Re: Airfoil For Windows

2014-12-20 Thread Steve Matzura
This is certainly good news. Shows ya just how infrequently I use my Airplay devices with Windows! On Sun, 21 Sep 2014 14:28:46 +1000, you wrote: Hi! Has anyone tried Airfoil For Windows lately. I installed the latest available version this morning and was pleasantly surprised to discover

Re: FLAC Files was Time To Purchase FLAC?

2014-12-20 Thread Steve Matzura
FLAC rules. As fast as I am able, I am rebuilding my music collection--some 150,000 tracks-- with FLAC and APE (Monkey's Audio--yes, that's its real name, also lossless) formatted audio files. Now if only iStuff could play these, then I wouldn't have to convert them to AAC or ALAC. On Sat, 4 Oct

Re: FLAC Files was Time To Purchase FLAC?

2014-12-20 Thread Steve Matzura
See my comments re .AAC and .ALAC. Lots of non-iThings play these formats, too, so this may be the solution for which you are looking. On Mon, 6 Oct 2014 19:48:06 -0500, you wrote: Dane, Your analysis of the FLAC format omits the lack of support on Apple mobile devices. The iPhone and iPad and

Re: I need help with a headphone model.

2014-12-20 Thread Steve Matzura
Anyone try the Koss ones? I have a pair on order and will let you know how they are. A bit pricey, but I generally am very well satisfied with Koss' approach to headphones, way back to those ultra-heavy headache-generators, the Pro 4AA's. The replacements, the Pro 4AAA's, didn't pack the punch and

Re: FLAC Files was Time To Purchase FLAC?

2014-12-20 Thread Steve Matzura
Actually no. Minimum compression yields maximum bit rate. Minimum compression means you compress it minimally. On Mon, 6 Oct 2014 06:35:02 +1100, you wrote: sorry, the minimum compression rate of MP3 I've seen is 32K, maximum I think you meant to say is 320K. With FLAC you can control the

Re: FLAC Files was Time To Purchase FLAC?

2014-12-20 Thread Steve Matzura
I had OPlayer on an Android tablet once and it was pretty darn neat. Didn't know it was available for iOS. Re VLC, it's a fine product, but its accessibility leaves more than a little to be desired, in my unhumble opinion. On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 08:46:07 +1100, you wrote: You're not mistaken and

Re: FLAC Files was Time To Purchase FLAC?

2014-12-20 Thread Steve Matzura
OK--stupid question--what program can be loaded on an iOS device that will play these other formats and get me out of the iTunes world? On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 13:28:49 +1100, you wrote: You're making things terribly and unecssarely complex and complicated. Yes that's right, just replace Windows

Re: Playing Your! Files On An IOS Device

2014-12-20 Thread Steve Matzura
I have read and read until my fingers fall off about setting up and using a DLNA server, but I must be missing or overlooking something, because I have not gotten to get it working anywhere any way. Suggestions welcome. Of the two players you mention, can you highlight their strengths and

Re: accessible ripper software for audio cds

2014-12-20 Thread Steve Matzura
CDEX is free and very accessible with just about anything, even Narrator. On Sat, 4 Oct 2014 16:45:12 -0400, you wrote: Hi everyone: I hope all of you are having a nice peaceful weekend. Does anyone know of a software program for ripping audio cds that's screen reader friendly with Window-Eyes?

Re: I need help with a headphone model.

