Re: Poccasting software
Hi Ann. You could also try Ipodder. I use that one, and it seems to work great for me. - Original Message - From: "john stott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Poccasting software Hello Ann You could try accessable podcaster www.webbie.co.uk Good Luck JOHN ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Admin: color identifier
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Re: CdEx settings check
Hi all. Some of the CD's I've burned that are MP3's, I've played on my surround sound. It sounds great. I've read in the CDex help, where they suggest using ABR, because it takes an average of everything in a recording. They also suggest that the floor should be around 64 KBPS, and the top at 320. It said that if the floor were any higher, it suggests that it could be found to be a bad choice. Kevin, it's a good thing that you told me about on the fly CD burning. I had it checked before, but from now on, I'll set it to not checked. I've used CDex to burn CD's already, but find out that I could have done a better job. I guess I'm learning. - Original Message - From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 4:45 PM Subject: Re: CdEx settings check Kevin, Thanks *so* much for these explanations and recommendations! I've just reviewed my settings and reset options to match what you suggest. I'll admit a couple of things still puzzle me, especially near the bottom of the menu where I can't understand how I might have chosen to go with the average bit rate according to the manual's suggestion, except that there seemed no way to actually choose this option. but if you care about your music as much as you say, which sounds congenial to me, I'll just accept your saying that using the variable bit rate with these high and low settings will work out for the best. Again, thanks. And just personally, I never would have imagined that metal needed less critical recording. I do think that commercially recorded rock of any sort, as well as other popular styles, a lot of which I do have in my own music collection, usually have considerably narrower dynamic ranges (and frequency ranges, too) compared to some other material, but that's another matter altogether. Just means I need certain qualities in my headphones and speakers depending on what I'm most concerned gets rendered well. I mean using my stereo system. Again, many thanks. I just wanted to settle on one program for ripping, get handy with it, and feel I wasn't doing my music a sonic disservice. - Original Message - From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 12:59 PM Subject: Re: CdEx settings check Hi Daniel. I'll address some of your questions below by letting you know what settings I use and why. I also have a critical ear and also confess to being a metal head. Despite what some might think about metal, it actually needs a high bit rate to get everything out of the extremes. By the way, any setting I don't mention ain't important and should be left at default value as far as I'm concerned. 1. Thread priority - below normal - I set it here so that I can carry on using my computer without any sluggishness. Normal isn't too bad but above is obviously faster to rip but takes over your computer. 2. Encoder - lame - the best MP3 encoder as far as I'm concerned. 3. Version - MPEG1 - just means MP3 - don't worry about it 4. Bit rate min - 128kbps - yes, this is the minimum bit rate or the floor if you like when ripping in variable bit rate mode. The encoder won't drop below this. The encoder will only go down this far if it thinks you won't lose quality so it's safe to set to 128kbps rather than 192kbps if you're using variable bit rates 5. Bit rate max - 320kbps - as I said, I prefer quality to disc space so let the encoder use as much as it needs to get the best result - that's my personal philosophy. It's interesting to see just how many CD's get ripped with tracks in excess of 256kbps. 6. Stereo - don't use anything else like joint stereo - it'll sound tacky and you'll regret it later 7. Quality - high - if you want the best sound quality for your compressed music there's no other setting worth using. 8. On the fly - unchecked - if you check this box you're telling the program to read and rip to your hard drive in one move thereby increasing your chances of including pops, clicks and jitter errors. By unchecking this you'll be telling the program to firstly extract the data from the CD, create an image on your hard drive and then convert to MP3. This will yield a better result. 9. VBR method - VBR default - this basically tells the encoder that you wish to use variable bit rates. There's little to choose in the individual different VBR methods in my opinion so why not the default. 10. VBR quality - VBR 0 - the highest quality for the VBR algorithm. Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC-Audio" Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 7:26 PM Subject: Fw: CdEx settings check This is the third of the three. - Original Message - From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC-Audio" Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 4:28 PM Subject: CdEx settings check I've just read several sections of the CdEx Help documentatio
Re: Removing Pops and clicks
0HellO! And if you try to search google you can find alot of free pop/click plugins out there. I think i was searching for vinyl restoration. Or you can go to: http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/win95/AUDIO_RESTORATION/ And try some things out there. /Anders. - Original Message - From: "Robert Stokes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 8:57 PM Subject: Re: Removing Pops and clicks Thanks Peter. That's another one for me to try. Best. Robert. - Original Message - From: "Peter West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 2:32 PM Subject: Re: Removing Pops and clicks Hi Robert, If you're not happy with the click and crackle removal of SF may i suggest DePopper which costs around $18 and is available from: http://www.droidinfo.com/software/depopper You can download a trial version from there. Good luck. Peter West On Thu, 5 May 2005 09:36:26 +0100, Robert Stokes wrote: Hi Folks, I've embarked on the daunting but enjoyable task of copying a very large collection of LP records onto computer, using Sound Forge. The quality of the recordings is generally very good but some do have annoying pops and clicks. I've tried using the presets in Sound Forge's 'Pop and Crackle remover without much success. I could probably get rid of some of the noises manually but that would be far too time consuming. If anyone can offer advice or knows of another programme for removing unwanted sounds, I'd love to hear from them. Best. Robert. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Winamp markers
Hi Peter, What are you talking about? I don't quite understand your issues with our Winamp time marker scripts. David Truong E-mail and MS messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: blindboxer1967 Home Page: http://members.optusnet.com.au/davidtruong/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Scanlon Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 12:59 AM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Winamp markers Well I think I used the wrong term. In Winamp you can set time marks. But it is not as straight forward as next track or last track to go move around, so breaking the file into regions as you say would probably be easier. P. - Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " < Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 9:38 AM Subject: Re: Winamp bookmarks Peter I'm not sure I understand your question? The Winamp bookmark list is a text file that references different files, or mostly audio streams. I'm guessing that what you want to do is take a very long mp3 file that has different chapters in it, maybe it's an audio book, and you want to separate that into different files? If the anser is yes, you could create different regions for each chapter and separate those regions as separate files. At 05:08 PM 5/8/2005, you wrote: >Is there a way in Sound forge, or other editor to create markers that Winamp >will recognise? > >P. > > > > >___ >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
color identifier
Has anyone tried either Voice-it-All, Colorino, or Color Teller? ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Updated DeltaPanel Scripts.
