Re: an audio decision that requires some thought

2005-09-25 Thread Dave Marthouse
Go to http://www.snowmanradio.com  They cost $25.

Dave



- Original Message - 
From: Jamie Pauls [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 12:52 PM
Subject: RE: an audio decision that requires some thought


 How do I find Jim's scripts? What do they cost? Thanks.

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 On Behalf Of Cris Hall
 Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:52 PM
 To: pc audio
 Subject: re: an audio decision that requires some thought

 Jamie, I can't give you a complete answer, because by the time I heard
about
 sound forge, it was way out of my price range, and unless the lottery god
 smiles on us, it probably always will be.  I do, however, use gold wave
all
 the time, and it works extremely well with jaws, thanks to Jim Grimsby's
 excellent scripts.  You can also use it with window-eyes, but you don't
get
 some of the information that is available to jaws users.
 Gold wave does have some drawbacks.  It's noise reduction is very weak,
and
 of course, it does not have multi-track capability.  You can, however, mix
 vocals and music with ease, and the results are, I think, quite nice.  I
use
 it for file splitting, merging and conversion, and I also record both from
 the Internet, and from a cassette recorder.  If you work with large files,
 they will take a long time to process.  When I work with my sixteen hour
 file, I know that my machine will be tied up for most of the day.
 The help manual is excellent, and, next to Kurzweil, it is my favourite
 program, bar none.
 For-the-people has some excellent free tutorials, which you likely won't
 need, but I thought I would mention them just in case.
 Hope this helps,
 Cris Hall


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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-25 Thread Jerry Richer
 Jamie!  Considering that finances are an issue then It sounds to me as
though Gold Wave would serve you well.  Record, Playback, Edit, save to
different formats is what most people want.  Sound Forge isn't for everyone.
Most people probably never even use most of it's features or even know what
they do.
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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-25 Thread Jerry Richer
 A Noise Gate is a system whereby all sound will be suppressed unless it
reaches a particular decibel level.  It's a gate and the sound can't get
through or can't be heard unless it is strong enough to break through.
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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-25 Thread Bruce Toews
I personally use Gold Wave to to all my recording and editing. Since I 
despise what noise reduction does to a recording, the fact that Gold 
Wave's is weak is of little consequence to me. All of my radio shows plus 
any other recording I do are put together exclusively with Gold Wave. For 
me personally it's a great program.

Bruce

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On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Chris Skarstad wrote:

 Yeah, Golddwave certainly isn't a bad program.  I've never actually learned
 how to edit with it, but what i do is record with Goldwave and edit
 everything in sound forge. It just works best for me to have both on my 
 system.


 At 08:00 PM 9/23/2005, you wrote:
 Hi Jamie,
 Sounds like you have pretty much made your decision.
 You felt SoundForge was a resource hog, and probably more program than you
 need.
 And Studio Recorder is not the only sound editor one will ever need,
 so, it sounds like you're are left with GoldWave.
 The price is right,and it is probably as much sound editor as you will ever
 need, unless you plan to do some really specialized professional recordings.

 - Original Message -
 From: Jamie Pauls [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:08 AM
 Subject: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


 When it was first released, I purchased Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction
 and Jim Snowbarger's scripts. I have since decided that Sound Forge was
 probably a lot more program than I really needed. I also purchased Studio
 Recorder which I really like for certain projects that I have worked on
 over
 the past couple or three years. As those of you who have used it know,
 Studio Recorder will never be the only sound editor anyone will ever use;
 it
 has some very specialized features that are quite unique to it.

 On my 800MHz Pentium III computer, I found Sound Forge to be a real
 resource
 hog, and Jim's scripts didn't always behave as expected. No disrespect
 intended, Jim, if you're reading this. My old computer's sound card was a
 bit ornery anyway.

 I have recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.66GHz computer and have installed
 Studio Recorder. Now for my decision, hence my request for feedback from
 the
 list. I am looking at three options.

 1. Install Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction.
 2. Evaluate Sound Forge 8 and pay for the upgrade, approximately $150 if I
 read it correctly.
 3. Download and evaluate Goldwave, and possibly pay $48 for yet another
 audio program.

 From the standpoint of accessibility and footprint, which sound editor
 would
 the majority of respondents suggest and why? Let's pretend that money is
 no
 object, which is certainly not the case. I have just promised myself that
 I'm not going to install and uninstall a myriad of software on this
 machine,
 so I want to plan my moves carefully. Thanks for all thoughtful responses.

 Jamie Pauls, MT-BC
 http://www.accesswatch.info



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Re: an audio decision that requires some thought

2005-09-25 Thread Bruce Toews
Those are the Sound Forge scripts. The question had been about Jim's Gold 
Wave scripts, which are free. One place to get themis 
http://h2g2.freeshell.org/goldwave.zip

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On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Dave Marthouse wrote:

 Go to http://www.snowmanradio.com  They cost $25.