2014-12-20 Thread Steve Matzura
had their relyability problems, but sounded a whole lot better. For construction, to me, you can't beat the AKG stuff, as it's built to adapt to the user instead of being totally ridged. On 12/20/2014 11:40 AM, Steve Matzura wrote: Anyone try the Koss ones? I have a pair on order and will let

Re: OzTech How to Stream Digital Media From Your Windows 7 PC | PCWorld

2014-12-20 Thread Steve Matzura
You mean I really do have to get involved with Media Player? Oh good grief. On Sat, 08 Nov 2014 05:56:09 +1100, you wrote: Hi! I'm setting up another Windows machine for someone who wants to stream media files from the machine to DLAN compatible devices, in particular a Surround-Sound

Re: Mac Mini Update

2014-12-20 Thread Steve Matzura
Firewire mixers also exist. I own two, one of which was recently destroyed by some well-meaning carpet-cleaning people who didn't know that you shouldn't put something with knobs upside down on a carpet and move it by sheer force. I currently use the Mackie 1640I 16-channel board. On Tue, 11 Nov

Looking for an intelligent cue splitter

2014-09-07 Thread Steve Matzura
I've tried Medieval Cue Splitter and some other one whose name now escapes me, and they both do the job and are both accessible, but they both suffer from an annoyance which really shouldn't exist. That annoyance is the inability to process more than one directory at a time and the fact that the

Focusrite Scarlet and Sound Forge

2014-08-29 Thread Steve Matzura
I posted this a short time ago to two lists but never saw it or a reply on either one, so I'm thinking, somebody list manager software didn't like that I was posting to two lists and rejected the message. Here it is again, posted to just one list at a time. This is largely an accessibility

Focusrite Scarlet and Sound Forge

2014-08-22 Thread Steve Matzura
This is largely an accessibility question to resolve a friend's problem. Unlike, say, my Mackie 1640I which shows thirty-two channels (one each for left and right), and is accessible in the routing matrix at least in the channels column, the Focusrite is not. The table shows Input 1 and Input 2

Re: Article: Why Did WABC Have Such a Great Signal?

2014-04-25 Thread Steve Matzura
Well wudda ya know, it was born the same year I was. Might even have been born on the same day I was conceived, as I am a December child. That damn thing was so strong, our radio instructor told a story of a guy who built flashlights which could be WABC-powered. How's that possible, you may ask?

Question About Using the Sound Forge Batch Converter

2014-04-21 Thread Steve Matzura
Is there a way to choose file types when selecting files for batch processing, or is it an all-or-nothing situation? In other words, I can add specific files, but if I choose the Add Folder button instead of Add File, I get all filetypes even though I might only want one. Is there a way around

Need Some Gold Wave Cue Sheet Processing Help

2014-04-21 Thread Steve Matzura
I have several cue sheets and associated FLAC files that I'd like to parse into the individual tracks. Gold Wave is excellent for doing this, but at the point after I read in the cue sheet, I have to choose how to name the resultant split files. What I'd really like is for the files to be named

Sound Forge 11 Batch Converter Question

2014-04-16 Thread Steve Matzura
I have a folder with a hierarchy of subfolders with different media file types in it--mostly MP3 and WAV. I use MP3Gain to add the tag for setting the playback level of the MP3 files, but I want to use Sound Forge to process the WAV files. If I knew for sure that Sound Forge would not re-encode

Hopeless quest, but I'll try

2013-12-15 Thread Steve Matzura
Anyone with a big Mackie board like the 1640I have any luck using it either in standard Windows (non-ASIO) mode, and if so, what channels are used for output from the board into Windows? I thought it was 1 and 2, or 15 and 16, but neither one works. Also, has anyone tried using the ASIO4ALL

Routing in Sound Forge 10

2013-10-22 Thread Steve Matzura
I know this is possible, and I understand how to do it, I just don't know *what* to do. My problem is that in SF10, my eight-channel Mackie 820I shows up in the routing matrix with each channel appropriately enabled, and each channel assigned to route to its own identically numbered spot along the

Screenreader audio in TeamViewer

2013-10-22 Thread Steve Matzura
What many of you may not know is that TeamViewer passes screenreader audio. However, I've found a case or two where, no matter what I do, no audio is passed. I've tried changing the TeamViewer settings, such that they are, on the remote side of the connection, but no screenreader audio can

