Klarinet Archive - Posting 000123.txt from 1999/08

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] NO Audition tapes Please
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 03:25:41 -0400

At 03:25 AM 8/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
>This brings up something that I asked about a number months ago and
>was ignored. It seems to me, that recording on the computer and
>then using a CD writer to create a CD is the more economical way to
produce good
>demo's. My question on this is, whether
>a regular sound blaster card can produce a good enough quality, provided
>you use a high quality microphone, or do I need to upgrade to a better
>quality sound card. I don't want to invest in the computer equipment if
>I am going to get an inferior sound. I am presently recording into my
computer
>but I am only using a $50.00 Shure microphone. All help is welcome.
>
>Jay Webler
>Jay's Clarinet and Percussion

Having just gone through this process - using Sound Forge 4.5 to edit the
CD that will be released this year - I can assure you that you will need a
much better sound card than a sound blaster that is provided with the
computer. For instance, you need digital outs and ins - preferrably
Coaxial/Optical choices (both) as well as analog outs and ins. I purchased
a Prodif 24 - and it still had pops and sputters (see earlier question to
the list in the archives - answered very completely by Ben Maas and M.
Charlette) - which we have determined to be the way in which the Prodif 24
uses memory - not just the amount of memory. Solution? We have ordered a
Prodif Plus which has an option during installation that designates
specific memory that cannot be used by anything else - I think that is the
way it was described to me - and the tech at SEK'D America (who
manufactures the card) assures me the problem will go away. This is just
one example of any number of problems that can occur with sound cards and
drivers.

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Concert Band/Symphonic Winds/Titan Band
Advisor, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
Office: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3411

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