Hi Folks: For those who use my M-Audio DeltaPanel JFW scripts, listen up. There has been an update to the scripts. I think you'll find that access to the panel is complete as well as understandable. The direct link is: ftp.compuconference.com/J6DeltaPanel05092005.zip I will also try and deposit the file on the MIDI-Mag ftp site. Cheers. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CD won't (wouldn't) play on WMP
Just to report that my WMP is playing my audio CDs when I insert them into the CD drive today.I have no idea why it went on strike yesterday. But still the player isn't showing any CD information while the CD's playing. Maybe I messed up or forgot to set something about the setting where you allow WMP to go online to look for info? I forget where I found that menu, but I remember it confused me. There are all these other things like going online to various stores, which I'm not interested to do. I just want the CD's basic information to show on the player while the CD's playing. Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 3:33 PM Subject: Inserted CDs won't play This is strange. Usually, the way I have things set up, when I insert a regular music CD in the drive, I get one of two results (I haven't sorted out when which one happens, sorry): Either I get a Windows message asking me to choose a number of options from a list or simply decline any of the options, or Windows Media Player launches and starts playing the CD. As I said, sorry, but I'm getting a bit muddled trying to remember when the Windows prompt comes up and when WMP simply launches. Today, I inserted a couple of different music CDs in my drive, and nothing at all happened. Well, not exactly nothing; I had CdEx running because I was working on tweaking its settings.So CdEx faithfully set about getting album info from the Web and getting ready to let me rip from the CD. Which was fine, whether or not I intended to do that at the moment. but the point is, Windows Media Player wouldn't do anything. I launched it manually and pressed the play key combination, but nothing. Insert T with Jaws didn't give me the album title, but then, it never does, for some reason (Yes, I've set WMP to go online and look for the info, but it just never displays the name of the album, anyway.). I have the WMP file association list set to play all, including music CDs. What could have gone wrong? Thanks for any advice, Daniel -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005 ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Winamp markers
Well, just to make one really small correction, Winamp doesn't have the time marker feature by default, that's a JAWS script feature. and a damn fine one at that. It's too bad the other screenreaders don't have that ability. At 09:58 AM 5/9/2005, you wrote: Well I think I used the wrong term. In Winamp you can set time marks. But it is not as straight forward as next track or last track to go move around, so breaking the file into regions as you say would probably be easier. P. - Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " < Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 9:38 AM Subject: Re: Winamp bookmarks Peter I'm not sure I understand your question? The Winamp bookmark list is a text file that references different files, or mostly audio streams. I'm guessing that what you want to do is take a very long mp3 file that has different chapters in it, maybe it's an audio book, and you want to separate that into different files? If the anser is yes, you could create different regions for each chapter and separate those regions as separate files. At 05:08 PM 5/8/2005, you wrote: >Is there a way in Sound forge, or other editor to create markers that Winamp >will recognise? > >P. > > > > >___ >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: increasing streams in Winamp library
Look under preferences. - Original Message - From: "Susan Wojtecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 9:16 AM Subject: Re: increasing streams in Winamp library Peter, I see a lot of stuff about display options but nothing specifically about managing the cache. The closest item is something about not loading the database at startup, which of course is unchecked. There's also an item referring to resizing columns, but that seems to have to do with the appearance of the display. again, not sure what I'm missing, i can't seem to get to anything other than the display or advanced options dialogs. Thanks for your patience. Susan - Original Message - From: "Peter Russillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 8:27 PM Subject: Re: increasing streams in Winamp library > Hi Susan, as to increasing the streams, in Media Library under > Preferences, > look for a button that says something about managing cache and hit it; you > should get a dialog that starts with something about limiting the streams > to > fetch; if the edit box says 500, for instance, than hit Delete and type a > higher number, say 1. Then go to the Okay button, press it with > spacebar; then you're back on the first dialog page; go to the Close > button, > hit the spacebar, and that should do it. As for 5.09, I just tried it and > found an odd behavior with it. I'm on dial-up, and previous versions of > Winamp didn't try to connect to the Net when listening to a file stored > offline; however with 5.09 in my case, when I wanted to listen to > something > that is offline on the hard disk, Winamp would connect to the Net. Even > when I merely wanted to run Winamp while offline to see what plugins are > there, the thing would--what else--connect! I went back to 5.08E; I don't > know what kind of connection I have, but for now I'm staying away from > 5.09; > so, ah, pick your poison (grin). HTH > > Regards, Peter > - Original Message - > From: "Susan Wojtecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 5:50 PM > Subject: increasing streams in Winamp library > > >> Hi listers, >> sorry if this question has been done to death, but can someone remind me >> about how to increase the number of streams in the Winamp media library > with >> the latest version? Once I get to the media library section under >> preferences i can't seem to find the appropriate dialogue, which looks >> different from the 5.04 version on my old machine. Any help much >> appreciated. By the way, I'm wondering about upgrading to the new > version, >> any thoughts for or against from those who may have already done it? >> many >> thanks as always. >> >> Susan >> >> >> >> ___ >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ___ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CdEx settings check
P.S. If it's pertinent to specify this, the track is fairly simple acoustically. Just piano and voice (Randy Newman's "You Can Leave Your Hat On," from the Randy Newman songbook Vol. 1). I'm just guessing, but maybe now that I've enabled the variable bit rate, it determined that the track could stand even more compression than when I had the variable bit rate inadvertently disabled? Naive questions, I know. Just trying to figure this out. - Original Message - From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 2:14 PM Subject: Re: CdEx settings check Kevin, One question. For the sake of comparison, I moved a folder containing one of my ripped CDs to another place on my hard drive so I could rip the same album again using the settings you suggested. Well, And then I listened to the two different versions of the track. But also, I loooked at the properties for each file to see how large they were. To my rurpise, the file I just ripped after setting my options as you suggested was *smaller* than the earlier version I'd created. The earlier one was 4.51 Mb, and the new one, which I expected to be larger because of the high quality, bigger maximum bit rate settings, was *smaller,* only 3.07 Mb. Let me tell you the old settings and then the new ones as ou recommended. Old version of ripped track: minimum bit rate 192 maximuim bit rate 224 variable rate was showing disabled quality high your settings: min. bit rate 128 max bit rate 320 variable bit rate now set to default quality high One thing I hadn't expected was that the file should be smaller now, and I don't need it to be smaller. Have I done something incorrectly? From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 12:59 PM Subject: Re: CdEx settings check Hi Daniel. I'll address some of your questions below by letting you know what settings I use and why. I also have a critical ear and also confess to being a metal head. Despite what some might think about metal, it actually needs a high bit rate to get everything out of the extremes. By the way, any setting I don't mention ain't important and should be left at default value as far as I'm concerned. 