Re: Station Playlist, was, Looking for Info on meeting Accessible Internet Broadcasting Needs

2013-10-11 Thread Steve Matzura
That thing is only for recording voice intro/outtro tracks. The option which was previously mentioned is found in the Station Playlist Studio main window under the Output tab, Recording subtab. However, and I may be mistaken in this, this option may only be available with the Pro license. An

Multichannels in Sound Forge

2013-10-08 Thread Steve Matzura
I want to record something in Sound Forge while listening to another file play. Is that possible, and if so, how is it done? I'd prefer not to have to go to Sonar to do this, but if I have to, I can, and will. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org

Re: Request from a new member - program to get an mp3 of a video soundtrack

2013-10-08 Thread Steve Matzura
Gold Wave does it eminently well. I use it to batch-extract audio from video all the time. On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 23:31:26 +0100, you wrote: Hello all, Please excuse me if this one has been done to death on the list. I am a new member and would like to know of a good, preferably free,

Re: Request from a new member - program to get an mp3 of a videosoundtrack

2013-10-08 Thread Steve Matzura
DVD Videosoft's Free YouTube to MP3 Converter is a stock tool in my audio-video toolbox. Very accessible, very useful. Wouldn't be without it. On Mon, 7 Oct 2013 12:02:57 -0400, you wrote: Yes! That's the program I've been trying to think of; I think it's now probably better than that Free You

Re: Request from a new member - program to get an mp3 of a videosoundtrack

2013-10-08 Thread Steve Matzura
He didn't say a word about YouTube. On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 18:52:49 -0400, you wrote: Hi Clive. There's a program called Free YouTube to MP3 Converter, a free program you can get at www.dvdvideosoft.com Hope this helps. Peter - Original Message - From: Clive Lever

Marking in and out points in Sound Forge

2013-10-04 Thread Steve Matzura
I am having two troubles with this. First, how do you know where the marks are once you press the I or O keys? Second, if you mark something, then delete it, decide you don't like how it sounds and want to do it over, and use the Undo function, what happens to the markers? Are they brought back,

Re: Marking in and out points in Sound Forge

2013-10-04 Thread Steve Matzura
, Steve Jacobson On Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:18:05 -0400, Steve Matzura wrote: I am having two troubles with this. First, how do you know where the marks are once you press the I or O keys? Second, if you mark something, then delete it, decide you don't like how it sounds and want to do it over

.MP4 files in Winamp

2012-12-04 Thread Steve Matzura
The audio plays, but not the video. Is this only possible in Winamp Pro? To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org

Re: How to do a partial fade in Sound Forge

2012-11-28 Thread Steve Matzura
. Regards, Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: Steve Matzura numb...@noisynotes.com To: pc-audio pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 2:13 AM Subject: How to do a partial fade in Sound Forge I have a piece of audio that runs about three minutes or so. The first 45

Re: How to do a partial fade in Sound Forge

2012-11-28 Thread Steve Matzura
that the voice over mix option does what I want. Regards, Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: Steve Matzura numb...@noisynotes.com To: pc-audio pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 2:13 AM Subject: How to do a partial fade in Sound Forge I have a piece of audio

Re: How to do a partial fade in Sound Forge

2012-11-28 Thread Steve Matzura
thing myself and find that the voice over mix option does what I want. Regards, Barry Chapman - Original Message - From: Steve Matzura numb...@noisynotes.com To: pc-audio pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 2:13 AM Subject: How to do a partial fade in Sound Forge I

Re: Goldwave Question

2012-11-28 Thread Steve Matzura
Well, I could, but I'm not the original reporter of the problem. Think that should be left to her, but if she asks me nicely (LOL) I'd do it in a heartbeat. On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:41:59 +, you wrote: Steve, I suggested way back it might be a glitch in GW, so maybe write to Chris the author