 Dave



 - Original Message -
 From: Jamie Pauls [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: 'PC audio discussion list. ' Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 12:52 PM
 Subject: RE: an audio decision that requires some thought


 How do I find Jim's scripts? What do they cost? Thanks.

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 On Behalf Of Cris Hall
 Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:52 PM
 To: pc audio
 Subject: re: an audio decision that requires some thought

 Jamie, I can't give you a complete answer, because by the time I heard
 about
 sound forge, it was way out of my price range, and unless the lottery god
 smiles on us, it probably always will be.  I do, however, use gold wave
 all
 the time, and it works extremely well with jaws, thanks to Jim Grimsby's
 excellent scripts.  You can also use it with window-eyes, but you don't
 get
 some of the information that is available to jaws users.
 Gold wave does have some drawbacks.  It's noise reduction is very weak,
 and
 of course, it does not have multi-track capability.  You can, however, mix
 vocals and music with ease, and the results are, I think, quite nice.  I
 use
 it for file splitting, merging and conversion, and I also record both from
 the Internet, and from a cassette recorder.  If you work with large files,
 they will take a long time to process.  When I work with my sixteen hour
 file, I know that my machine will be tied up for most of the day.
 The help manual is excellent, and, next to Kurzweil, it is my favourite
 program, bar none.
 For-the-people has some excellent free tutorials, which you likely won't
 need, but I thought I would mention them just in case.
 Hope this helps,
 Cris Hall


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RE: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-25 Thread Jamie Pauls
Perhaps the thread is wandering a bit. I already have Sound Forge 6. I was
just trying to decide whether to install SF 6, upgrade to SF 8, or abandon
it entirely in favor of Goldwave. I've about decided to try Sound Forge 6 on
my new computer, see how it and the scripts behave, and make my decision
from there. It seems foolish to just walk away from a $300 investment
without exhausting my efforts to make it work well for me.  Thanks to
everyone who helped try to answer a question for me that only I can answer
when it comes right down to it.

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Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 4:53 AM
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Subject: Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

 Jamie!  Considering that finances are an issue then It sounds to me as
though Gold Wave would serve you well.  Record, Playback, Edit, save to
different formats is what most people want.  Sound Forge isn't for everyone.
Most people probably never even use most of it's features or even know what
they do.
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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-25 Thread Sky Taylor Mundell
Yes. it is very accessible with Jaws. I do have a question. When you take 
out some editing faulters such as the beginning silence, when you use noise 
reduction, how come you get the audio to sound squelchy? What I do is edit a 
little bit of my keyboard click if  i'm speaking in a mike if i'm testing, 
then it works fine. any of you expeerenced this ishew?
Best regards, Sky
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Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


I personally use Gold Wave to to all my recording and editing. Since I
 despise what noise reduction does to a recording, the fact that Gold
 Wave's is weak is of little consequence to me. All of my radio shows plus
 any other recording I do are put together exclusively with Gold Wave. For
 me personally it's a great program.

 Bruce

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 E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com

 On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Chris Skarstad wrote:

 Yeah, Golddwave certainly isn't a bad program.  I've never actually 
 learned
 how to edit with it, but what i do is record with Goldwave and edit
 everything in sound forge. It just works best for me to have both on my 
 system.


 At 08:00 PM 9/23/2005, you wrote:
 Hi Jamie,
 Sounds like you have pretty much made your decision.
 You felt SoundForge was a resource hog, and probably more program than 
 you
 need.
 And Studio Recorder is not the only sound editor one will ever need,
 so, it sounds like you're are left with GoldWave.
 The price is right,and it is probably as much sound editor as you will 
 ever
 need, unless you plan to do some really specialized professional 
 recordings.

 - Original Message -
 From: Jamie Pauls [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:08 AM
 Subject: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


 When it was first released, I purchased Sound Forge 6 with noise 
 reduction
 and Jim Snowbarger's scripts. I have since decided that Sound Forge was
 probably a lot more program than I really needed. I also purchased 
 Studio
 Recorder which I really like for certain projects that I have worked on
 over
 the past couple or three years. As those of you who have used it know,
 Studio Recorder will never be the only sound editor anyone will ever 
 use;
 it
 has some very specialized features that are quite unique to it.

 On my 800MHz Pentium III computer, I found Sound Forge to be a real
 resource
 hog, and Jim's scripts didn't always behave as expected. No disrespect
 intended, Jim, if you're reading this. My old computer's sound card was 
 a
 bit ornery anyway.

 I have recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.66GHz computer and have 
 installed
 Studio Recorder. Now for my decision, hence my request for feedback 
 from
 the
 list. I am looking at three options.

