Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem - sounds like an audio hardware problem

-Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of E. Riley Casey Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 6:03 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem - sounds like an audio hardware problem So what? The ba

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem - sounds like an audio hardware pr

I don't really see why digital input would be much better, assuming the mic in is working. This is just voice, not the philharmonic. But if the sound card is really bad it could be a workaround. And beware - I once got a USB headset, and the darn thing cut off my speakers! On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem - sounds like an audio hardware pr

>After testing a microphone on this & and other computers, we've determined >the sound quality is definitely much worse on the Audacity computer. Is >it possible for a sound card to go bad? Of course. And sound cards are no longer the preferred way to get sound into computers. Better to simpli

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem - sounds like an audio hardware problem

Ya, I routinely re-wire our wireless microphone cords from 3 conductors (proprietary socket) to 2 (mini plug). They're only 2 feet long so it really doesn't affect performance. 2009/4/2 E. Riley Casey : > So what?  The balanced to unbalanced conversion apparently worked fine for a > number of tra

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem - sounds like an audio hardware problem

So what? The balanced to unbalanced conversion apparently worked fine for a number of transfers up to now. The next time you have to send your audio 100 meters with the cable next to a power line you can start to sweat your interconnects. Your original description sounds very much like your

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem

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While technically this is correct, this is more of a problem over long runs in areas of interference. I've seen this configuration in many AV studios where it didn't present a problem. You just had to be aware that if a problem presented itself, to remember to look there first. Still, those connec

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem

- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of Tom Piwowar Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:27 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem >Here's the problem with that. The audio out on this deck is the 3

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem

>Here's the problem with that. The audio out on this deck is the 3-pronged >connectors common with professional microphones. I managed to find 2 >cables that have the 3-pronged on one end, & RCA connectors on the other. >I then used a dual RCA-to-1/8" plug, to go into the computer's microphon

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem

---Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of Mike Sloane Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:15 AM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem Before doing that, I would seriously consider using a USB conne

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem

6202 (317) 232-4592 dt...@indianahistory.org -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of Mike Sloane Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:15 AM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem Before

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Before doing that, I would seriously consider using a USB connection device, instead of the sound card. They are not expensive these days and provide better sound quality than the average sound card. Here is an excellent example that works with Audacity:

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Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem

Yes. Is it built onto the motherboard? Disable it and buy an add on card. Stewart At 07:37 AM 4/2/2009, you wrote: After testing a microphone on this & and other computers, we've determined the sound quality is definitely much worse on the Audacity computer. Is it possible for a sound card

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem

TERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem Bad cable or connection? You didn't say what it sounds like on the PC. Does a mic plugged in there sound okay? On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:24 PM, David Turk wrote: > We've been using Audacity for several months now to capture a

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity problem

Switch to the "Line In" jack on your sound card and see if that helps. David Turk wrote: (we're using the microphone jack on the back of the PC). T david * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, arch

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Bad cable or connection? You didn't say what it sounds like on the PC. Does a mic plugged in there sound okay? On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:24 PM, David Turk wrote: > We've been using Audacity for several months now to capture audio from a > reel-to-reel, with good results.  Today, all we seem to ge

[CGUYS] Audacity problem

We've been using Audacity for several months now to capture audio from a reel-to-reel, with good results. Today, all we seem to get is a low-level recording with lots of hiss. Listening to the audio through headphones attached to the reel-to-reel sounds fine. I've tried several different sett

Re: [CGUYS] Audio Quality (was: [CGUYS] Audacity)

It strikes me as odd that we go to the ends of the earth to get a perfect picture (HD, Blueray,etc.) and that the sound that goes with it is an afterthought. Are the designers of this equipment hearing impaired, or are they just keeping costs down?? When I think about it, the CRT set in my livin

Re: [CGUYS] Audio Quality (was: [CGUYS] Audacity)

Perhaps it will become newly-attractive eventually to reproduce actual >sound in future (both studio and performance), but I fear that those of >us who lived the audiophile era might be alone in its desire. Today, >compression is king, regardless of clothes.. One ray of hope appears to be that