1. Thread priority - below normal - I set it here so that I can carry on using my computer without any sluggishness. Normal isn't too bad but above is obviously faster to rip but takes over your computer. 2. Encoder - lame - the best MP3 encoder as far as I'm concerned. 3. Version - MPEG1 - just means MP3 - don't worry about it 4. Bit rate min - 128kbps - yes, this is the minimum bit rate or the floor if you like when ripping in variable bit rate mode. The encoder won't drop below this. The encoder will only go down this far if it thinks you won't lose quality so it's safe to set to 128kbps rather than 192kbps if you're using variable bit rates 5. Bit rate max - 320kbps - as I said, I prefer quality to disc space so let the encoder use as much as it needs to get the best result - that's my personal philosophy. It's interesting to see just how many CD's get ripped with tracks in excess of 256kbps. 6. Stereo - don't use anything else like joint stereo - it'll sound tacky and you'll regret it later 7. Quality - high - if you want the best sound quality for your compressed music there's no other setting worth using. 8. On the fly - unchecked - if you check this box you're telling the program to read and rip to your hard drive in one move thereby increasing your chances of including pops, clicks and jitter errors. By unchecking this you'll be telling the program to firstly extract the data from the CD, create an image on your hard drive and then convert to MP3. This will yield a better result. 9. VBR method - VBR default - this basically tells the encoder that you wish to use variable bit rates. There's little to choose in the individual different VBR methods in my opinion so why not the default. 10. VBR quality - VBR 0 - the highest quality for the VBR algorithm. Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC-Audio" Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 7:26 PM Subject: Fw: CdEx settings check > This is the third of the three. > > - Original Message - > From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC-Audio" > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 4:28 PM > Subject: CdEx settings check > > > I've just read several sections of the CdEx Help documentation, and I'd like > to show how I set things, one option at a time. > > Please comment if I seem to have misunderstood something. My intention is > to use settings that the manual seems to be saying will be adequate and > reasonably high fidelity for ripping music tracks. I have a fairly critical > ear, and while I don't want to lose the advantage of compression altogether, > I don't want to make tacky-sounding files without the detail and timbre > (tone "c
Re: Poccasting software
Hi, Thanks, but this link doesn't work. I get an error 403, you are not authorized to view this page. ~Ann - Original Message - From: "john stott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Poccasting software > Hello Ann > You could try accessable podcaster > www.webbie.co.uk > Good Luck JOHN > > > ___ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 0519-0, 05/09/2005 > Tested on: 5/9/05 5:44:56 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2004 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0519-0, 05/09/2005 Tested on: 5/9/05 5:50:16 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Poccasting software
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WMP Help.
hi guys, how do i bookmark a radio station while listening on WMP. Billy ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Winamp markers
Well I think I used the wrong term. In Winamp you can set time marks. But it is not as straight forward as next track or last track to go move around, so breaking the file into regions as you say would probably be easier. P. - Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " < Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 9:38 AM Subject: Re: Winamp bookmarks Peter I'm not sure I understand your question? The Winamp bookmark list is a text file that references different files, or mostly audio streams. I'm guessing that what you want to do is take a very long mp3 file that has different chapters in it, maybe it's an audio book, and you want to separate that into different files? If the anser is yes, you could create different regions for each chapter and separate those regions as separate files. At 05:08 PM 5/8/2005, you wrote: >Is there a way in Sound forge, or other editor to create markers that Winamp >will recognise? > >P. > > > > >___ >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CdEx settings check
Kevin, One question. For the sake of comparison, I moved a folder containing one of my ripped CDs to another place on my hard drive so I could rip the same album again using the settings you suggested. Well, And then I listened to the two different versions of the track. But also, I loooked at the properties for each file to see how large they were. To my rurpise, the file I just ripped after setting my options as you suggested was *smaller* than the earlier version I'd created. The earlier one was 4.51 Mb, and the new one, which I expected to be larger because of the high quality, bigger maximum bit rate settings, was *smaller,* only 3.07 Mb. Let me tell you the old settings and then the new ones as ou recommended. Old version of ripped track: minimum bit rate 192 maximuim bit rate 224 variable rate was showing disabled quality high your settings: min. bit rate 128 max bit rate 320 variable bit rate now set to default quality high One thing I hadn't expected was that the file should be smaller now, and I don't need it to be smaller. Have I done something incorrectly? From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 12:59 PM Subject: Re: CdEx settings check Hi Daniel. I'll address some of your questions below by letting you know what settings I use and why. I also have a critical ear and also confess to being a metal head. Despite what some might think about metal, it actually needs a high bit rate to get everything out of the extremes. By the way, any setting I don't mention ain't important and should be left at default value as far as I'm concerned. 1. Thread priority - below normal - I set it here so that I can carry on using my computer without any sluggishness. Normal isn't too bad but above is obviously faster to rip but takes over your computer. 2. Encoder - lame - the best MP3 encoder as far as I'm concerned. 3. Version - MPEG1 - just means MP3 - don't worry about it 4. Bit rate min - 128kbps - yes, this is the minimum bit rate or the floor if you like when ripping in variable bit rate mode. The encoder won't drop below this. The encoder will only go down this far if it thinks you won't lose quality so it's safe to set to 128kbps rather than 192kbps if you're using variable bit rates 5. Bit rate max - 320kbps - as I said, I prefer quality to disc space so let the encoder use as much as it needs to get the best result - that's my personal philosophy. It's interesting to see just how many CD's get ripped with tracks in excess of 256kbps. 6. Stereo - don't use anything else like joint stereo - it'll sound tacky and you'll regret it later 7. Quality - high - if you want the best sound quality for your compressed music there's no other setting worth using. 