Bill Hudson wrote: > HOWEVER ~ FREE IS BETTER. > > There is a really great program that is FREE - called Audacity. I would not > hesitate to use it in the broadcast world. It does everything I would need > to do a broadcast. Go check it out at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audacity is a shiny wonderful toy in a sea of crud. I like it too, Bill! One of the things that ALWAYS gets loaded on every machine, and it's written cross-platform to boot! Can load it on just about any OS in existence... Having a high-quality sound card or device (I have an external M-Audio Firewire gadget that has XLR inputs, other inputs and basically is the input side of a mixer board, which can provide phantom power for mics, etc... from the large Firewire cable directly... and then you get a software app to play the role of the mixer board) helps it out too. For quick and dirty recordings with a good quality mic in the field, it's hard to beat that kind of gadget tied to Audacity for raw recording power... Love it. Nate WY0X
