Re: MD: sound blaster live value
Brent Harding wrote: But, if I'm on netmeeting and turn the volume for the show down, could I keep recording, so I can record the whole show including the part where I'd be on? There's this show I listen to sometimes that takes calls on netmeeting, and I'd like to be able to record it, and be able to participate in it. Hmm, sounds like it's going to be complicated: Although I don't know NetMeeting, I believe it requires your part of the communication to be recorded to the computer. To do this, you have to set the recording setting from "what you hear" to "microphone" or you will be recording your voice plus the continuing show and send it to them, which is probably not what you want to do... Another problem could arise because you would then be recording to two applications at the same time (your own recording plus the NetMeeting recording). I have not tried it, but the SBLive might not be able to do this... Any way to do it? If I bought a minidisc recorder, would that help any? Well, you could record to minidisc :-) I was thinking that thing mentioned on the list about the idea of playing a recording into a remote would be good, to have it d things when I want to, how does it work? When you play it, how does the minidisc recorder know what to do with the other devices at the time? Like, if I recorded various shows from satellite or something, would I be able to have the computer or other source turn on and turn down the program during the commercial break and come back on when it's done, possibly putting music in between, or just pausing the minidisc so I can have enough space to record without having to do anything with it? Hmm, can't comment on this... Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: sound blaster live value
Brent Harding wrote: Mine has digital out, don't know what kind, it just says digital out. Also, about the sblive value, can it be made to allow recording from the mike and wave output at the same time, so they mix in one file? Or can it record more than one thing, so I can record a netcast and talk on it at the same time without missing any of it? You cannot record from several sources at one time. However, there is a setting called "what you hear" for recording, which will record anything you can hear over the speakers. So it is possible to enable both wave playback and the mike for playing, and then recording it. Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Generational Loss
Eric Woudenberg wrote: Department of Computer Science V, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany Please do NOT get me into trouble by spreading this to newsgroups or reporting me to the authorities, alright? This is for educational purposes only. Haha! Got you! :-) Being a student at the aforementioned university, I will send you my worst professors to bring you punishment for the crimes you did! No, not really - just kidding :-)) It's great to see that the folks here at university sometimes do usefull research - more often than not, the results from years of work are more or less useless to anyone except the writer, and thus are doomed to collect dust in the shelves of the library... But why did you have to mirror it? The original document (in compressed postscript format) is available at http://leon.cs.uni-bonn.de/~kurth/diss_kurth.ps.gz Now, wish me luck for my exam with the director of that institute in January 2000... Have you seen the topics of the other papers? It's terrible! All I can do is wish for a catastrophe to wipe out this particular institute during that y2k night :-)) Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Generational Loss
I wrote: But why did you have to mirror it? The original document (in compressed postscript format) is available at http://leon.cs.uni-bonn.de/~kurth/diss_kurth.ps.gz Well, I just had a look at it, and found it to be in German language... Not exactly usefull to most readers here, so forgive my premature posting :-) Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sony MD discam (OT)
Hi! MO uses a laser to heat a surface and a magnetic head to change the direction of the attoms in this surface. It's based on the 'curry effect'. You might see some curry effects when you order diner at an Indian restaurant, but as far as I know, md uses the "Curie"-effect to achieve data storage :-) Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #439 - Automatic Reply
Hi! Hmm, is it just me or is the idea of receiving this every day until January, 2nd a little disturbing? :-)) Mark Holmes (or rather his email program) wrote: I'm on leave until 2 Jan. Please contact Ade Morris (AMORR x3553) for PAFS problems or Jeffrey Bowman/Jason Hiscocks (JBOWM x4394, JHISC x4320) for CIMS. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Quality of Digital Out on CDROM
Stainless Steel Rat wrote: | I just want to know if there is a difference of quality of | the digital out between different CDROMs, because my CDROM | is a 8X Goldstar (GCD-R580B) and perhaps it would be better | to buy a new one :) Nope. What comes out of the optical jack on one unit is 100% identical to what comes out of the optical jack on another. That would be in case of flawless reading. When the drive has problems reading the disc, error correction has to be applied, which probably alters the data. Some drives could have reading problems where others still can read without error correction. Also, many cheap drives do strange things in the subcode channel: wrong SCMS bits, wrong indication of in/out of track, error flag set all the time - that's what was reported in a magazine article last year. Problems like those could also apply to the mentioned Goldstar drive... But unless there are severe problems (audible errors in the spdif stream, not able to copy because of wrong subcode channel data) with the drive, I would not buy a new drive just for this purpose... Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MO technology and MD data usage
Remko van der Vossen wrote: if you consider that a MD recorder can accept a streaming digital input of CD quality audio (via the optical in), encode it with ATRAC, AND write it to the disk, all in real-time - then i think you'll find the bandwidth of the system quite sufficient for removable media purposes on a PC. Mind you that 44.1 KHz stereo 16 bits is only 176 Kb/s and that ain't much at all, That's the speed of a 1x cdrom drive... Anyone remember those things? Compared to todays standards, it's awfully slow... (The 44100*2*2 calculation is not 100% correct for minidiscs: ATRAC compresses the audio data to 1/5 of the ammount, so transfer speed could be reduced to 1/5 of 176kB/s, but the minidisc units still read/write at full speed, and read/write operations only take 1/5 of the time; the unit is idle 4/5 of the time) granted a normal floppy drive is slower, but a decent Zip drive can easily manage 600 Kb/s ... which is one reason for zip's success and MD/Data's failure. Despite all drawbacks, I would still like to see a decent MD/Data drive: takes audio MDs, allows for 120-140 MB of data, will record mp3s/wave files, let's me title discs via keyboard... After all, minidiscs look far better than zip discs! (Imagine booting your favourite OS from a "Hello Kitty" disc!) Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Off topic: mp3 editing tools?
