purchasing blank cds
hi. well had good and bad and just shit house with burning cds this week. now run out of all of them. will not be getting any cheap and nasty crappy cds. and will be getting formatted, rewriteable. was and managed to use windows media player to burn. then in cd player, the sharp ghetto blaster. the cd started skipping, jumping, etc. so out of cds. so is harvey norman a good place to purchase blank cds. and what do they cost and what sizes do you get batches of 20, 50s. got over 800 tracks on my hard drive. need to burn to cd. do not want to pay and arm and a leg for a brand new cd ghetto boom box, when the old one which i have had for about 20 years is still working perfectly. do not want to go to an ipod. not the most delicate with things. just plain clumsy me. and do not want to spend a fortune on getting one with voice over. so the blank cds is the cheapest option. and some times the vista burning wizard comes up, and then it does not. able to create a play list, add to the play list then burn. so what should i pay. any specific brands. Marvin. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Speaking of Creative labs...
Hi Brett, depending on what you have to spend, look at the range of delta cards. From the audiophile 2496, which is very affordable, to the delta 1010. I personally have a delta 1010LT and it's fantastic for multi track recording etc. Just a thought, just depends on available cash, how many ins/outs you need etc, good luck, cheers Steve. - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 11:15 PM Subject: Re: Speaking of Creative labs... Hi. I work for an fm rock station as well as several online audio projects for vocals and voice acting! That's why I probably need something a little more than the creative stream but i thought I'd ask the list. bb - Original Message - From: Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 2:14 PM Subject: Re: Speaking of Creative labs... bret what kind of media do you produce? - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 1:52 PM Subject: Re: Speaking of Creative labs... Right. Thanks for the feedback. I am a media producer so I guess I'll be looking around still. thanks! bb - Original Message - From: Robert Logue bobca...@telusplanet.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 12:16 PM Subject: Re: Speaking of Creative labs... The real problem people have with Creative cards is poor drivers and software support for low latency multi-track audio and multiple plug-ins for digital audio work stations such as Sonar.. My older Audigy 4 pro sounds quite good and recordings are fantastic. But, asio is a bit dodgy with some soft instrument plug-ins in Sonar. I have not had experience with the X-FI cards yet. They should be just fine for basic stereo recording and surround playback. But, if you are a musician or media producer, you would be better off with more professional gear. I wish it was easy to compare the sound of different audio devices. Bob. - Original Message - From: Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 9:59 AM Subject: Re: Speaking of Creative labs... actually that is not really true. the quality of the creative cards are quite good. better then some of the other brands i have heard. other then that i would go with some others that i have heard but are well out of a persons price range but still the creative cards are great and the x-fi series is worth the money that you would spend on it. - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 10:53 AM Subject: Speaking of Creative labs... Hi. From the many experts and audio buffs I have talked to Creative seems to be pretty low-end. Does anybody have reccomendations for a sound card that is inexpensive and superior quality to Creative. I think people just buy creative because of the name. Similar to Bowes. Anyway thoughts? bb To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: purchasing blank cds
High Marvin, I don't know about the store that you mentioned, but you can get CD's that are made for burning audio files from Walmart. The Maxwell discs, will cost you about $16.95 for a pack of 10. The Memberex discs will run you about $14.95 for a pack of 12. The SONY discs will run you about $16.95 for a pack of 20. But if you wish to buy CD's in baulk, then you'd want to go to Cassette House. Their website address is: http://www.tape.com/ My best regards. John. - Original Message - From: Marvin Hunkin startrekc...@gmail.com To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:21 AM Subject: purchasing blank cds hi. well had good and bad and just shit house with burning cds this week. now run out of all of them. will not be getting any cheap and nasty crappy cds. and will be getting formatted, rewriteable. was and managed to use windows media player to burn. then in cd player, the sharp ghetto blaster. the cd started skipping, jumping, etc. so out of cds. so is harvey norman a good place to purchase blank cds. and what do they cost and what sizes do you get batches of 20, 50s. got over 800 tracks on my hard drive. need to burn to cd. do not want to pay and arm and a leg for a brand new cd ghetto boom box, when the old one which i have had for about 20 years is still working perfectly. do not want to go to an ipod. not the most delicate with things. just plain clumsy me. and do not want to spend a fortune on getting one with voice over. so the blank cds is the cheapest option. and some times the vista burning wizard comes up, and then it does not. able to create a play list, add to the play list then burn. so what should i pay. any specific brands. Marvin. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: purchasing blank cds