 1. Install Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction.
 2. Evaluate Sound Forge 8 and pay for the upgrade, approximately $150 
 if I
 read it correctly.
 3. Download and evaluate Goldwave, and possibly pay $48 for yet another
 audio program.

 From the standpoint of accessibility and footprint, which sound editor
 would
 the majority of respondents suggest and why? Let's pretend that money 
 is
 no
 object, which is certainly not the case. I have just promised myself 
 that
 I'm not going to install and uninstall a myriad of software on this
 machine,
 so I want to plan my moves carefully. Thanks for all thoughtful 
 responses.

 Jamie Pauls, MT-BC
 http://www.accesswatch.info



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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-25 Thread Brent Harding
Probably something you'd use if you record analog tape, and when you flip 
sides, as long as those tape machines' power switches are on, they output 
hiss. The idea is to edit out the pause when you flip sides though.

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 A Noise Gate is a system whereby all sound will be suppressed unless 
 it
 reaches a particular decibel level.  It's a gate and the sound can't get
 through or can't be heard unless it is strong enough to break through.
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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-24 Thread Gary Wood
Hi Jamey.  I first bought Soundforge when there was a deal on it for $99, 
and the usual price at that time was $500, or thereabouts.  I think I like 
using it with Noisereduction, but there are a lot of things with it that I 
don't use!
- Original Message - 
From: Jamie Pauls [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:08 AM
Subject: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


 When it was first released, I purchased Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction
 and Jim Snowbarger's scripts. I have since decided that Sound Forge was
 probably a lot more program than I really needed. I also purchased Studio
 Recorder which I really like for certain projects that I have worked on 
 over
 the past couple or three years. As those of you who have used it know,
 Studio Recorder will never be the only sound editor anyone will ever use; 
 it
 has some very specialized features that are quite unique to it.

 On my 800MHz Pentium III computer, I found Sound Forge to be a real 
 resource
 hog, and Jim's scripts didn't always behave as expected. No disrespect
 intended, Jim, if you're reading this. My old computer's sound card was a
 bit ornery anyway.

 I have recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.66GHz computer and have installed
 Studio Recorder. Now for my decision, hence my request for feedback from 
 the
 list. I am looking at three options.

 1. Install Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction.
 2. Evaluate Sound Forge 8 and pay for the upgrade, approximately $150 if I
 read it correctly.
 3. Download and evaluate Goldwave, and possibly pay $48 for yet another
 audio program.

From the standpoint of accessibility and footprint, which sound editor 
would
 the majority of respondents suggest and why? Let's pretend that money is 
 no
 object, which is certainly not the case. I have just promised myself that
 I'm not going to install and uninstall a myriad of software on this 
 machine,
 so I want to plan my moves carefully. Thanks for all thoughtful responses.

 Jamie Pauls, MT-BC
 http://www.accesswatch.info



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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-24 Thread G. McFarlane
Hi
If Sound Forge is too much then perhaps  Adobe Audition is too. But over the 
years I've found it (and its precursor, Cool Edit) to be excellent 
especially with the scripts in Multitrack mode. It also has pretty good 
Noise reduction, but for the best noise reduction with hundreds of options 
and presets for various equipment then Tracertek's Diamond Cut 6 is 
difficult to beat. It's fairly accessible and can clean up most things 
fairly well. Again this may be overkill for you, but the choice it offers is 
staggering.

Gordon McFarlane
- Original Message - 
From: Jamie Pauls [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:08 PM
Subject: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


 When it was first released, I purchased Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction
 and Jim Snowbarger's scripts. I have since decided that Sound Forge was
 probably a lot more program than I really needed. I also purchased Studio
 Recorder which I really like for certain projects that I have worked on 
 over
 the past couple or three years. As those of you who have used it know,
 Studio Recorder will never be the only sound editor anyone will ever use; 
 it
 has some very specialized features that are quite unique to it.

 On my 800MHz Pentium III computer, I found Sound Forge to be a real 
 resource
 hog, and Jim's scripts didn't always behave as expected. No disrespect
 intended, Jim, if you're reading this. My old computer's sound card was a
 bit ornery anyway.

 I have recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.66GHz computer and have installed
 Studio Recorder. Now for my decision, hence my request for feedback from 
 the
 list. I am looking at three options.

 1. Install Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction.
 2. Evaluate Sound Forge 8 and pay for the upgrade, approximately $150 if I
 read it correctly.
 3. Download and evaluate Goldwave, and possibly pay $48 for yet another
 audio program.

From the standpoint of accessibility and footprint, which sound editor 
would
 the majority of respondents suggest and why? Let's pretend that money is 
 no
 object, which is certainly not the case. I have just promised myself that
 I'm not going to install and uninstall a myriad of software on this 
 machine,
 so I want to plan my moves carefully. Thanks for all thoughtful responses.

