I must agree with Chris here..
Although I haven't been able to install version 4.0 yet, due to a problem that
I currently have with my >4Gb harddisk :-( (so I have to wait 'till OS3.5 later
on this week.) I did listen to the WAV files provided on the CD, and they do
sound really good. So I guess you have a playback problem..
BTW Chris, the CD and the cover look really nice. I am a professional designer
(DTP) amongst others and I must say it "well done!", way much better than the
previous "STFAX image".
Charlot
> > Chris will probably want to smack me with a bit of 2x4 timber for saying
> > this, but I feel that the sound quality of the supplied WAVs is not
> > that good. When played, they sound very `tinny', even for a WAV and when
> > you listen to the end result down the phone, it sounds a bit like
> > they're being played off a cheap answerphone with a knackered tape... :(
>
> Then obviously you don't understand sound frequencies and how they can be
> played back via the phone!
>
> 1. You can never have more than about 8Khz, mono, played back via a modem,
> over the telephone - so it this rate they will sound *quite* poor.
>
> 2. It depends on the sampling frequency of your modem. Unfortunately cheap
> Rockwall 'generic' modems have the *worst* ADPCM playback/conversion,
> resulting in the *worst* conversion from a WAV (or other sample format).
>
> A modem with a better ADPCM is the Pace and, even better (arguably the
> best), is the Solo, which plays back a 11000Hz, afaik.
>
> 3. This happens with *ever* answerphone system. I have the same wav's on my
> PC, played back via Microdot, and they sound fine. Better quality than our
> high-quality answermachine.
>
> 4. The samples provided are 22Khz Mono WAV's and, if played back at this
> rate, sound fine. BUT when you convert them through your modem, they will
> convert *down* to the ADPCM of your modem, often under 8Khz! CD's play back
> at 44Khz, your modem plays back at 8Khz. See the difference? :)
>
> BTW there is absolutely no way you could describe the supplied WAV's as
> 'poor quality' as, if you do, you are not playing them back correctly. Here,
> and with others who have heard them, they say they are 'very professional'
> and 'high quality'. BUT, as I said, when converted via your modem, they are
> nearly 3x poorer quality.. :(
>
> Nothing we can do about that ^ though!
>
> Chris.
>
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