Crackling, staticky cound on my laptop

2010-06-17 Thread Joel Deutsch
Hi all, I have an Acer laptop running XP Home, and I'm using Jaws 11 latest build. Frequently, the sound crackles like a 1920s long-distance call or bad A.M. radio. MY IT guy says he installed the latest drivers for the sound card, etc., but the problem persists. I know I could get a USB sound

Re: Crackling, staticky cound on my laptop

2010-06-17 Thread Joel Deutsch
plugged in to the laptops headphone/lineout jack. and I get much better sound of it now. it's worth a tr. Regards, Jörgen Hansson! Tel +46 703-601296 www.jorgenhansson.com skype: djtropical4532 - Original Message - From: Joel Deutsch jdeut...@dslextreme.com To: PC Audio pc-audio@pc

Re: Crackling, staticky cound on my laptop

2010-06-17 Thread Joel Deutsch
...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Joel Deutsch Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:29 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Crackling, staticky cound on my laptop Hi, Are the speakers you have large and meant to be higher-FI,, requiring their own AC power

Re: Crackling, staticky cound on my laptop

2010-06-17 Thread Joel Deutsch
...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Joel Deutsch Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:29 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Crackling, staticky cound on my laptop Hi, Are the speakers you have large and meant to be higher-FI,, requiring their own AC power

Re: Crackling, staticky cound on my laptop

2010-06-17 Thread Joel Deutsch
...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Joel Deutsch Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:47 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Crackling, staticky cound on my laptop Ford, Thanks for the reply. I'll answer one question, and thanks for the rest. This began as soon

Re: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono

2010-06-17 Thread Joel Deutsch
a program called: meow multi sound converter. You can convert audio files to different formats, as well as converting from stereo to mono, or mono to stereo.. I use it all the time, and I find it to be speech friendly! Hope this will help you. - Original Message - From: Joel Deutsch

Re: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono

2010-06-16 Thread Joel Deutsch
to mono, or mono to stereo.. I use it all the time, and I find it to be speech friendly! Hope this will help you. - Original Message - From: Joel Deutsch jdeut...@dslextreme.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 10:26 PM Subject: Re: Converting

Re: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono

2010-06-15 Thread Joel Deutsch
with the other CDEX files. I just tried this and it worked, and didn't try to convert anything it shouldn't have. Thanks, Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: Joel Deutsch jdeut...@dslextreme.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:26 PM

Re: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono

2010-06-15 Thread Joel Deutsch
this and it worked, and didn't try to convert anything it shouldn't have. Thanks, Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: Joel Deutsch jdeut...@dslextreme.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:26 PM Subject: Re: Converting stereo .mp3s

Re: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono

2010-06-15 Thread Joel Deutsch
-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Joel Deutsch Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:11 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono I just did about six at one time and they worked. Tho they landed in the mp3 section of my documents\my music\mp3, where I don't usually go

Re: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono

2010-06-14 Thread Joel Deutsch
encoder settings, choose mono and the bitrate you want, then from the convert menu choose re-encode compressed audio file. Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: Joel Deutsch jdeut...@dslextreme.com To: PC Audio pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 6:20 AM Subject

Re: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono

2010-06-14 Thread Joel Deutsch
that putting them there isn't the ideal solution, but I have just spent some time trying to change it and like you, can't find how to. Perhaps someone else can say if they have found a way. Thanks, Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: Joel Deutsch jdeut...@dslextreme.com To: PC Audio

Re: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono

2010-06-13 Thread Joel Deutsch
menu choose re-encode compressed audio file. Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: Joel Deutsch jdeut...@dslextreme.com To: PC Audio pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 6:20 AM Subject: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono Hi all, I've lost my hearing in one ear

Converting stereo .mp3s to mono

2010-06-11 Thread Joel Deutsch
Hi all, I've lost my hearing in one ear (the left) because of a complicated brain tumor story. But when I work out, I still prefer to have some rock music in one ear bud. I have a copy of EZ CD/DVD Creator, a fairly recent build, and the designer sent me a file he said would merge to two

Re: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono

2010-06-11 Thread Joel Deutsch
: Joel Deutsch jdeut...@dslextreme.com To: PC Audio pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 4:20 PM Subject: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono Hi all, I've lost my hearing in one ear (the left) because of a complicated brain tumor story. But when I work out, I still prefer to have some

Re: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono

2010-06-11 Thread Joel Deutsch
again. Hope this helps On 12/06/2010 00:08, Joel Deutsch wrote: Dear Dana and Doc, I'm a little confused. The advice of both of you involved converting an existing .mp3 sound file to .wav format, and somehow or other making it mono. But aren't .WAV files huhge? Isn't that's what's

Re: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono

2010-06-11 Thread Joel Deutsch
- From: Joel Deutsch jdeut...@dslextreme.com To: PC Audio pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 6:20 AM Subject: Converting stereo .mp3s to mono Hi all, I've lost my hearing in one ear (the left) because of a complicated brain tumor story. But when I work out, I still prefer

Re: Power from USB [was RE: Laptop speakers question]

2010-06-07 Thread Joel Deutsch
have them plugged in to. An amplifier inside of a pare of USB speakers, will. Sometimes, those speakers will be equipped with their own sound cards that uses the USB inter face in order to marry them to your computer. My best regards. John. - Original Message - From: Joel Deutsch jdeut

Re: Power from USB [was RE: Laptop speakers question]

2010-06-06 Thread Joel Deutsch
I have both my HP printer and my Microtek scanner plugged into USB ports on the back of my 6-year-old Dell desktop, leaving two USB ports in front of the tower for convenient docking of flash drives and such stuff. No problems at all. Those devices, I believe, were meant to be powered