8. On the fly - unchecked - if you check this box you're telling the program to read and rip to your hard drive in one move thereby increasing your chances of including pops, clicks and jitter errors. By unchecking this you'll be telling the program to firstly extract the data from the CD, create an image on your hard drive and then convert to MP3. This will yield a better result. 9. VBR method - VBR default - this basically tells the encoder that you wish to use variable bit rates. There's little to choose in the individual different VBR methods in my opinion so why not the default. 10. VBR quality - VBR 0 - the highest quality for the VBR algorithm. Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC-Audio" Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 7:26 PM Subject: Fw: CdEx settings check > This is the third of the three. > > - Original Message - > From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC-Audio" > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 4:28 PM > Subject: CdEx settings check > > > I've just read several sections of the CdEx Help documentation, and I'd like > to show how I set things, one option at a time. > > Please comment if I seem to have misunderstood something. My intention is > to use settings that the manual seems to be saying will be adequate and > reasonably high fidelity for ripping music tracks. I have a fairly critical > ear, and while I don't want to lose the advantage of compression altogether, > I don't want to make tacky-sounding files without the detail and timbre > (tone "color") that will satisfy me. > > So here are the settings I've made. I'll mention when I didn't understand > something at all. > 1. convert to ripped .wav file, left checked > > 2. thread priority normal > 3. lame mp3 encoder version 1 > > 4. don't delete ripped .wav file after conversion, checkbox left unchecked > > 5. version mpEGI (version of what?) > > 6. min. bit rate 192 (what does it mean to say minimum here? Maybe this > means if you use a variable or average rate, it's not supposed to fall > beneath this?) > > 7. stereo J-radio checked (what does "radio" have to do with anything > here?)Or
Re: CdEx settings check
Kevin, Thanks *so* much for these explanations and recommendations! I've just reviewed my settings and reset options to match what you suggest. I'll admit a couple of things still puzzle me, especially near the bottom of the menu where I can't understand how I might have chosen to go with the average bit rate according to the manual's suggestion, except that there seemed no way to actually choose this option. but if you care about your music as much as you say, which sounds congenial to me, I'll just accept your saying that using the variable bit rate with these high and low settings will work out for the best. Again, thanks. And just personally, I never would have imagined that metal needed less critical recording. I do think that commercially recorded rock of any sort, as well as other popular styles, a lot of which I do have in my own music collection, usually have considerably narrower dynamic ranges (and frequency ranges, too) compared to some other material, but that's another matter altogether. Just means I need certain qualities in my headphones and speakers depending on what I'm most concerned gets rendered well. I mean using my stereo system. Again, many thanks. I just wanted to settle on one program for ripping, get handy with it, and feel I wasn't doing my music a sonic disservice. - Original Message - From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 12:59 PM Subject: Re: CdEx settings check Hi Daniel. I'll address some of your questions below by letting you know what settings I use and why. I also have a critical ear and also confess to being a metal head. Despite what some might think about metal, it actually needs a high bit rate to get everything out of the extremes. By the way, any setting I don't mention ain't important and should be left at default value as far as I'm concerned. 1. Thread priority - below normal - I set it here so that I can carry on using my computer without any sluggishness. Normal isn't too bad but above is obviously faster to rip but takes over your computer. 2. Encoder - lame - the best MP3 encoder as far as I'm concerned. 3. Version - MPEG1 - just means MP3 - don't worry about it 4. Bit rate min - 128kbps - yes, this is the minimum bit rate or the floor if you like when ripping in variable bit rate mode. The encoder won't drop below this. The encoder will only go down this far if it thinks you won't lose quality so it's safe to set to 128kbps rather than 192kbps if you're using variable bit rates 5. Bit rate max - 320kbps - as I said, I prefer quality to disc space so let the encoder use as much as it needs to get the best result - that's my personal philosophy. It's interesting to see just how many CD's get ripped with tracks in excess of 256kbps. 6. Stereo - don't use anything else like joint stereo - it'll sound tacky and you'll regret it later 7. Quality - high - if you want the best sound quality for your compressed music there's no other setting worth using. 8. On the fly - unchecked - if you check this box you're telling the program to read and rip to your hard drive in one move thereby increasing your chances of including pops, clicks and jitter errors. By unchecking this you'll be telling the program to firstly extract the data from the CD, create an image on your hard drive and then convert to MP3. This will yield a better result. 9. VBR method - VBR default - this basically tells the encoder that you wish to use variable bit rates. There's little to choose in the individual different VBR methods in my opinion so why not the default. 10. VBR quality - VBR 0 - the highest quality for the VBR algorithm. Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC-Audio" Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 7:26 PM Subject: Fw: CdEx settings check > This is the third of the three. > > - Original Message - > From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC-Audio" > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 4:28 PM > Subject: CdEx settings check > > > I've just read several sections of the CdEx Help documentation, and I'd like > to show how I set things, one option at a time. > > Please comment if I seem to have misunderstood something. My intention is > to use settings that the manual seems to be saying will be adequate and > reasonably high fidelity for ripping music tracks. I have a fairly critical > ear, and while I don't want to lose the advantage of compression altogether, > I don't want to make tacky-sounding files without the detail and timbre > (tone "color") that will satisfy me. > > So here are the settings I've made. I'll mention when I didn't understand > something at all. > 1. convert to ripped .wav file, left checked > > 2. thread priority normal > 3. lame mp3 encoder version 1 > > 4. don't delete ripped .wav file after conversion, checkbox left unchecked > > 5. version mpEGI (versio
Re: A very interesting sound problem
Hi Jed. No, I don't believe I've seen that problem with Winamp 5. Hope this helps. - Original Message - From: "Jed Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 2:35 PM Subject: RE: A very interesting sound problem Hey there, Have you had this problem with winamp 5? Thanks, Jed -Original Message- From: Gary Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 2:27 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: A very interesting sound problem Hi Jed. Could it be because Winamp is owned by AOL? Grin. - Original Message - From: "Jed Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 10:44 PM Subject: A very interesting sound problem Hey guys, OK, there is something really strange going on here. I have winamp 2.95 running just fine, after uninstalling version 5. When I'm playing stuff in winamp, my sound in aol instant messenger. I received a few incoming messages, and it played one of the windows XP dings for a sound instead of what I selected? This makes no sense!!! Any ideas why? I didn't make any changes in aim. Thoughts? Thanks, Jed ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems playing DVD's.