How to do a partial fade in Sound Forge

2012-11-27 Thread Steve Matzura
I have a piece of audio that runs about three minutes or so. The first 45 seconds or so should be played at normal level, then a quick duck of about 12dB over maybe two seconds, then the rest of the audio should remain at the lower level for the rest of its duration. How in the world is this done

Re: easy CD extractor 16

2012-11-27 Thread Steve Matzura
What does version 16 do that 11 doesn't? On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:08:15 +0100, you wrote: Just installed it on the machine. Can any of you folks give me any direction on how to tame it using JAWS13? Ray T. Mahorney WA4WGA To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to:

Re: Goldwave Question

2012-11-27 Thread Steve Matzura
It's definitely a Gold Wave bug. The fact is, when you choose a format for recording, that format should automatically be the default when you save it. In fact, it shouldn't even be required to ask you for it, for if you wanted the recording saved in something else, you would have made it in that

Re: Station Play List Studio

2012-11-27 Thread Steve Matzura
Winamp is not involved. Tell us more about your setup. Did you, for instance, tell Studio what sound device to use in the Output page of the Options dialog which isn't really a dialog? On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:46:54 +, you wrote: I've downloaded a demo copy of Station Play List Studio but I

Re: How to do a partial fade in Sound Forge

2012-11-27 Thread Steve Matzura
7. On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:17:12 +0200, you wrote: I'm having the same issue. What version of SF are you using? -Original Message- From: Steve Matzura [mailto:numb...@noisynotes.com] Sent: 27 November 2012 05:13 PM To: pc-audio Subject: How to do a partial fade in Sound Forge I have

Re: How to do a partial fade in Sound Forge

2012-11-27 Thread Steve Matzura
rules out my upgrade:D. later Tapin Tapin-radio coordinator URL: http://www.tapinradio.com/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/tapinradio Twitter: http://twitter.com/tapin_radio Skype: tapinradio - Puvodní zpráva - Od: Steve Matzura Komu: pc-audio Odesláno: 27. listopadu 2012 16:13

Re: winamp strangeness

2012-10-06 Thread Steve Matzura
Above the list of things you select from. On Sat, 6 Oct 2012 10:43:52 +0100, you wrote: where are these headers? Ray T. Mahorney WA4WGA -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 20:25 To: PC

Re: column headers found

2012-10-06 Thread Steve Matzura
Ah, the infamous Windows 7 split button! Why ever did JAWS choose to give it that name, I don't know. It should be more like Drop-Down button like it is on the Mac, or at least say closed, not split. Sheesh. On Sat, 6 Oct 2012 10:53:57 +0100, you wrote: problem solved. Your comment jogged my

Re: Sound Forge Pro Mac 1.0 is here!

2012-10-06 Thread Steve Matzura
-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 2:07 PM To: ba; pc-audio; midi-mag Subject: Sound Forge Pro Mac 1.0 is here! The following is a blatant advertisement. It comes from Sony. Wonder who's going to be brave and try it first! Too bad there's no free

Sound Forge Pro Mac 1.0 is here!

2012-10-05 Thread Steve Matzura
The following is a blatant advertisement. It comes from Sony. Wonder who's going to be brave and try it first! Too bad there's no free timed trial. Sound ForgeTM Pro, the standard-setting, industry-defining audio editor, is available for the Mac. Built from the ground up, it reboots the

Re: winamp strangeness

2012-10-05 Thread Steve Matzura
and folder structure for this particular folder displays properly however, it is in winamp itsrelf that the strangeness takes place. Ray T. Mahorney WA4WGA M0WGA -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Wednesday, October 03

Re: Sound Forge Pro Mac 1.0 is here!

