all ears" - Spock
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>> From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:28 AM
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: sound editing?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, I've heard a lot about Goldwave but never tried it yet, ah 
>>>>>>>> well
>>>>>>>> it won't do any harm to add it to the "editor collection". The 
>>>>>>>> Sound
>>>>>>>> Forge manual is a monster, when I last looked at it I think it was
>>>>>>>> about 400 pages or more, anyone digested each and every page of it
>>>>>>>> yet? I was considerably impressed with Wavepad too, been a while
>>>>>>>> since
>>>>>>>> I looked at it but I don't think it was too badly priced either.
>>>>>>>> Audasity should be worthwile investigating too if features 
>>>>>>>> available
>>>>>>>> in 1.35 beta make it to the next official version.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 02/03/2008, at 5:00 AM, Larry N wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Billy. Interesting question. I have 4 sound editors onboard.
>>>>>>>>> There's
>>>>>>>>> GoldWave, Sound Forge 8, DC 6 and WavePad. If you are asking about
>>>>>>>>> simple
>>>>>>>>> ease of use, accessibility and a manual that is easy to understand
>>>>>>>>> and set
>>>>>>>>> up in a way that can be accessed quickly, then GoldWave wins hands
>>>>>>>>> down.
>>>>>>>>> However, there are tasks that DC6 performs better than any piece 
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> software
>>>>>>>>> that I've ever used. For instance, it has excellent hiss reduction
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> comprehensive noise reduction. The down side is that its manual is
>>>>>>>>> difficult
>>>>>>>>> to use with speech.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And Sound Forge? I truly feel that I get less out of it than I
>>>>>>>>> probably
>>>>>>>>> should, simply due to a lack of understanding. For instance, Sound
>>>>>>>>> Forge
>>>>>>>>> works with editable files which are made into and edited from what
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> program calls regions. What is a region? I'm not exactly sure, nor
>>>>>>>>> am I
>>>>>>>>> certain how to go about creating one or editing the thing with
>>>>>>>>> keyboard
>>>>>>>>> alone. Perhaps it is my own inability to understand, but none of
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> Sound
>>>>>>>>> Forge faithful have been able to show me why this program is worth
>>>>>>>>> its hefty
>>>>>>>>> price tag. I would still love to know how to take a recorded file,
>>>>>>>>> such as
>>>>>>>>> that generated by a vinyl LP and edit out pops clicks and
>>>>>>>>> extraneous
>>>>>>>>> noise,
>>>>>>>>> then burn it onto a CD using Sound Forge only. Others in this 
>>>>>>>>> group
>>>>>>>>> can do
>>>>>>>>> so, however I have not succeeded as yet.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Meanwhile, with the exception of actually burning the CD, I can
>>>>>>>>> edit a
>>>>>>>>> project from start to finish using either GoldWave or DC6,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> To be entirely fair, I can perform some tasks more quickly while
>>>>>>>>> using Sound
>>>>>>>>> Forge. It's equalizer is superior. Its general audio restoration
>>>>>>>>> feature
>>>>>>>>> works quickly and for the most part reliably when applied to an
>>>>>>>>> entire file.
>>>>>>>>> But I don't find the manual easy to use, so I'm sure I'm not
>>>>>>>>> getting
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> most from the program.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As for WavePad, that hasn't been discussed much here. I own a 
>>>>>>>>> copy,
>>>>>>>>> but to
>>>>>>>>> be honest, I haven't played with it a great deal as yet.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Others will have their own ideas, but if I were buying my first
>>>>>>>>> audio editor
>>>>>>>>> which could take me far beyond the beginner stage, I would choose
>>>>>>>>> GoldWave.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hope this helps you in some small way.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Larry
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>> From: "TrueBlue & Proud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 6:02 AM
>>>>>>>>> Subject: sound editing?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> hi guys,
>>>>>>>>>> what is the best sound editing software on the market today?.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> What is the basic differences between Gold Wave & SoundForge?,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> What are the latest versions of both pieces of software, and 
>>>>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>>>>> is more
>>>>>>>>>> speech friendly?,
>>>>>>>>>> Billy
>>>>>>>>>> Billy
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