Hi Janet, I like power dvd better because if you have some sight you can inlarge the screen better. It has a better full screen. Dave Hutchins - Original Message - From: "janet smith`" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 11:24 AM Subject: Re: Problems playing DVD's. hi have you tried windows media player? it works great with dvd's - Original Message - From: "Mike Mote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:18 AM Subject: Problems playing DVD's. Hi to all on the list. Over this weekend I used my lap top on the road to play some DVD's for the kids, and I encountered several problems. So I'm wondering, aside from inter video, is their a program that is either freeware or relatively inexpensive that works better with jaws. Inter video works well, when it works, but it didn't work very well at all this weekend, and I'm leaving my options open. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005 ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CdEx settings check
Hi Daniel. I'll address some of your questions below by letting you know what settings I use and why. I also have a critical ear and also confess to being a metal head. Despite what some might think about metal, it actually needs a high bit rate to get everything out of the extremes. By the way, any setting I don't mention ain't important and should be left at default value as far as I'm concerned. 1. Thread priority - below normal - I set it here so that I can carry on using my computer without any sluggishness. Normal isn't too bad but above is obviously faster to rip but takes over your computer. 2. Encoder - lame - the best MP3 encoder as far as I'm concerned. 3. Version - MPEG1 - just means MP3 - don't worry about it 4. Bit rate min - 128kbps - yes, this is the minimum bit rate or the floor if you like when ripping in variable bit rate mode. The encoder won't drop below this. The encoder will only go down this far if it thinks you won't lose quality so it's safe to set to 128kbps rather than 192kbps if you're using variable bit rates 5. Bit rate max - 320kbps - as I said, I prefer quality to disc space so let the encoder use as much as it needs to get the best result - that's my personal philosophy. It's interesting to see just how many CD's get ripped with tracks in excess of 256kbps. 6. Stereo - don't use anything else like joint stereo - it'll sound tacky and you'll regret it later 7. Quality - high - if you want the best sound quality for your compressed music there's no other setting worth using. 8. On the fly - unchecked - if you check this box you're telling the program to read and rip to your hard drive in one move thereby increasing your chances of including pops, clicks and jitter errors. By unchecking this you'll be telling the program to firstly extract the data from the CD, create an image on your hard drive and then convert to MP3. This will yield a better result. 9. VBR method - VBR default - this basically tells the encoder that you wish to use variable bit rates. There's little to choose in the individual different VBR methods in my opinion so why not the default. 10. VBR quality - VBR 0 - the highest quality for the VBR algorithm. Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC-Audio" Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 7:26 PM Subject: Fw: CdEx settings check > This is the third of the three. > > - Original Message - > From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC-Audio" > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 4:28 PM > Subject: CdEx settings check > > > I've just read several sections of the CdEx Help documentation, and I'd like > to show how I set things, one option at a time. > > Please comment if I seem to have misunderstood something. My intention is > to use settings that the manual seems to be saying will be adequate and > reasonably high fidelity for ripping music tracks. I have a fairly critical > ear, and while I don't want to lose the advantage of compression altogether, > I don't want to make tacky-sounding files without the detail and timbre > (tone "color") that will satisfy me. > > So here are the settings I've made. I'll mention when I didn't understand > something at all. > 1. convert to ripped .wav file, left checked > > 2. thread priority normal > 3. lame mp3 encoder version 1 > > 4. don't delete ripped .wav file after conversion, checkbox left unchecked > > 5. version mpEGI (version of what?) > > 6. min. bit rate 192 (what does it mean to say minimum here? Maybe this > means if you use a variable or average rate, it's not supposed to fall > beneath this?) > > 7. stereo J-radio checked (what does "radio" have to do with anything > here?)Or maybe "J-radio?" > > 8. Private checkbox not checked Huh? Private as opposed to what? Is the > sighted user seeing things I'm not hearing, maybe? > > 9. checksum checkbox not checked (is this an error correction method that > by default (I left this as it was) isn't to be used? Is that okay? > > 10. original checkbox not checked Original what? Huh? > > 11. copyright checkbox not checked (again, what's that mean?) > > 12. quality high (the manual suggested this for better music high if) > > 13. on-the-fly mp3 encoding checkbox checked (okay, that's the default, but > what's it mean?) > > 14. vbr method disabled > > Here follows the word "quality," then the next press of the tab key brings > you to vbr quality. Then the next line is ABR (KBBS); now this is the > method the manual suggested using, but there's no control or input here, it > seems, just the words. > > VBR method (no idea what this could be; again, there's nothing to set or > check) > > 15. rate 44,100 default > > 16. > That's it. Can anyone tell me if these settings are legitimate for the > purposes I spoke of? Good quality music ripping? > > Thanks. Sorry to do this, but I found no step by step explanation of this > options tab, or any other, in the hel
Re: Cue Points in Goldwave
One way would be to just hit control+j several times until you get there. control+j jumps you from cue point to cue point. Bruce -- Bruce Toews E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Mon, 9 May 2005, Donald L. Roberts wrote: Donna, You can drop a manual cue point using control q. Now, I have a question of my own. How does one go in Goldwave 5.10 directly to a designated cue point? For example, if I go to the list of cue points and find one of interest, how can I tell Goldwave to go directly to that cue point without using alt e k and manually typing in the location in minutes and seconds? Thanks. Don Roberts - Original Message - From: "Dana S. Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC-Audio" Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:48 AM Subject: Cue Points in Goldwave In several of the files with which I'm working, goldwave's autocue feature is not placing the cue points where I would like them. In part, this may be because I simply need to adjust the autocue settings. But a number of the files with which I am working are recordings of live concerts, or have silences in strange places, for other reasons. I would like to be able to insert cue points manually. The only way Goldwave seem to allow for this requires that the playback timer position be entered manually, along with cue names, etc. Is there no way to issue a keystroke or click a button to say "Put a cue right here, at the current playback position." that would be SO much easier! Thanks. Blessed Be, Dana D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE Your Source for Discounted Ideas http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cue Points in Goldwave
Donna, You can drop a manual cue point using control q. Now, I have a question of my own. How does one go in Goldwave 5.10 directly to a designated cue point? For example, if I go to the list of cue points and find one of interest, how can I tell Goldwave to go directly to that cue point without using alt e k and manually typing in the location in minutes and seconds? Thanks. Don Roberts - Original Message - From: "Dana S. Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC-Audio" Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:48 AM Subject: Cue Points in Goldwave In several of the files with which I'm working, goldwave's autocue feature is not placing the cue points where I would like them. In part, this may be because I simply need to adjust the autocue settings. But a number of the files with which I am working are recordings of live concerts, or have silences in strange places, for other reasons. I would like to be able to insert cue points manually. The only way Goldwave seem to allow for this requires that the playback timer position be entered manually, along with cue names, etc. Is there no way to issue a keystroke or click a button to say "Put a cue right here, at the current playback position." that would be SO much easier! Thanks. Blessed Be, Dana D. S. Leslie, nÃe C. R. Guttman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ÃE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE Your Source for Discounted Ideas http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cue Points in Goldwave