hello, a few things to consider, you want to use duplication grade cd-rs. there higher quality then what stores offer. and also your burner you want to check its firmware to make sure you have the latest installed. the firmware of the drive and blank media type can make a big difference. re-writable cds are more sensative if you get finger prints on those, they end up having more problems then regular cds do. hope some of this helps. thanks les. Cd/Dvd Duplication Custom Printing Customer Service Les Gordon Phone: (267)329-8150 email: sa...@cdrdvdr.com web: http://www.cdrdvdr.com - Original Message - From: Marvin Hunkin startrekc...@gmail.com To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:21 AM Subject: purchasing blank cds hi. well had good and bad and just shit house with burning cds this week. now run out of all of them. will not be getting any cheap and nasty crappy cds. and will be getting formatted, rewriteable. was and managed to use windows media player to burn. then in cd player, the sharp ghetto blaster. the cd started skipping, jumping, etc. so out of cds. so is harvey norman a good place to purchase blank cds. and what do they cost and what sizes do you get batches of 20, 50s. got over 800 tracks on my hard drive. need to burn to cd. do not want to pay and arm and a leg for a brand new cd ghetto boom box, when the old one which i have had for about 20 years is still working perfectly. do not want to go to an ipod. not the most delicate with things. just plain clumsy me. and do not want to spend a fortune on getting one with voice over. so the blank cds is the cheapest option. and some times the vista burning wizard comes up, and then it does not. able to create a play list, add to the play list then burn. so what should i pay. any specific brands. Marvin. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: purchasing blank cds
Hi Marv: A couple of things I saw mentioned on list. In Media Player make sure you have the burn options set to music. Also, I am not sure about how you do it but I think they need to be, perhaps not, mp3 format and I do not know how to set that if it is not already set. Another thing, check your burn speed and set it to slow or medium the default is fast. My Brother In Law said you can not play ReWritable CDs when burned on your Boom Box but I've not checked that out either. I just looked at Media Player and tabbed around finding some things that I mentioned. I could not find the graphic equalizer or the way to set the bass up since my copy to my tape player had a low bass and I could not mess with it in the sound card either. Anyway, keep notes since I will be trying to burn something real soon myself. Rick USA - Original Message - From: Marvin Hunkin startrekc...@gmail.com To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:21 AM Subject: purchasing blank cds hi. well had good and bad and just shit house with burning cds this week. now run out of all of them. will not be getting any cheap and nasty crappy cds. and will be getting formatted, rewriteable. was and managed to use windows media player to burn. then in cd player, the sharp ghetto blaster. the cd started skipping, jumping, etc. so out of cds. so is harvey norman a good place to purchase blank cds. and what do they cost and what sizes do you get batches of 20, 50s. got over 800 tracks on my hard drive. need to burn to cd. do not want to pay and arm and a leg for a brand new cd ghetto boom box, when the old one which i have had for about 20 years is still working perfectly. do not want to go to an ipod. not the most delicate with things. just plain clumsy me. and do not want to spend a fortune on getting one with voice over. so the blank cds is the cheapest option. and some times the vista burning wizard comes up, and then it does not. able to create a play list, add to the play list then burn. so what should i pay. any specific brands. Marvin. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Surround plugins hardware etc
This would be cool to have. I remember that virtual haircut thing on Youtube. I can't believe it actually sounds surround through a normal USB headset. - Original Message - From: David Reynolds dkreyno...@ntlworld.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:23 PM Subject: Surround plugins hardware etc Hi, I spend a lot of time listening to music through headphones, and have tried on many occasions to find a piece of software which psycho acoustically creates a feeling of depth through headphones. I've looked at a couple, but none are particularly accessible. D Does anyone on the list have experience of any hardware/software solution to this problem. Thanks, David. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
problems recording from my soundcard
Hi all. I have a problem recording from my sound card. I'm using audacity to record and have the mixer set to sterio and have also tried other settings. When I hit record jaws starts going r r and then starts making a lifting off sound like a plain on the ground. I have a soundmax digital audio sound card. Anyone know what's going on? Is there another software I should use for recording streams? Thanks, Troy To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Speaking of Creative labs...