2012-10-05 Thread Steve Matzura
: Steve Matzura Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 11:06 AM To: ba ; pc-audio ; midi-mag Subject: Sound Forge Pro Mac 1.0 is here! The following is a blatant advertisement. It comes from Sony. Wonder who's going to be brave and try it first! Too bad there's no free timed trial. To unsubscribe from

Re: winamp strangeness

2012-10-03 Thread Steve Matzura
Ray, I know, like me, you probably hate it when people post replies that say things like, Why don't you try ... or, I think maybe this might work ... and they really don't have the first clue what they're on about and shouldn't have wasted either your or their time, but I think this reply might

Re: creating hyper links for audio files

2012-09-25 Thread Steve Matzura
Part of your problem is your email client. Anything that has basic in its name, or comes from an Internet service provider like yours does, doesn't, or won't, allow any fancy stuff like what you're wanting to do. But if you can possibly figure a way to edit that link, the methodology is simply to

Re: Audio Joiner

2012-09-16 Thread Steve Matzura
It works great and does the job without re-encoding. Great for putting little bitty bits of audiobook together into chapters or discs. On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:59:47 -0700, you wrote: H. I think MP3 splitter and joiner may work for you for what you want. I could be wrong though. -

Re: Extracting Audio From MP4 Files

2012-09-16 Thread Steve Matzura
-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2012 5:41 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Extracting Audio From MP4 Files Worked perfectly! Who knew? On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:32:26 -0400, you wrote: Really! I'll give Easy CDDA

Re: Extracting Audio From MP4 Files

2012-09-12 Thread Steve Matzura
Really! I'll give Easy CDDA Extractor a try. Been using it for everything else for years! On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:04:28 -0500, you wrote: easy cd da extracter, or replay av - Original Message - From: Steve Matzura numb...@noisynotes.com To: pc-audio pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday

Re: Extracting Audio From MP4 Files

2012-09-12 Thread Steve Matzura
Worked perfectly! Who knew? On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:32:26 -0400, you wrote: Really! I'll give Easy CDDA Extractor a try. Been using it for everything else for years! On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:04:28 -0500, you wrote: easy cd da extracter, or replay av - Original Message - From: Steve

Re: GWConnect Version 2.1 is Released

2012-09-12 Thread Steve Matzura
Good news. Now if GW Connect would only stop forcing my sound card to the microphone setting, I'd like it a lot more. I have to keep the sound card's recording properties window open every time I use GW Connect because every time a call comes in, even after I've switched it once, GWC will switch

Re: Extracting Audio From MP4 Files

2012-09-12 Thread Steve Matzura
:35 +1000, you wrote: Is there a setting on Easy CDDA Extractor in converting audio to turn stereo to mono? Jamie -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2012 5:41 AM To: PC Audio

Extracting Audio From MP4 Files

2012-09-11 Thread Steve Matzura
While Goldwave can manipulate so-called Media Foundation M4A files, what can handle, and extract video from, .MP4 files? MP4 is the new de facto standard for distributing standard-definition TV content on Usenet. It's almost as small as the former .AVI (DirectShow) format (also referred to as DivX

Re: total recorder

2012-09-01 Thread Steve Matzura
Change to XP. None of this works in 7. I don't know what High Criteria's problem is, they haven't fixed this yet. Or if they have, and/or someone's gotten it working, I haven't run into them anywhere yet. On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:21:23 -, you wrote: to get it to capture streams on a 32 bit win

Re: blind friendly duplicate audio file remover?

2012-09-01 Thread Steve Matzura
Watch out for these things. If your dupe-remover works on filenames, then it can do what you want. Some, however, work on checksums, a much more reliable way of detecting duplicates because it uses the actual contents of the file to determine duplicity, not just a filename. The good side about

Re: PC tuner card with Verizon fios

2012-09-01 Thread Steve Matzura
You didn't ask the best question of all. How does your tuner-card friend plan on authorizing his device with FiOS? I've wanted to use this option so I could have an accessible set-top-box replacement alternative, but no one at FiOS to whom I have spoken even knows if they can issue authorization

Anybody have experience with Total Recorder and Internet Telephony?