Thanks! that's what I needed. - Original Message - From: "Bruce Toews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 1:51 PM Subject: Re: Cue Points in Goldwave That'd be control+q for "drop cue point". Bruce -- Bruce Toews E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Mon, 9 May 2005, Dana S. Leslie wrote: In several of the files with which I'm working, goldwave's autocue feature is not placing the cue points where I would like them. In part, this may be because I simply need to adjust the autocue settings. But a number of the files with which I am working are recordings of live concerts, or have silences in strange places, for other reasons. I would like to be able to insert cue points manually. The only way Goldwave seem to allow for this requires that the playback timer position be entered manually, along with cue names, etc. Is there no way to issue a keystroke or click a button to say "Put a cue right here, at the current playback position." that would be SO much easier! Thanks. Blessed Be, Dana D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE Your Source for Discounted Ideas http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: A very interesting sound problem
Hey there, Have you had this problem with winamp 5? Thanks, Jed -Original Message- From: Gary Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 2:27 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: A very interesting sound problem Hi Jed. Could it be because Winamp is owned by AOL? Grin. - Original Message - From: "Jed Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 10:44 PM Subject: A very interesting sound problem > Hey guys, > OK, there is something really strange going on here. > I have winamp 2.95 running just fine, after uninstalling version 5. > When I'm playing stuff in winamp, my sound in aol instant messenger. I > received a few incoming messages, and it played one of the windows XP > dings for a sound instead of what I selected? This makes no sense!!! > Any ideas why? > I didn't make any changes in aim. > Thoughts? > Thanks, > Jed > > > > ___ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A very interesting sound problem
Hi Jed. Could it be because Winamp is owned by AOL? Grin. - Original Message - From: "Jed Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 10:44 PM Subject: A very interesting sound problem Hey guys, OK, there is something really strange going on here. I have winamp 2.95 running just fine, after uninstalling version 5. When I'm playing stuff in winamp, my sound in aol instant messenger. I received a few incoming messages, and it played one of the windows XP dings for a sound instead of what I selected? This makes no sense!!! Any ideas why? I didn't make any changes in aim. Thoughts? Thanks, Jed ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cd won't play
I'm going to repost three requests for assistance I sent to the list yesterday, none of which have been acknowledged or responded to yet. I'm thinking that they may have fallen between the cracks for having been sent on a Sunday. c - Original Message - From: "Joel Deutsch" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC-Audio" < Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 3:33 PM Subject: Inserted CDs won't play This is strange. Usually, the way I have things set up, when I insert a regular music CD in the drive, I get one of two results (I haven't sorted out when which one happens, sorry): Either I get a Windows message asking me to choose a number of options from a list or simply decline any of the options, or Windows Media Player launches and starts playing the CD. As I said, sorry, but I'm getting a bit muddled trying to remember when the Windows prompt comes up and when WMP simply launches. Today, I inserted a couple of different music CDs in my drive, and nothing at all happened. Well, not exactly nothing; I had CdEx running because I was working on tweaking its settings.So CdEx faithfully set about getting album info from the Web and getting ready to let me rip from the CD. Which was fine, whether or not I intended to do that at the moment. but the point is, Windows Media Player wouldn't do anything. I launched it manually and pressed the play key combination, but nothing. Insert T with Jaws didn't give me the album title, but then, it never does, for some reason (Yes, I've set WMP to go online and look for the info, but it just never displays the name of the album, anyway.). I have the WMP file association list set to play all, including music CDs. What could have gone wrong? Thanks for any advice, Daniel ssocation boom -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005 ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: Premier CD Creator
This is the second of three I'm reposting. - Original Message - From: "Joel Deutsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC-Audio" Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 3:46 PM Subject: Premier CD Creator Is anyone familiar with this program? I've been exploring a trial version of it, to see if it might suffice for my simple CD-burning needs, and maybe as a backup for ripping, after CdEx, which seems a little more flexible in its settings.Andis free, after all. But whatever. Anyway, I've run into a lot of real trouble with this Premier program, just one example being that no matter what CD I insert and try to rip tracks from, the inscrutable (to me, anyway) readouts giving CD and track information keep displaying some things I don't understand at all, plus, and this is really strange, the title of a Black Sabbath CD (I'm not a metalhead, so this disc is not in my music collection, let alone mistakenly inserted into my computer's CD drive) and all its track info. Just to see if the display was stuck in some way, I went ahead and ripped what I could-- and when I looked on my hard drive, yes, there were all the tracks from the Black Sabbath album and not anything from the CD I'd put into the drive. Now, this is all the stranger because until the last day or so, Premier had shown the correct CD info on my first couple of attempts to use it (Audio Grabber, that is), and I had successfully burned one CD from a ripped version of it. . There are other problems, too, such as Premier crashing after an error message when I try to burn with it, although this function, too, worked okay the first time I tried it, as I just said. I've written two inquiries to the company, and their executive (I think) has assured me he's sent my questions on to the engineers. But I've gotten no response to my inquiries at all, after a number of days. Anywy, can anyone with experience suggest what's going on, here? Is it possible that the demo version ran out but, instead of giving me a message that it was expired, just started misbehaving and malfunctioning? Thanks. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005 ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Soundcraft RW5653US
Has anyone had any experience with the Soundcraft RW5653US mixing console? If so, I'd like to ask a few questions about it. Thanks, Tom ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: CdEx settings check