 Jamie Pauls, MT-BC
 http://www.accesswatch.info



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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-24 Thread Larry Naessens
I agree. DC6 is indeed the best for noise reduction. I use it every 
day. And to find out whether or not it's over kill in your situation, 
you could have a look at the demo which they offer.  It works great 
with speech, no scripts required. On the down side, it does cost 
around $300 US, but for my money it's still a good value for the price.

Larry


At 01:17 PM 9/24/2005, you wrote:
Hi
If Sound Forge is too much then perhaps  Adobe Audition is too. But over the
years I've found it (and its precursor, Cool Edit) to be excellent
especially with the scripts in Multitrack mode. It also has pretty good
Noise reduction, but for the best noise reduction with hundreds of options
and presets for various equipment then Tracertek's Diamond Cut 6 is
difficult to beat. It's fairly accessible and can clean up most things
fairly well. Again this may be overkill for you, but the choice it offers is
staggering.

Gordon McFarlane
- Original Message -
From: Jamie Pauls [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:08 PM
Subject: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


  When it was first released, I purchased Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction
  and Jim Snowbarger's scripts. I have since decided that Sound Forge was
  probably a lot more program than I really needed. I also purchased Studio
  Recorder which I really like for certain projects that I have worked on
  over
  the past couple or three years. As those of you who have used it know,
  Studio Recorder will never be the only sound editor anyone will ever use;
  it
  has some very specialized features that are quite unique to it.
 
  On my 800MHz Pentium III computer, I found Sound Forge to be a real
  resource
  hog, and Jim's scripts didn't always behave as expected. No disrespect
  intended, Jim, if you're reading this. My old computer's sound card was a
  bit ornery anyway.
 
  I have recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.66GHz computer and have installed
  Studio Recorder. Now for my decision, hence my request for feedback from
  the
  list. I am looking at three options.
 
  1. Install Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction.
  2. Evaluate Sound Forge 8 and pay for the upgrade, approximately $150 if I
  read it correctly.
  3. Download and evaluate Goldwave, and possibly pay $48 for yet another
  audio program.
 
 From the standpoint of accessibility and footprint, which sound editor
 would
  the majority of respondents suggest and why? Let's pretend that money is
  no
  object, which is certainly not the case. I have just promised myself that
  I'm not going to install and uninstall a myriad of software on this
  machine,
  so I want to plan my moves carefully. Thanks for all thoughtful responses.
 
  Jamie Pauls, MT-BC
  http://www.accesswatch.info
 
 
 
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RE: an audio decision that requires some thought

2005-09-24 Thread Jamie Pauls
How do I find Jim's scripts? What do they cost? Thanks. 

-Original Message-
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Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:52 PM
To: pc audio
Subject: re: an audio decision that requires some thought

Jamie, I can't give you a complete answer, because by the time I heard about
sound forge, it was way out of my price range, and unless the lottery god
smiles on us, it probably always will be.  I do, however, use gold wave all
the time, and it works extremely well with jaws, thanks to Jim Grimsby's
excellent scripts.  You can also use it with window-eyes, but you don't get
some of the information that is available to jaws users.
Gold wave does have some drawbacks.  It's noise reduction is very weak, and
of course, it does not have multi-track capability.  You can, however, mix
vocals and music with ease, and the results are, I think, quite nice.  I use
it for file splitting, merging and conversion, and I also record both from
the Internet, and from a cassette recorder.  If you work with large files,
they will take a long time to process.  When I work with my sixteen hour
file, I know that my machine will be tied up for most of the day.
The help manual is excellent, and, next to Kurzweil, it is my favourite
program, bar none.
For-the-people has some excellent free tutorials, which you likely won't
need, but I thought I would mention them just in case.
Hope this helps,
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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-24 Thread RQJ
Yeah Chris, I hear ya.
I do my voice recordings with Sound Recorder, and my other recordings with 
RecAllPro,
and then  edit with GoldWave.
I usually don't use all the features of any software, just the ones I find 
that work particularly well for me.
I'd rather have 1,000 dedicated programs, than 10 multi-function ones.
Rick
- Original Message - 
From: Chris Skarstad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PC audio discussion list.  Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


 Yeah, Golddwave certainly isn't a bad program.  I've never actually 
 learned
 how to edit with it, but what i do is record with Goldwave and edit
 everything in sound forge. It just works best for me to have both on my 
 system.


 At 08:00 PM 9/23/2005, you wrote:
Hi Jamie,
Sounds like you have pretty much made your decision.
You felt SoundForge was a resource hog, and probably more program than you
need.
And Studio Recorder is not the only sound editor one will ever need,
so, it sounds like you're are left with GoldWave.
The price is right,and it is probably as much sound editor as you will 
ever
need, unless you plan to do some really specialized professional 
recordings.