2012-07-04 Thread Steve Matzura
I read and executed the instructions at http://www.totalrecorder.com/recording_Internet_telephony_conversations.html and cannot get TR to record anything using a test call to the Skype call testing service. Any thoughts? TIA To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to:

Oops!

2012-07-04 Thread Steve Matzura
It should have been http://www.totalrecorder.com/recording_Internet_telephony_conversations.htm - Sorry about that! To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org

Re: Anybody have experience with Total Recorder and Internet Telephony?

2012-07-04 Thread Steve Matzura
I don't have it, nor do I care to. I have a tool that's supposed to work, and that's what I am interested in doing. On Wed, 4 Jul 2012 15:46:49 -0400, you wrote: Hi Steve, You can use MP3 Skype for recording Skype calls. It's free. - Original Message - From: Steve Matzura numb

Re: Anybody have experience with Total Recorder and Internet Telephony?

2012-07-04 Thread Steve Matzura
: djtropical4532 -Ursprungligt meddelande- From: Steve Matzura Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 9:42 PM To: pc-audio Subject: Anybody have experience with Total Recorder and Internet Telephony? I read and executed the instructions at http://www.totalrecorder.com

Re: Anybody have experience with Total Recorder and Internet Telephony?

2012-07-04 Thread Steve Matzura
-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 3:43 PM To: pc-audio Subject: Anybody have experience with Total Recorder and Internet Telephony? I read and executed the instructions at http://www.totalrecorder.com/recording_Internet_telephony_conversations.html

Re: Anybody have experience with Total Recorder and InternetTelephony?

2012-07-04 Thread Steve Matzura
Like I said, I already *have* the tool of choice, and want for no other. I've said this a thousand times on a thousand lists: If you can't answer the question put to you, save us all a lot of trouble and skip to the next message. I know all about Clownfish and Skype Recorder and this and that, and

Re: Anybody have experience with Total Recorder and Internet Telephony?

2012-07-04 Thread Steve Matzura
a name, which you will use next time. HTH, Humberto -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 7:47 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Anybody have experience with Total

Re: LS100 as an audio interface

2012-04-11 Thread Steve Matzura
unit. What a shame. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 6:08 PM To: pc-audio Subject: LS100 as an audio interface Here are two short recordings of bad things the Olympus

LS100 as an audio interface

2012-04-10 Thread Steve Matzura
Here are two short recordings of bad things the Olympus LS100 does when used as an audio interface. First, on a PC: http://q-audio.net/i/1KTV Next, on a Mac under OSX: http://q-audio.net/i/1KTV - When I called Olympus technical support about this, of course they disavowed any knowledge of this

Re: Message From The PC Audio E-mail List owner

2012-03-17 Thread Steve Matzura
What Jonathan or Jeff did is ancient history, relatively speaking of course. I don't believe in legacy management. That means I don't believe list moderators need to carry torches. It's your list now. You do with it as you like. You were not necessarily entrusted with the ownership of this list

Re: karaoke night.

2011-11-18 Thread Steve Matzura
Of Steve Matzura Sent: 17 November 2011 18:03 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: karaoke night. Get yourself a Usenet account with either Supernews or Giganews, then subscribe to alt.binaries.sounds.karaoke and download to your heart and hard drive's content. All the major labels are represented

Re: karaoke night.

2011-11-17 Thread Steve Matzura
Get yourself a Usenet account with either Supernews or Giganews, then subscribe to alt.binaries.sounds.karaoke and download to your heart and hard drive's content. All the major labels are represented--Sunfly, Singer's Choice, one with Gold in the name, I forget what it's really called, ... more

Re: karaoke night.

2011-11-17 Thread Steve Matzura
of these accounts please?, Billy -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: 17 November 2011 18:03 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: karaoke night. Get yourself a Usenet account with either Supernews

Re: reaper and jaws skripts?

