--- Forwarded Message from "Sue Breeyear" <[log in to unmask]> ---
>From: "Sue Breeyear" <[log in to unmask]>
>Organization: UVM, College of Arts & Sciences
>To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 16:25:48 -0400EDT
>Subject: Re: #5532 digitizing audio for PC (hardware recommendations wanted)
>Priority: normal
>In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]>
If you're just digitizing audio from tapes, the best PC solution I've
found is to use SoundForge (the less expensive version) on a Dell
PC--mine has a Crystal PnP audio card, which came with the
computer. I just connect the earphone outlet on my tape deck (in
this case, a cheap RCA boombox) to the line-in outlet on the
computer using the same RCA cable that came with my
computer's speakers. A simple solution, but it works fine!
Sue
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>Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 18:26:16 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
> <[log in to unmask]> From: Bradley Gano
><[log in to unmask]> Subject: digitizing audio for PC (hardware
>recommendations wanted) In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>
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I am looking for recommendations for PC hardware (sound cards, I
imagine)
for digitizing audio of medium-to-high-quality.
For our very high-quality needs (such as recording original
materials in
our digital audio recording studio for use in commercial-quality
products), we will be investigating expensive hardware such as that
made
by Digidesign.
However, I am trying to find a cheaper solution for our computers being
used by faculty to develop less quality-intensive materials, for example,
web-based course materials. For software, we want to use CoolEdit (we're
also investigating Sound Forge and some others), but it's the hardware
that has the problem. Right now we're using the sound cards that come with
our Dells (a variety of them, including TBS, Yamaha, and some others), but
they all have the regular old 1/8" "walkman-style" speaker and microphone
jacks, inviting noise problems. Does anyone know of a better sound card
that might let us use RCA inputs or something else along those lines? What
are you using for audio digitizing at this level?
(Of course, this quandry makes even a PC-user like me long for a nice
PowerMac 8100 A/V, but I really am hoping to find a PC-based solution.)
thanks,
Brad
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