- Original Message -
From: Jamie Pauls [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:08 AM
Subject: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


  When it was first released, I purchased Sound Forge 6 with noise 
  reduction
  and Jim Snowbarger's scripts. I have since decided that Sound Forge was
  probably a lot more program than I really needed. I also purchased 
  Studio
  Recorder which I really like for certain projects that I have worked on
  over
  the past couple or three years. As those of you who have used it know,
  Studio Recorder will never be the only sound editor anyone will ever 
  use;
  it
  has some very specialized features that are quite unique to it.
 
  On my 800MHz Pentium III computer, I found Sound Forge to be a real
  resource
  hog, and Jim's scripts didn't always behave as expected. No disrespect
  intended, Jim, if you're reading this. My old computer's sound card was 
  a
  bit ornery anyway.
 
  I have recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.66GHz computer and have 
  installed
  Studio Recorder. Now for my decision, hence my request for feedback 
  from
  the
  list. I am looking at three options.
 
  1. Install Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction.
  2. Evaluate Sound Forge 8 and pay for the upgrade, approximately $150 
  if I
  read it correctly.
  3. Download and evaluate Goldwave, and possibly pay $48 for yet another
  audio program.
 
 From the standpoint of accessibility and footprint, which sound editor
 would
  the majority of respondents suggest and why? Let's pretend that money 
  is
  no
  object, which is certainly not the case. I have just promised myself 
  that
  I'm not going to install and uninstall a myriad of software on this
  machine,
  so I want to plan my moves carefully. Thanks for all thoughtful 
  responses.
 
  Jamie Pauls, MT-BC
  http://www.accesswatch.info
 
 
 
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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-24 Thread Sky Taylor Mundell
I've personally tried audition, and realized that some of the keystrokes are 
included from cool edit pro. I won't be getting the full version of 
audition. I use both soundforge and goldwave as audio editors.
- Original Message - 
From: Larry Naessens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PC audio discussion list.  Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


I agree. DC6 is indeed the best for noise reduction. I use it every
 day. And to find out whether or not it's over kill in your situation,
 you could have a look at the demo which they offer.  It works great
 with speech, no scripts required. On the down side, it does cost
 around $300 US, but for my money it's still a good value for the price.

 Larry


 At 01:17 PM 9/24/2005, you wrote:
Hi
If Sound Forge is too much then perhaps  Adobe Audition is too. But over 
the
years I've found it (and its precursor, Cool Edit) to be excellent
especially with the scripts in Multitrack mode. It also has pretty good
Noise reduction, but for the best noise reduction with hundreds of options
and presets for various equipment then Tracertek's Diamond Cut 6 is
difficult to beat. It's fairly accessible and can clean up most things
fairly well. Again this may be overkill for you, but the choice it offers 
is
staggering.

Gordon McFarlane
- Original Message -
From: Jamie Pauls [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:08 PM
Subject: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


  When it was first released, I purchased Sound Forge 6 with noise 
  reduction
  and Jim Snowbarger's scripts. I have since decided that Sound Forge was
  probably a lot more program than I really needed. I also purchased 
  Studio
  Recorder which I really like for certain projects that I have worked on
  over
  the past couple or three years. As those of you who have used it know,
  Studio Recorder will never be the only sound editor anyone will ever 
  use;
  it
  has some very specialized features that are quite unique to it.
 
  On my 800MHz Pentium III computer, I found Sound Forge to be a real
  resource
  hog, and Jim's scripts didn't always behave as expected. No disrespect
  intended, Jim, if you're reading this. My old computer's sound card was 
  a
  bit ornery anyway.
 
  I have recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.66GHz computer and have 
  installed
  Studio Recorder. Now for my decision, hence my request for feedback 
  from
  the
  list. I am looking at three options.
 
  1. Install Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction.
  2. Evaluate Sound Forge 8 and pay for the upgrade, approximately $150 
  if I
  read it correctly.
  3. Download and evaluate Goldwave, and possibly pay $48 for yet another
  audio program.
 
 From the standpoint of accessibility and footprint, which sound editor
 would
  the majority of respondents suggest and why? Let's pretend that money 
  is
  no
  object, which is certainly not the case. I have just promised myself 
  that
  I'm not going to install and uninstall a myriad of software on this
  machine,
  so I want to plan my moves carefully. Thanks for all thoughtful 
  responses.
 
  Jamie Pauls, MT-BC
  http://www.accesswatch.info
 
 
 
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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-24 Thread Sky Taylor Mundell
Hmmm. I use sound forge 7. i'm just curious, what is the noise gate option 
for in sound forge?
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From: RQJ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PC audio discussion list.  Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


 Hi Jamie,
 Sounds like you have pretty much made your decision.
 You felt SoundForge was a resource hog, and probably more program than you
 need.
 And Studio Recorder is not the only sound editor one will ever need,
 so, it sounds like you're are left with GoldWave.
 The price is right,and it is probably as much sound editor as you will 
 ever
 need, unless you plan to do some really specialized professional 
 recordings.

