From: "Ableza Institute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mac Beginner Questions
Most Macs (at least the newer ones) have stereo audio input capability built
in. All you need is a good quality tape deck and the correct cable to hook
it up. As far as "low cost" audio editing software, I get good quality
output from Macromedia's Sound Edit 16. It is pretty slow, however, and
does not have a direct export to a Real media file (that I know of) so you
will need to re-encode your files using Real Producer. As an example of the
compression increase Real tools create, I just created a stereo .wav file in
Sound Edit 16 that was 46 Mb. After encoding it as a sure stream file using
music quality, it is 2.8 Mb.
If you need a faster, higher quality Mac audio program that Sound Edit, look
at Pro Tools by Avid (Digidesign.) It is the industry standard and I use it
for high end movie scoring and mixing, as well as for music CDs. It is a
bit pricey, however. The near real-time editing it does is worth the price
if you are working with several tracks or have a lot of editing to do.
One other tip, if (like me) you produce on a Mac but then transfer to a
Windoze machine for encoding and/or serving your files, be sure you include
the proper file extensions (.rm, .wav, .avi etc.) as the Mac platform does
not need these, so does not automatically include them. When you save your
finished files on the Mac, put the extension on before you transfer to the
Wintel machine.
Good luck!
David Yohn
"... the dancer drops an eagle feather. The drums stop. This is the kind
of silence that frightens the white man." -- Robbie Robertson
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