RE: VikingCon

David

I am cc'ing this reply to my husband, so that he knows what's going on. I have a brand-new computer witn a 1 GHz Pentium III and 128 MB RAM and a decent sound card--except that it doesn't allow digital input. If I could get a second CPU cheap, I could use one computer for doing sampling, ect. and the other for digital files/tracks--the set-up recommended by Radio World and several other publications for setting up digitial audio editing.

But for right now, I have a second sound card that I bought when I bought the computer that has the digital input on it; it is a SoundBlaster--something--Scott (my husband) could probably tell you which one. I'd love to get some help installing it and tweaking software so that I had the option of using both digital and analog input. In particular, I don't understand how two sound cards can run in one machine (this would be the sound card that came with the machine, mounted on the motherboard and the second expansion sound card). Perhaps you could enlighten us!

Anyway, that's the scoop. I'm eager to get this set-up going so that I can distribute the parts of the archive I have permission to distribute and so that I can work on my own CD's. But I am truly a MIDI/digital audio neophyte; I have never worked with audio on a computer before.

Thanks fo ryour input and offer of help. Take care, and let us know what's what.

Anne

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Filksinger wrote:

> From: Dixon, Steven E
>
> > If you check out the Musician's Friend web site there are some
> > cards specifically made for audio and midi input. Most handle
> > both analog and digital.
> >
> > http://www.musiciansfriend.com/ex/ds/home/010816083726012013226011102332
> <snip>
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> I looked over this site, and found no cards that allowed both digital input
> _and_ were less than $200. For that price, you could get a SoundBlaster
> Live! Platinum, save a few bucks (or pay for installation, though I'll do it
> for you), and get everything you probably need (and for which you would want
> to pay).
>
> Actually, if your computer is old enough, I actually know of a "bare-bones"
> computer kit that comes with a Celeron 433Mhz CPU, a decent case, a
> motherboard, all the cables you need, and a built-in SoundBlaster Live! with
> the Platinum kit allowing for digital input, output, FM reception, and IR
> remote control (I believe the last was part of it). The kit costs $150 plus
> shipping. For another $20 the site has 128 MB of PC133 RAM, as well. If your
> computer is an older Pentium (or older), we could possibly take the parts
> out of it, combine it with this, and make you a considerably better computer
> for not much more than a soundcard with digital inputs alone. The very best
> price that I have found for the soundcard with digital input is $40 for a
> SoundBlaster Live! Value plus $70 for the upgrade to a Platinum card with
> digital input.
>
> However, if you can do an analog input that is good enough, then almost
> certainly the problem you described is a side effect of the software you are
> using. There are freeware and shareware programs that should be able to load
> the entire Minidisk onto your computer as one file, assuming that you have
> enough hard drive space.
>
> Filksinger
> AKA David Nasset, Sr.
> Geek Prophet to the Technologically Declined
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Received on 08/25/01