 - Original Message - 
 From: Jamie Pauls [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:08 AM
 Subject: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


 When it was first released, I purchased Sound Forge 6 with noise 
 reduction
 and Jim Snowbarger's scripts. I have since decided that Sound Forge was
 probably a lot more program than I really needed. I also purchased Studio
 Recorder which I really like for certain projects that I have worked on
 over
 the past couple or three years. As those of you who have used it know,
 Studio Recorder will never be the only sound editor anyone will ever use;
 it
 has some very specialized features that are quite unique to it.

 On my 800MHz Pentium III computer, I found Sound Forge to be a real
 resource
 hog, and Jim's scripts didn't always behave as expected. No disrespect
 intended, Jim, if you're reading this. My old computer's sound card was a
 bit ornery anyway.

 I have recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.66GHz computer and have installed
 Studio Recorder. Now for my decision, hence my request for feedback from
 the
 list. I am looking at three options.

 1. Install Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction.
 2. Evaluate Sound Forge 8 and pay for the upgrade, approximately $150 if 
 I
 read it correctly.
 3. Download and evaluate Goldwave, and possibly pay $48 for yet another
 audio program.

From the standpoint of accessibility and footprint, which sound editor
would
 the majority of respondents suggest and why? Let's pretend that money is
 no
 object, which is certainly not the case. I have just promised myself that
 I'm not going to install and uninstall a myriad of software on this
 machine,
 so I want to plan my moves carefully. Thanks for all thoughtful 
 responses.

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 http://www.accesswatch.info



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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-24 Thread Sky Taylor Mundell
Well to edit with goldwave is you use the bracket keys. its like sforge
- Original Message - 
From: Chris Skarstad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PC audio discussion list.  Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


 Yeah, Golddwave certainly isn't a bad program.  I've never actually 
 learned
 how to edit with it, but what i do is record with Goldwave and edit
 everything in sound forge. It just works best for me to have both on my 
 system.


 At 08:00 PM 9/23/2005, you wrote:
Hi Jamie,
Sounds like you have pretty much made your decision.
You felt SoundForge was a resource hog, and probably more program than you
need.
And Studio Recorder is not the only sound editor one will ever need,
so, it sounds like you're are left with GoldWave.
The price is right,and it is probably as much sound editor as you will 
ever
need, unless you plan to do some really specialized professional 
recordings.

- Original Message -
From: Jamie Pauls [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:08 AM
Subject: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


  When it was first released, I purchased Sound Forge 6 with noise 
  reduction
  and Jim Snowbarger's scripts. I have since decided that Sound Forge was
  probably a lot more program than I really needed. I also purchased 
  Studio
  Recorder which I really like for certain projects that I have worked on
  over
  the past couple or three years. As those of you who have used it know,
  Studio Recorder will never be the only sound editor anyone will ever 
  use;
  it
  has some very specialized features that are quite unique to it.
 
  On my 800MHz Pentium III computer, I found Sound Forge to be a real
  resource
  hog, and Jim's scripts didn't always behave as expected. No disrespect
  intended, Jim, if you're reading this. My old computer's sound card was 
  a
  bit ornery anyway.
 
  I have recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.66GHz computer and have 
  installed
  Studio Recorder. Now for my decision, hence my request for feedback 
  from
  the
  list. I am looking at three options.
 
  1. Install Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction.
  2. Evaluate Sound Forge 8 and pay for the upgrade, approximately $150 
  if I
  read it correctly.
  3. Download and evaluate Goldwave, and possibly pay $48 for yet another
  audio program.
 
 From the standpoint of accessibility and footprint, which sound editor
 would
  the majority of respondents suggest and why? Let's pretend that money 
  is
  no
  object, which is certainly not the case. I have just promised myself 
  that
  I'm not going to install and uninstall a myriad of software on this
  machine,
  so I want to plan my moves carefully. Thanks for all thoughtful 
  responses.
 