This is the third of the three. - Original Message - From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC-Audio" Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 4:28 PM Subject: CdEx settings check I've just read several sections of the CdEx Help documentation, and I'd like to show how I set things, one option at a time. Please comment if I seem to have misunderstood something. My intention is to use settings that the manual seems to be saying will be adequate and reasonably high fidelity for ripping music tracks. I have a fairly critical ear, and while I don't want to lose the advantage of compression altogether, I don't want to make tacky-sounding files without the detail and timbre (tone "color") that will satisfy me. So here are the settings I've made. I'll mention when I didn't understand something at all. 1. convert to ripped .wav file, left checked 2. thread priority normal 3. lame mp3 encoder version 1 4. don't delete ripped .wav file after conversion, checkbox left unchecked 5. version mpEGI (version of what?) 6. min. bit rate 192 (what does it mean to say minimum here? Maybe this means if you use a variable or average rate, it's not supposed to fall beneath this?) 7. stereo J-radio checked (what does "radio" have to do with anything here?)Or maybe "J-radio?" 8. Private checkbox not checked Huh? Private as opposed to what? Is the sighted user seeing things I'm not hearing, maybe? 9. checksum checkbox not checked (is this an error correction method that by default (I left this as it was) isn't to be used? Is that okay? 10. original checkbox not checked Original what? Huh? 11. copyright checkbox not checked (again, what's that mean?) 12. quality high (the manual suggested this for better music high if) 13. on-the-fly mp3 encoding checkbox checked (okay, that's the default, but what's it mean?) 14. vbr method disabled Here follows the word "quality," then the next press of the tab key brings you to vbr quality. Then the next line is ABR (KBBS); now this is the method the manual suggested using, but there's no control or input here, it seems, just the words. VBR method (no idea what this could be; again, there's nothing to set or check) 15. rate 44,100 default 16. That's it. Can anyone tell me if these settings are legitimate for the purposes I spoke of? Good quality music ripping? Thanks. Sorry to do this, but I found no step by step explanation of this options tab, or any other, in the help manual, even when clicking on the help button in the tab. What I got was very perfunctory, not an explanation of any of this. Many thanks, Daniel -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005 ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cue Points in Goldwave
That'd be control+q for "drop cue point". Bruce -- Bruce Toews E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Mon, 9 May 2005, Dana S. Leslie wrote: In several of the files with which I'm working, goldwave's autocue feature is not placing the cue points where I would like them. In part, this may be because I simply need to adjust the autocue settings. But a number of the files with which I am working are recordings of live concerts, or have silences in strange places, for other reasons. I would like to be able to insert cue points manually. The only way Goldwave seem to allow for this requires that the playback timer position be entered manually, along with cue names, etc. Is there no way to issue a keystroke or click a button to say "Put a cue right here, at the current playback position." that would be SO much easier! Thanks. Blessed Be, Dana D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE Your Source for Discounted Ideas http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cue Points in Goldwave
In several of the files with which I'm working, goldwave's autocue feature is not placing the cue points where I would like them. In part, this may be because I simply need to adjust the autocue settings. But a number of the files with which I am working are recordings of live concerts, or have silences in strange places, for other reasons. I would like to be able to insert cue points manually. The only way Goldwave seem to allow for this requires that the playback timer position be entered manually, along with cue names, etc. Is there no way to issue a keystroke or click a button to say "Put a cue right here, at the current playback position." that would be SO much easier! Thanks. Blessed Be, Dana D. S. Leslie, nÃe C. R. Guttman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ÃE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE Your Source for Discounted Ideas http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems playing DVD's.
I haven't, but I will. How is the response as it relates to jaws. I'm using version 6.0. - Original Message - From: "janet smith`" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 11:24 AM Subject: Re: Problems playing DVD's. hi have you tried windows media player? it works great with dvd's - Original Message - From: "Mike Mote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:18 AM Subject: Problems playing DVD's. Hi to all on the list. Over this weekend I used my lap top on the road to play some DVD's for the kids, and I encountered several problems. So I'm wondering, aside from inter video, is their a program that is either freeware or relatively inexpensive that works better with jaws. Inter video works well, when it works, but it didn't work very well at all this weekend, and I'm leaving my options open. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005 ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems playing DVD's.
he responce is great but you should getwindows media player 10 - Original Message - From: "Mike Mote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:30 AM Subject: Re: Problems playing DVD's. I haven't, but I will. How is the response as it relates to jaws. I'm using version 6.0. - Original Message - From: "janet smith`" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 11:24 AM Subject: Re: Problems playing DVD's. hi have you tried windows media player? it works great with dvd's - Original Message - From: "Mike Mote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:18 AM Subject: Problems playing DVD's. Hi to all on the list. Over this weekend I used my lap top on the road to play some DVD's for the kids, and I encountered several problems. So I'm wondering, aside from inter video, is their a program that is either freeware or relatively inexpensive that works better with jaws. Inter video works well, when it works, but it didn't work very well at all this weekend, and I'm leaving my options open. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005 ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005 ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems playing DVD's.
hi have you tried windows media player? it works great with dvd's - Original Message - From: "Mike Mote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 10:18 AM Subject: Problems playing DVD's. Hi to all on the list. Over this weekend I used my lap top on the road to play some DVD's for the kids, and I encountered several problems. So I'm wondering, aside from inter video, is their a program that is either freeware or relatively inexpensive that works better with jaws. Inter video works well, when it works, but it didn't work very well at all this weekend, and I'm leaving my options open. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005 ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Trimming in Goldwave & Burning to CD
First, after digitizing all of my old cassettes with Goldwave (one entire side of a cassette to a file), I used Goldwave's autocue feature to break the file up into tracks. Then, I wanted to trim the tracks before burning them. I had configured the autocue so that all the dead air was at the end of each track, none at the beginning. This meant that I had to fast forward through each track to position the finish marker, and do it over and over again each time I overshot the end. Is there any keystroke or other way to quickly position the finish marker at the end of the soundscape, as opposed to the end of the file (which is what ctrl-end seems to do); or, alternatively, would it be easier if I just reconfigured autocue to put all of the dead air at the beginning of the file? What has worked best for others here? Second, after burning the tracks to a CD, I noticed two peculiarities: the CD plays fine in my stereo CD player. But, if I browse the CD on my computer, I don't see any CDA files (or anything else) on the CD (The drive folder is entirely empty.), and the CD won't start when I double click the drive icon; I have to manually start Winamp and use its play command. Any idea what's going on here? Thanks. Blessed Be, Dana D. S. Leslie, nÃe C. R. Guttman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ÃE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE Your Source for Discounted Ideas http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problems playing DVD's.