That is USB, isn't it? How is the latency with soft synths? That model goes back to at least 2005. Don't know what they have now. I just Googled it. Looks like they have a Cakewalk branded version now. I also thought about getting an Edirol. A friend has the FA-66 which sounds great but he doesn't do any multi-tracking with it. So, I don't know how good the firewire would work. I might also be better off with a USB version. I like that the controls are all hardware with the FA66. Bob - Original Message - From: David Reynolds dkreyno...@ntlworld.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 2:05 PM Subject: RE: Speaking of Creative labs... I love my Edirol ua101. I was getting more fed up with creative's products as my demands grew larger, but the edirol works well with soft synths and for recording and playback. David. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brett Boyer Sent: 30 November 2009 19:52 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Speaking of Creative labs... Right. Thanks for the feedback. I am a media producer so I guess I'll be looking around still. thanks! bb - Original Message - From: Robert Logue bobca...@telusplanet.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 12:16 PM Subject: Re: Speaking of Creative labs... The real problem people have with Creative cards is poor drivers and software support for low latency multi-track audio and multiple plug-ins for digital audio work stations such as Sonar.. My older Audigy 4 pro sounds quite good and recordings are fantastic. But, asio is a bit dodgy with some soft instrument plug-ins in Sonar. I have not had experience with the X-FI cards yet. They should be just fine for basic stereo recording and surround playback. But, if you are a musician or media producer, you would be better off with more professional gear. I wish it was easy to compare the sound of different audio devices. Bob. - Original Message - From: Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 9:59 AM Subject: Re: Speaking of Creative labs... actually that is not really true. the quality of the creative cards are quite good. better then some of the other brands i have heard. other then that i would go with some others that i have heard but are well out of a persons price range but still the creative cards are great and the x-fi series is worth the money that you would spend on it. - Original Message - From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 10:53 AM Subject: Speaking of Creative labs... Hi. From the many experts and audio buffs I have talked to Creative seems to be pretty low-end. Does anybody have reccomendations for a sound card that is inexpensive and superior quality to Creative. I think people just buy creative because of the name. Similar to Bowes. Anyway thoughts? bb To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4650 (20091130) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4650 (20091130) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4650 (20091130) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Surround plugins hardware etc
The best I've been able to use is the SRS WOW! built in to Windows Media Player. I find it works best on the large speakers setting. The headphone setting sounds filtered and closed in to me. SRS has Windows software but the demo wasn't to Jaws friendly. I believe they also have hardware. A friend had a hardware unit some years ago. The quality could have been better. I previously had Stream FX for Winamp from Spatializer Audio but they appear to have gone out of business. All the other 3d audio plug-ins I've tried for WMP were not at all Jaws friendly. Couldn't find a control anywhere with the Jaws cursor. Bob - Original Message - From: Brent Harding bhard...@doorpi.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 10:23 AM Subject: Re: Surround plugins hardware etc This would be cool to have. I remember that virtual haircut thing on Youtube. I can't believe it actually sounds surround through a normal USB headset. - Original Message - From: David Reynolds dkreyno...@ntlworld.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:23 PM Subject: Surround plugins hardware etc Hi, I spend a lot of time listening to music through headphones, and have tried on many occasions to find a piece of software which psycho acoustically creates a feeling of depth through headphones. I've looked at a couple, but none are particularly accessible. D Does anyone on the list have experience of any hardware/software solution to this problem. Thanks, David. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
soft synths
Hi guys, Have you guys tried the software versions of the Prophit 5, Minimoog or CS-80? How accessible are the software synths? I'm using window-eyes 7.11. For a sighted user, the software synth recreates the front pannel of the hardware synthesizer on the screen. You can twiddle with the knobs and switches on the screen. So instead of paying thousands of dollars for an older synth, for maybe $200 you can get a software version of that synthesizer. I own a Minimoog model D synth and it sounds great, but if I could have access to some software synths, that would open up a whole new world for me. Just curious. Denny To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
If I ever buy a Creative product again it'll be to son
I have officially had enough. I had a sighted friend over today and we found that there is just no way I can adjust the properties of this sound card. There's this thing called 'entertainment mode and all the controls are there and just plain not accessible. I really can't ask for my money back from the manufacturer because the product is not defective, I just can't use it. So for me at least, Creative means crap. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
CD Ripping Question