  Jamie Pauls, MT-BC
  http://www.accesswatch.info
 
 
 
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re: an audio decision that requires some thought

2005-09-23 Thread Cris Hall
Jamie, I can't give you a complete answer, because by the time I heard 
about sound forge, it was way out of my price range, and unless the lottery 
god smiles on us, it probably always will be.  I do, however, use gold wave 
all the time, and it works extremely well with jaws, thanks to Jim 
Grimsby's excellent scripts.  You can also use it with window-eyes, but you 
don't get some of the information that is available to jaws users.
Gold wave does have some drawbacks.  It's noise reduction is very weak, and 
of course, it does not have multi-track capability.  You can, however, mix 
vocals and music with ease, and the results are, I think, quite nice.  I 
use it for file splitting, merging and conversion, and I also record both 
from the Internet, and from a cassette recorder.  If you work with large 
files, they will take a long time to process.  When I work with my sixteen 
hour file, I know that my machine will be tied up for most of the day.
The help manual is excellent, and, next to Kurzweil, it is my favourite 
program, bar none.
For-the-people has some excellent free tutorials, which you likely won't 
need, but I thought I would mention them just in case.
Hope this helps,
Cris Hall


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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-23 Thread Gary Petraccaro
Depends on how you intend to use your program and what you expect out of it.  
Having listened to lots of other people's oldtime radio programs, I can say 
that what strikes me most is the lack of attention to issues of clipping and 
sound quality of over compression.  I've heard countless shows completely 
ruined and close to unlistenable from these two problems.  If either program 
helps you with these or if you can cope with any program's shortcomings in this 
area and otherwise like it, use that.  It's better to become proficient at 
using a less than perfect program than to do a hack job with something with all 
the bells and whistles.
Good luck and let me know what you decide to do.
I'd be very interested.

  - Original Message - 
  From: Jamie Pauls 
  To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org 
  Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:08 AM
  Subject: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


  When it was first released, I purchased Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction
  and Jim Snowbarger's scripts. I have since decided that Sound Forge was
  probably a lot more program than I really needed. I also purchased Studio
  Recorder which I really like for certain projects that I have worked on over
  the past couple or three years. As those of you who have used it know,
  Studio Recorder will never be the only sound editor anyone will ever use; it
  has some very specialized features that are quite unique to it.

  On my 800MHz Pentium III computer, I found Sound Forge to be a real resource
  hog, and Jim's scripts didn't always behave as expected. No disrespect
  intended, Jim, if you're reading this. My old computer's sound card was a
  bit ornery anyway.

  I have recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.66GHz computer and have installed
  Studio Recorder. Now for my decision, hence my request for feedback from the
  list. I am looking at three options.

  1. Install Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction.
  2. Evaluate Sound Forge 8 and pay for the upgrade, approximately $150 if I
  read it correctly.
  3. Download and evaluate Goldwave, and possibly pay $48 for yet another
  audio program.

  From the standpoint of accessibility and footprint, which sound editor would
  the majority of respondents suggest and why? Let's pretend that money is no
  object, which is certainly not the case. I have just promised myself that
  I'm not going to install and uninstall a myriad of software on this machine,
  so I want to plan my moves carefully. Thanks for all thoughtful responses.

  Jamie Pauls, MT-BC
  http://www.accesswatch.info 



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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-23 Thread RQJ
Hi Jamie,
Sounds like you have pretty much made your decision.
You felt SoundForge was a resource hog, and probably more program than you 
need.
And Studio Recorder is not the only sound editor one will ever need,
so, it sounds like you're are left with GoldWave.
The price is right,and it is probably as much sound editor as you will ever 
need, unless you plan to do some really specialized professional recordings.

- Original Message - 
From: Jamie Pauls [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:08 AM
Subject: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


 When it was first released, I purchased Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction
 and Jim Snowbarger's scripts. I have since decided that Sound Forge was
 probably a lot more program than I really needed. I also purchased Studio
 Recorder which I really like for certain projects that I have worked on 
 over
 the past couple or three years. As those of you who have used it know,
 Studio Recorder will never be the only sound editor anyone will ever use; 
 it
 has some very specialized features that are quite unique to it.

 On my 800MHz Pentium III computer, I found Sound Forge to be a real 
 resource
 hog, and Jim's scripts didn't always behave as expected. No disrespect
 intended, Jim, if you're reading this. My old computer's sound card was a
 bit ornery anyway.

 I have recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.66GHz computer and have installed
 Studio Recorder. Now for my decision, hence my request for feedback from 
 the
 list. I am looking at three options.

 1. Install Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction.
 2. Evaluate Sound Forge 8 and pay for the upgrade, approximately $150 if I
 read it correctly.
 3. Download and evaluate Goldwave, and possibly pay $48 for yet another
 audio program.

From the standpoint of accessibility and footprint, which sound editor 
would
 the majority of respondents suggest and why? Let's pretend that money is 
 no
 object, which is certainly not the case. I have just promised myself that
 I'm not going to install and uninstall a myriad of software on this 
 machine,
 so I want to plan my moves carefully. Thanks for all thoughtful responses.

 Jamie Pauls, MT-BC
 http://www.accesswatch.info



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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-23 Thread Brent Harding
Yeah, that braille sense demo on gwmicro.com is an example of something 
that's quite clipped. Even with the volume turned down in volume control, 
you still hear that crackly distorted sound of having the mic turned too 
high. Good demo at too high a level.

