Klarinet Archive - Posting 000131.txt from 1999/08

From: "Jay Webler" <webler@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] NO Audition tapes Please
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 08:57:57 -0400

This is very helpful information. Which operating system
was being used. If it was Windows 95 or 98 part of the problem
can be it's method of multitasking. If is was NT or a UNIX base OS
than it sounds as if it is totally related to the sound card.

My local store is trying to push a sound card on me, but
I have fears of investing that much money for the very
reason that you stated. In other words "Timing is everything" in the
computer world..

The benefit of using a computer is the fact that you don't
have to worry about "wow & flutter" which can be induced by
a mechanical device. I don't think that is a great issue with DAT or
Digital Disks. But you do have to be concerned about other problems
such as multirtasking and memory handling, Thanks for the info, this
helps. The last thing I want to do is make something more complicated
than necessary just to have a decent demo.

Jay Webler

On Sat, 07 Aug 1999 15:22:30 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:

>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
>

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