Re: [CGUYS] Audio Quality (was: [CGUYS] Audacity)

ality (was: [CGUYS] Audacity) To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 10:58 AM I wholeheartedly agree with both posts on audio quality or lack thereof. When I recently went looking for a set of speakers for my computer, I was shocked to see powered speakers at 10%

Re: [CGUYS] Audio Quality (was: [CGUYS] Audacity)

>It really is a shame that the audio quality has degenerated so >drastically in the public mainstream. Unfortunately I don't see >anything being done about it due the "the cost effectiveness" of >crappy audio. Not to mention video reports created using cell phone cameras. Video rate is too low to

Re: [CGUYS] Audio Quality (was: [CGUYS] Audacity)

I wholeheartedly agree with both posts on audio quality or lack thereof. When I recently went looking for a set of speakers for my computer, I was shocked to see powered speakers at 10% total harmonic distortion. Many Internet sites don't even bother posting the THD for their products. The worst o

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity

It's unfortunate that the standard of audio reproduction is now the built in speakers on a laptop or the earbuds on the rack at Walmart. It's far from any kind of standard. It's mass market crap. Riley, most people don't know any better. I doubt you could make a case that 45 rpm singles and

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity

I don't use any of the esoteric codecs, I'm not even sure of their origins. AIF and Wav or BWav are the standards of the industry. AIF is handy because the marker data will follow the file. Wav or better yet BWav because ... well because it works on Windows and a few of my customers actually

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How about FLAC? There's comsiderable (possibly nonproductive) debate among computer audio people about whether decompressing a FLAC file on the fly imposes enough overhead to affect the sound. It's for sure that FLAC is the better download format, as it can be converted to WAV once at the desti

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>Do you have occasion to use lossy formats? Which codec? I usually keep the original as a WAV, but recently people have been recording direct to MP3 so I don't have that choice. * ** List info, subscription management, lis

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AIF and wav formats are exactly the non-lossy formats you want to save into for compatibility with other playback apps. Audacity's proprietary file format is a nuisance, a side effect of the programs' aspirations to be a real DAW. Get what you pay for, pay for what you get. I missed a comma i

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity

AIF and wav formats are exactly the non-lossy formats you want to save into for compatibility with other playback apps. Audacity's proprietary file format is a nuisance, a side effect of the programs' aspirations to be a real DAW. Get what you pay for, pay for what you get. At 8:24 PM -040

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity

I'm recording voice and cd for an Audacity presentation. When I save, it splits the recording into many pieces. When I try subsequently to play the presentation, it won't play. What am I doing wrong? With thanks ... 'Saving' saves the project in Audacity's format. You need to _export_ the

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity

At 11:16 AM 3/16/2009 -0400, you wrote: I hope you are not using Windows because possible causes for your problem will be almost endless and won't have anything to do with Audacity. I use Audacity with Windows just fine. Granted, it's not Vista, if that matters. I've not tried it with Vist

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity

Tom Piwowar wrote: I'm recording voice and cd for an Audacity presentation. When I save, it splits the recording into many pieces. When I try subsequently to play the presentation, it won't play. What am I doing wrong? With thanks ... It should not do that. Actually, if you use

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity

One Man wrote: I'm recording voice and cd for an Audacity presentation. When I save, it splits the recording into many pieces. When I try subsequently to play the presentation, it won't play. What am I doing wrong? Hi there! I believe you can use the "Export" option from the file men

Re: [CGUYS] Audacity

>I'm recording voice and cd for an Audacity presentation. When I save, it >splits the recording into many pieces. When I try subsequently to play >the presentation, it won't play. What am I doing wrong? With thanks ... It should not do that. Your initial recording should be one big .AUP fil

[CGUYS] Audacity

I'm recording voice and cd for an Audacity presentation. When I save, it splits the recording into many pieces. When I try subsequently to play the presentation, it won't play. What am I doing wrong? With thanks ... **