- Original Message - 
From: Gary Petraccaro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


 Depends on how you intend to use your program and what you expect out of 
 it.  Having listened to lots of other people's oldtime radio programs, I 
 can say that what strikes me most is the lack of attention to issues of 
 clipping and sound quality of over compression.  I've heard countless 
 shows completely ruined and close to unlistenable from these two problems. 
 If either program helps you with these or if you can cope with any 
 program's shortcomings in this area and otherwise like it, use that.  It's 
 better to become proficient at using a less than perfect program than to 
 do a hack job with something with all the bells and whistles.
 Good luck and let me know what you decide to do.
 I'd be very interested.

  - Original Message - 
  From: Jamie Pauls
  To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
  Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:08 AM
  Subject: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


  When it was first released, I purchased Sound Forge 6 with noise 
 reduction
  and Jim Snowbarger's scripts. I have since decided that Sound Forge was
  probably a lot more program than I really needed. I also purchased Studio
  Recorder which I really like for certain projects that I have worked on 
 over
  the past couple or three years. As those of you who have used it know,
  Studio Recorder will never be the only sound editor anyone will ever use; 
 it
  has some very specialized features that are quite unique to it.

  On my 800MHz Pentium III computer, I found Sound Forge to be a real 
 resource
  hog, and Jim's scripts didn't always behave as expected. No disrespect
  intended, Jim, if you're reading this. My old computer's sound card was a
  bit ornery anyway.

  I have recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.66GHz computer and have installed
  Studio Recorder. Now for my decision, hence my request for feedback from 
 the
  list. I am looking at three options.

  1. Install Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction.
  2. Evaluate Sound Forge 8 and pay for the upgrade, approximately $150 if 
 I
  read it correctly.
  3. Download and evaluate Goldwave, and possibly pay $48 for yet another
  audio program.

  From the standpoint of accessibility and footprint, which sound editor 
 would
  the majority of respondents suggest and why? Let's pretend that money is 
 no
  object, which is certainly not the case. I have just promised myself that
  I'm not going to install and uninstall a myriad of software on this 
 machine,
  so I want to plan my moves carefully. Thanks for all thoughtful 
 responses.

  Jamie Pauls, MT-BC
  http://www.accesswatch.info



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Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought

2005-09-23 Thread Brent Harding
I played with the beta of studio recorder. I find it gets a sort of weird 
sound when you time compress slower songs to make them a faster tempo. I 
wonder how those guys on the daily source code do mash-ups? How they get the 
words out of a song and mix it in a new one? A good example is the sharp 
dressed party Adam played on March 10. You don't hear the music of the Party 
song, rather that of Sharp Dressed Man. I always wondered what they use to 
unmix tracks. Maybe the same technology could be used to take jaws out of 
recordings made with what you hear.

- Original Message - 
From: RQJ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: PC audio discussion list.  Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


 Hi Jamie,
 Sounds like you have pretty much made your decision.
 You felt SoundForge was a resource hog, and probably more program than you
 need.
 And Studio Recorder is not the only sound editor one will ever need,
 so, it sounds like you're are left with GoldWave.
 The price is right,and it is probably as much sound editor as you will 
 ever
 need, unless you plan to do some really specialized professional 
 recordings.

 - Original Message - 
 From: Jamie Pauls [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:08 AM
 Subject: An Audio Decision That Requires Some Thought


 When it was first released, I purchased Sound Forge 6 with noise 
 reduction
 and Jim Snowbarger's scripts. I have since decided that Sound Forge was
 probably a lot more program than I really needed. I also purchased Studio
 Recorder which I really like for certain projects that I have worked on
 over
 the past couple or three years. As those of you who have used it know,
 Studio Recorder will never be the only sound editor anyone will ever use;
 it
 has some very specialized features that are quite unique to it.

 On my 800MHz Pentium III computer, I found Sound Forge to be a real
 resource
 hog, and Jim's scripts didn't always behave as expected. No disrespect
 intended, Jim, if you're reading this. My old computer's sound card was a
 bit ornery anyway.

 I have recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.66GHz computer and have installed
 Studio Recorder. Now for my decision, hence my request for feedback from
 the
 list. I am looking at three options.

 1. Install Sound Forge 6 with noise reduction.
 2. Evaluate Sound Forge 8 and pay for the upgrade, approximately $150 if 
 I
 read it correctly.
 3. Download and evaluate Goldwave, and possibly pay $48 for yet another
 audio program.

From the standpoint of accessibility and footprint, which sound editor
would
 the majority of respondents suggest and why? Let's pretend that money is
 no
 object, which is certainly not the case. I have just promised myself that
 I'm not going to install and uninstall a myriad of software on this
 machine,
 so I want to plan my moves carefully. Thanks for all thoughtful 
 responses.

 Jamie Pauls, MT-BC
 http://www.accesswatch.info



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