Dan Frakes wrote: Hannes Rohde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if there are tools to edit mp3s in the mpeg domain, without the conversion mp3-wav-mp3? I could use a tool that cuts single mpeg frames from songs to remove clicks or long intros from songs... You didn't mention what platform you're using. Mac, Windows, Linux, etc.? Oops... :-) Well, the obvious standard: Windows, but Linux would also be an option. I already got the tool suggested by Lars Soderman, and I am quite satisfied with it... Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Off topic: mp3 editing tools?
Hi! Does anyone know if there are tools to edit mp3s in the mpeg domain, without the conversion mp3-wav-mp3? I could use a tool that cuts single mpeg frames from songs to remove clicks or long intros from songs... Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Hesitating sound
Hi! Although this discussion has been taken to private mail, I want to add two possible solutions to the problem of "stuttering" sound: 1.) Buffering: I don't know about winamp, but all mp3-players I have allow to set the size of a buffer for decoded audio data. If this buffer is large enough, playback should continue even when the cpu is busy (until the buffer is empty, that is). 2.) Busmaster drivers for the HD: Check if your harddisks are set to busmaster/dma transfer mode. That way, harddisk reads/writes will cause much less cpu load. These settings can be en-/disabled for each harddisk in the control panel. Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD
Stainless Steel Rat wrote: Same original CD and player, different recorders, different MDs, same problem. Though to be honest, it is worse on the 702mk. I originally thought it might be a problem with Sharp's ATRAC, but I had similar results on the Sony unit. The Sharp 70x series have a known problem with some bass sounds, resulting in strange distorted sounds or clicks at critical passages. Sony units should not be affected by this, though... Maybe you have discovered a bug in Sony's Atrac algorithm? Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: OT: advises for designing audio mixer?
Hi! I am designing an audio mixer for my stereo at the moment, but have run into some problems. Maybe somebody here can help me: Can anyone here provide hints or schematics for using the Philips chip TDA1074A as a channel fader? Alternatively, suggestions for other circuits that will do the same would also be helpfull... Here is a description of what I am trying to do: To avoid problems with the "cheapo" potentiometer sliders I want to use for the faders, I wanted to let a TDA1074A do the fading and the potentiometers just deliver a control voltage. From the information in the datasheet, this task is just what the TDA1074A is designed for, but I am having troubles getting it to work. At the moment, it is connected in the manner suggested in the data sheet, but the control behaviour is quite different from what I expected: I can't fade a signal down to zero (the whole lower half of the fader range has only little effect on the signal), while there is a steep rise of signal level at the upper end (plus there is a noise when fading to the upper end, but that might be caused by the potentiometer). What I'd like to get is a logarithmic or linear curve from zero (- infinite dB) to 100 %. Bye and thanks in advance, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sharp adapter
Tugrul Tanyol wrote: Thanx for the reply Ian. I wonder what happened to the original adapter. Today we measured the output of my 220-110V convertor to see that it supplies exactly 119V. Your adaptor might be delivering this high voltage only when not under load. If you connect the target adaptor to it, the voltage might be just fine; this behaviour is quite common with "cheap" transformators. Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: decibel scale
Stainless Steel Rat wrote: I used to have a little table that listed how long you could listen to certain things before permanent damage occoured. Two of the high end sounds were "rock concert", 110dB, 7 minutes Now, that's a short concert! Another rule-of-thumb, though not really usefull: If it hurts in your ears, it has been damaging your ears. The level damaging your ears is lower than the pain-causing level. Remind me to take my ear plugs with me to Cologne tonight. I forgot them yesterday but it was great fun anyway. Anyone else here going to Cologne to visit the PopKomm music fair? Bye, Hannes _.-._.- If you don't move, you don't Mojo! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: SB16 and S/PDIF signals.
Marc SPARC wrote: Do you have an idea of the SB16 uses internal S/PDIF signals, or other signals we can hook up off the SB16's main chip and convert to S/PDIF ? Some version use SPDIF. There are some schematics etc. on this page: http://www.esrac.ele.tue.nl/~jeroens/tech/sb16-spdif.html Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sharp 702 EEPROM EEPROB
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My questions: Has anyone experienced this problem? It seems to me to be an EEPROM setting problem. Does anyone know which EEPROM settings control the volume settings? Is there any way to reset the EEPROM settings completely? My warranty is up, so I'm really in need of some help. This are default values from the service manual: BASS settings: BS1_ 02h BS2_ A4h BS3_ C4h ADJSET settings: COK_ A0h FAT_ C0h TAT_ 3Fh CAT_ 20h FAB_ 00h DEQSET settings: HQ1_ 90h HQ2_ 90h HSG_ 11h HSO_ FDh LQ1_ 90h LQ2_ 90h LSG_ 11h LSO_ 00h GQ1_ 98h GQ2_ 84h GSG_ 11h GSO_ 00h GQR_ 00h CTRL__ settings: CT0_ 48h CT1_ E0h PWL_ 00h RC0_ C0h RC1_ FEh SYC_ A6h DR1_ A0h DR2_ A6h IN1_ D4h IN2_ 67h CTR_ 6Dh CT2_ 14h CT3_ 03h CT4_ 64h CT5_ 74h CT6_ 08h CT7_ 00h SPM_ 00h MSL_ 80h RSL_ 00h The values for Focus, Spin, Track, Sled and Temp are referring to settings of the optical block and should be left alone... Note that not all values that differ from this list mean there's an error. My unit had two different values in the control menu and did work, though changing them to the default settings did no harm. Bye and good luck, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