Hi list: Am wondering if it's possible to (when using Windows Media (or maybe it's windows)..to rip CDs)..to just rip the cuts that you want, as opposed to ripping the entire CD? Let me explain; then you can tell me if this thing is actually using Windows Media..or the Windows utility; I put the CD in the drive; then it'll ask me what I want to do; if I want to rip, I'll choose )Rip with Windows Media..then the ripping process begins. Aw but maybe I don't want to put every track on..just one; can this be done using a screenreader? In my case, the scrreenreader is Jaws 11; the Operating System is Windows XP Home edition. If this is something that can't be done, no biggie..just wondering if it can be accomplished without too much muss of fuss...thanks! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: purchasing blank cds
High Rick, You can't burn a CD in MP3 format in Windows Media Player. But you can rip a music disc to MP3 in Windows Media Player. Marvin has an older boom box, you are correct, older CD players will not play rewritable CD's. But they can play CDR's. Those files will need to be converted to wave and then burned to CD in order for an older CD player to play it. My best regards. John. - Original Message - From: RicksPlace ofbgm...@mi.rr.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 11:31 AM Subject: Re: purchasing blank cds Hi Marv: A couple of things I saw mentioned on list. In Media Player make sure you have the burn options set to music. Also, I am not sure about how you do it but I think they need to be, perhaps not, mp3 format and I do not know how to set that if it is not already set. Another thing, check your burn speed and set it to slow or medium the default is fast. My Brother In Law said you can not play ReWritable CDs when burned on your Boom Box but I've not checked that out either. I just looked at Media Player and tabbed around finding some things that I mentioned. I could not find the graphic equalizer or the way to set the bass up since my copy to my tape player had a low bass and I could not mess with it in the sound card either. Anyway, keep notes since I will be trying to burn something real soon myself. Rick USA - Original Message - From: Marvin Hunkin startrekc...@gmail.com To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:21 AM Subject: purchasing blank cds hi. well had good and bad and just shit house with burning cds this week. now run out of all of them. will not be getting any cheap and nasty crappy cds. and will be getting formatted, rewriteable. was and managed to use windows media player to burn. then in cd player, the sharp ghetto blaster. the cd started skipping, jumping, etc. so out of cds. so is harvey norman a good place to purchase blank cds. and what do they cost and what sizes do you get batches of 20, 50s. got over 800 tracks on my hard drive. need to burn to cd. do not want to pay and arm and a leg for a brand new cd ghetto boom box, when the old one which i have had for about 20 years is still working perfectly. do not want to go to an ipod. not the most delicate with things. just plain clumsy me. and do not want to spend a fortune on getting one with voice over. so the blank cds is the cheapest option. and some times the vista burning wizard comes up, and then it does not. able to create a play list, add to the play list then burn. so what should i pay. any specific brands. Marvin. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: If I ever buy a Creative product again it'll be to son
Hi would you like to sell it. If so contact me off list at cwoll...@wi.rr.com and we can discuss it further. Casey - Original Message - From: Dave McElroy WA6BEF d...@drakelroy.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:22 PM Subject: If I ever buy a Creative product again it'll be to son I have officially had enough. I had a sighted friend over today and we found that there is just no way I can adjust the properties of this sound card. There's this thing called 'entertainment mode and all the controls are there and just plain not accessible. I really can't ask for my money back from the manufacturer because the product is not defective, I just can't use it. So for me at least, Creative means crap. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: CD Ripping Question
Yes, I think it can be done. First, you'll need to go into WMP and configure it not to automatically rip the whole CD. Next, when you insert a CD and bring up WMP, you can go into the CD ripping view and just select the tracks you want to rip. I'm doing this from memory, but I'm fairly certain it can be done. If you need more specific steps, maybe someone else who has used WMP more recently to RIP CD's can help. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:35 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: CD Ripping Question Hi list: Am wondering if it's possible to (when using Windows Media (or maybe it's windows)..to rip CDs)..to just rip the cuts that you want, as opposed to ripping the entire CD? Let me explain; then you can tell me if this thing is actually using Windows Media..or the Windows utility; I put the CD in the drive; then it'll ask me what I want to do; if I want to rip, I'll choose )Rip with Windows Media..then the ripping process begins. Aw but maybe I don't want to put every track on..just one; can this be done using a screenreader? In my case, the scrreenreader is Jaws 11; the Operating System is Windows XP Home edition. If this is something that can't be done, no biggie..just wondering if it can be accomplished without too much muss of fuss...thanks! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: CD Ripping Question
High Tom, I have run in to the same problem that you're having over and over again. To tell you the truth, I don't really think that can be done. When your computer is ripping a CD, it is using Windows Media Player to do it. I am told that you can use Winamp to rip a CD one track at a time, but I've never tried it, so I don't know how true that really is. But if you really just want just one track off of that CD, you can use Switch to convert the .CDA to MP3 or some other audio file format. My best regards. John. - Original Message - From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net To: PC audio discussion list. Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:35 PM Subject: CD Ripping Question Hi list: Am wondering if it's possible to (when using Windows Media (or maybe it's windows)..to rip CDs)..to just rip the cuts that you want, as opposed to ripping the entire CD? Let me explain; then you can tell me if this thing is actually using Windows Media..or the Windows utility; I put the CD in the drive; then it'll ask me what I want to do; if I want to rip, I'll choose )Rip with Windows Media..then the ripping process begins. Aw but maybe I don't want to put every track on..just one; can this be done using a screenreader? In my case, the scrreenreader is Jaws 11; the Operating System is Windows XP Home edition. If this is something that can't be done, no biggie..just wondering if it can be accomplished without too much muss of fuss...thanks! Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: If I ever buy a Creative product again it'll be to son
