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Date:	Tue, 1 Jun 2004 20:57:08 PDT7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Audio recording / editing programs?

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Peter Skye wrote:

> Warning: Keep the connection wires _short_ (3 feet is nice, 6 feet
> maximum). Two reasons for this: longer wires have louder hums and
> buzzes, and longer wires have more (apologies for the technical jargon)
> capacitance which, when connected to your high impedance Line In, causes
> the high frequencies to degrade. If you use long wires you'll still get
> decent recordings, they just won't be the absolute best.

We had a discussion along these lines, a year or more ago. I mentioned the
setup Tony had at his prior digs: *long* cable runs of these fat, custom
(I'm assuming rather fancy & expensive) cables, over to what looked like a
fairly elaborate recording setup. You raised similar objections then, but
(again, I'm assuming) he was obtaining superior results for all this effort.

In our earlier discussion, you said that the audio card carrying the music
signal into the H/D was always going to be the weak link. That is to say,
most of 'em aren't very good. Professional grade audio cards are apt to be
pricey, and OS/2 support for them is highly questionable. (Don't get me
started about UNIAUD. So far, I'm very unimpressed.)

> Wasn't it expensive? The standalone CD recorders I've seen were a
> couple hundred bucks.

Ditto for the high fidelity bona fides of these devices, you said. The
price doesn't especially deter me; mediocre quality of results would. I'm
still interested in a good solution.

You seem to have a lot more expertise in this area. It may be that to do
this job right, one needs much fancier gear, and possibly to do this with
tools only available under Windoze.

Jordan

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