Hi to all on the list. Over this weekend I used my lap top on the road to play some DVD's for the kids, and I encountered several problems. So I'm wondering, aside from inter video, is their a program that is either freeware or relatively inexpensive that works better with jaws. Inter video works well, when it works, but it didn't work very well at all this weekend, and I'm leaving my options open. ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CD Burning Problem
Thanks. I eventually discovered that, and, rather than convert all my files, I re-digitized them all, in the correct format -- a lot of work, but I'm rather an obsessive perfectionist. Now, I have another couple of issues I'll ask about in my next message. Thanks, again. Dana - Original Message - From: "Larry Higgins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 7:36 PM Subject: Re: CD Burning Problem Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but in order for these files to be converted for play on a standard cd player apart from the computer, they must be recorded at 16-bit stereo and 44.1khz. This is the standard. At 02:23 PM 5/5/2005, you wrote: I've digitized several of my old music cassettes with Goldwave, with the intention of burning them to Cd with Easy CD-DA Extractor. I digitized them as WAVs, in 32-bit stereo and 48khz. But, when I try to burn them, Easy CD-DA Extractor insists that I first convert them to 16-bit stereo and 44.1khz, before it will burn them. Do I need to do this with all the WAVs I've already made, and make all future WAVs in this lesser format, or is there an adjustment I can make to Easy CD-DA Extractor, instead? Thank you. Blessed Be, Dana D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ÃzE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE Your Source for Discounted Ideas http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: increasing streams in Winamp library
Peter, I see a lot of stuff about display options but nothing specifically about managing the cache. The closest item is something about not loading the database at startup, which of course is unchecked. There's also an item referring to resizing columns, but that seems to have to do with the appearance of the display. again, not sure what I'm missing, i can't seem to get to anything other than the display or advanced options dialogs. Thanks for your patience. Susan - Original Message - From: "Peter Russillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 8:27 PM Subject: Re: increasing streams in Winamp library Hi Susan, as to increasing the streams, in Media Library under Preferences, look for a button that says something about managing cache and hit it; you should get a dialog that starts with something about limiting the streams to fetch; if the edit box says 500, for instance, than hit Delete and type a higher number, say 1. Then go to the Okay button, press it with spacebar; then you're back on the first dialog page; go to the Close button, hit the spacebar, and that should do it. As for 5.09, I just tried it and found an odd behavior with it. I'm on dial-up, and previous versions of Winamp didn't try to connect to the Net when listening to a file stored offline; however with 5.09 in my case, when I wanted to listen to something that is offline on the hard disk, Winamp would connect to the Net. Even when I merely wanted to run Winamp while offline to see what plugins are there, the thing would--what else--connect! I went back to 5.08E; I don't know what kind of connection I have, but for now I'm staying away from 5.09; so, ah, pick your poison (grin). HTH Regards, Peter - Original Message - From: "Susan Wojtecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 5:50 PM Subject: increasing streams in Winamp library Hi listers, sorry if this question has been done to death, but can someone remind me about how to increase the number of streams in the Winamp media library with the latest version? Once I get to the media library section under preferences i can't seem to find the appropriate dialogue, which looks different from the 5.04 version on my old machine. Any help much appreciated. By the way, I'm wondering about upgrading to the new version, any thoughts for or against from those who may have already done it? many thanks as always. Susan ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: increasing streams in Winamp library
Peter, Forgot this with last message ... I have a cable connection and did see that behavior you described of trying to connect, but only when I first opened Winamp after installation. There was some kind of send/don't send dialog which I was able to clear and have not seen that since, so am not sure what it is about. The whole thing about setting library preferences has always confused me though. in going into the library, I can see the options for searching for various file types, which I haven't done anything with. As I said, it was a while since i did this and that was with 5.04 and it seemed that the dialog was more straightforward in 2.95 or whatever version when the library was first introduced. Anyway, many thanks for any advice. Susan - Original Message - From: "Peter Russillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 8:32 PM Subject: Re: increasing streams in Winamp library P.S. Susan, I actually meant to say, "I don't know what kind of connection you have," not "kind of connection I have." Just a goof. Peter - Original Message - From: "Peter Russillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 8:27 PM Subject: Re: increasing streams in Winamp library Hi Susan, as to increasing the streams, in Media Library under Preferences, look for a button that says something about managing cache and hit it; you should get a dialog that starts with something about limiting the streams to fetch; if the edit box says 500, for instance, than hit Delete and type a higher number, say 1. Then go to the Okay button, press it with spacebar; then you're back on the first dialog page; go to the Close button, hit the spacebar, and that should do it. As for 5.09, I just tried it and found an odd behavior with it. I'm on dial-up, and previous versions of Winamp didn't try to connect to the Net when listening to a file stored offline; however with 5.09 in my case, when I wanted to listen to something that is offline on the hard disk, Winamp would connect to the Net. Even when I merely wanted to run Winamp while offline to see what plugins are there, the thing would--what else--connect! I went back to 5.08E; I don't know what kind of connection I have, but for now I'm staying away from 5.09; so, ah, pick your poison (grin). HTH Regards, Peter - Original Message - From: "Susan Wojtecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 5:50 PM Subject: increasing streams in Winamp library > Hi listers, > sorry if this question has been done to death, but can someone remind > me > about how to increase the number of streams in the Winamp media library with > the latest version? Once I get to the media library section under > preferences i can't seem to find the appropriate dialogue, which looks > different from the 5.04 version on my old machine. Any help much > appreciated. By the way, I'm wondering about upgrading to the new version, > any thoughts for or against from those who may have already done it? many > thanks as always. > > Susan > > > > ___ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Poccasting software
Hi everyone, Is there a Podcast software that will work under Windows 98 sE, and work well with JFW and/or Window-Eyes? Thanks much. ~Ann --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0518-5, 05/08/2005 Tested on: 5/9/05 8:04:38 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