I'd still ask for my money back if I were you. You could still claim it's defective. It would give you a chance to let Creative know their product is inaccessible. You'd also have nothing to lose. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy WA6BEF Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:22 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: If I ever buy a Creative product again it'll be to son I have officially had enough. I had a sighted friend over today and we found that there is just no way I can adjust the properties of this sound card. There's this thing called 'entertainment mode and all the controls are there and just plain not accessible. I really can't ask for my money back from the manufacturer because the product is not defective, I just can't use it. So for me at least, Creative means crap. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Stanton DJ Pro 500 MC MKII Headphone/Microphone Combo
has anyone had any experiences with this headset/microphone combo and if so what do you think of it? To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: CD Ripping Question
Hi Christopher and list: Afraid I don't really know where to go in WMP (windows Media Player)..to make that magic happen! I just figured it would save me from having to rip the whole CD..just to get two or three songs I might want; I used to use Cdex; it was great for ripping just one (or whatever number of files at a time that you wanted)..but I never learned how to make Cdex title the tracks like WMP will! The gentleman who was talking about using that feature is right; it puts you right into Windows Media..and starts the ripping process. Tom Kaufman To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: If I ever buy a Creative product again it'll be to son
I have a possible solution. There is no guarantee this will work. It did work for me but I wasn't expecting it. It might not work for your card as it is newer and has different software. I hope it does have the basic tone controls like mine has or this won't do you any good at all. I think all the junk Creative installs gets in the way of basic Windows software. Especially the Creative Surround mixer. I don't know what program has the Entertainment mode but you don't want that either. It's a bit of work. First: You need to download the latest software from Creative. That is a job. You just want the basic software and driver package. The web site can automatically find your card but it might be better to choose manually the software to download. You have to drill down several levels with combo boxes. And, there are buttons that Jaws doesn't always see that you have to find with the Jaws cursor. Now: change your default sound card to the onboard sound device because you might not get sound for a while. Next. Make sure your screen reader is also using that default sound device. OK: Uninstall all the creative software. If your computer reboots, cancel the found new hardware wizard. Now install the new package you downloaded. Make sure to do a custom install. We want to make sure you do not install the Creative Surround Mixer or any of the stupid helper programs. You basically want the drivers and the Creative Console. Be sure to read everything. Both on the we page for the downloads and when installing the new software. Fweew! It tires me out reading those instructions. Maybe just rip the whole thing out. grin Bob. - Original Message - From: Dave McElroy WA6BEF d...@drakelroy.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 6:22 PM Subject: If I ever buy a Creative product again it'll be to son I have officially had enough. I had a sighted friend over today and we found that there is just no way I can adjust the properties of this sound card. There's this thing called 'entertainment mode and all the controls are there and just plain not accessible. I really can't ask for my money back from the manufacturer because the product is not defective, I just can't use it. So for me at least, Creative means crap. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Internet Radio receivers
Look what I just found at Fred's Head. First Internet Web Radio for the Blind http://www.fredshead.info/2009/12/first-internet-web-radio-for-blind.html?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+FredsHeadCompanion+%28Fred%27s+Head+from+APH%29utm_content=FeedBurner - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 5:53 PM Subject: Internet Radio receivers Hi everyone! I'm wondering if anyone has successfully used one of these stand-alone Internet radio receivers? I'm thinking of one for a friend I know, he wants to listen to Interstate and world radio but I'm wondering whether one of these may be a better way to go rather than a full-blone computer. Okay, so I'm assuming that - even at the best of times - one of these radio sets would be an absolute pain in the behind to set up so just suppose I got someone with sight to set the radio up to my friend's favourite radio stations, would there perhaps be a way he could scroll between them, say using an up and down arrow, preset buttons or such like, anyone got any thoughts on this? I know what you're thinking, how would you know what the station was? Well most of what my friend would want to hear have call signs associated with them which are announced frequently, don't like one then move to the next. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