2011-10-26 Thread Steve Matzura
There aren't any JAWS scripts for it, but there *is* an access bridge you will definitely need. Get the program at http://www.reaper.fm/download.php (choose your operating system), and the access bridge (Windows only) at http://www.reaaccess.com/Downloads/ReaAccess.exe - Hope this helps. To

Re: CCrane Tuneable Twin Coil Antenna Podcast

2011-10-26 Thread Steve Matzura
Aw bummer, I missed it! Is this the active or the passive antenna? I have the active one and love its performance. You wouldn't think, in a big city like New York, that such things were even necessary, but in apartment buildings with lots of electronic noise and strange RF interference, they help

Emissives Disk Failure

2011-10-04 Thread Steve Matzura
If you haven't heard, or are corn-foozed about what to do about it, emissives.com suffered a disk loss which wiped out all their email lists' subscription information. If you were on any list hosted by them, you'll need to re-subscribe. Lists hosted by emissives include the portable media player

Re: iTunes Frustration

2011-09-23 Thread Steve Matzura
, could you post it to the list? Dan -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:14 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: iTunes Frustration OK, I found, installed

iTunes Frustration

2011-09-22 Thread Steve Matzura
I've a particular machine on which I wish to install iTunes, current version, I think it's 10.4.10. No matter what I do, no matter how many times I completely remove, de-install, expunge iTunes, Quicktime, Apple software update, Bonjour, Apple mobile device support and Apple application support

Re: iTunes Frustration

2011-09-22 Thread Steve Matzura
an advanced mode and it's very accessible. You may even have to run it more than once, but it did the trick for my iTunes reinstall. HTH Dan -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Thursday, September 22

Re: iTunes Frustration

2011-09-22 Thread Steve Matzura
, but it did the trick for my iTunes reinstall. HTH Dan -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:04 PM To: pc-audio; player Subject: iTunes Frustration I've a particular machine

Re: Searching for Recommendations: 4-Channel Mixer for Online Broadcasting, and an eq

2011-09-20 Thread Steve Matzura
and saw a dbx 15 band for about 160 bucks, not bad I thought. I don't know enough about 31 band eq to justify the money on it Dave C. Bahr On 9/19/2011 5:10 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: Behringer is the king of the USB's, but their interfaces, both hardware and software, are quirky at best

Zoom H4N Microphone Positioning Help

2011-09-19 Thread Steve Matzura
The directions in the H4N for blind users guide are very good, but less than laser-quality in one tiny respect. If my ears were better, I could probably hear the difference and not need to ask here, but they're not, so I must. (grin). I am referring, of course, to how to change the microphones

Re: Searching for Recommendations: 4-Channel Mixer for Online Broadcasting

2011-09-19 Thread Steve Matzura
the Behringer I had and went with the Mackie 820I. On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:33:24 -0600, you wrote: do you know if they have something similar that has a usb interface? I almost bought a maki, but it was a regular mixer. but not enough money. Dave C. Bahr On 9/8/2011 8:04 AM, Steve Matzura wrote

Re: Searching for Recommendations: 4-Channel Mixer for Online Broadcasting

2011-09-08 Thread Steve Matzura
Highly recommend the Mackie 820I which requires a Firewire interface. On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 22:13:50 +0100, you wrote: Hi. Am based in the UK and found lots on Amazon, but many of them were very cheap (£15-ish) and seemed to be called microphone mixers. I presume that they're not powerful enough

M4B Files

2011-08-18 Thread Steve Matzura
I looked these up on fileext.com and found them to be bookmarkable M4A's. However, the M4A's I know about don't have video in them, but the M4B's do. Is it safe to just change the extension to M4A and leave them at that? To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to:

Re: M4B Files

2011-08-18 Thread Steve Matzura
- Original Message - From: Steve Matzura numb...@noisynotes.com To: pc-audio pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 4:02 PM Subject: M4B Files I looked these up on fileext.com and found them to be bookmarkable M4A's. However, the M4A's I know about don't have video in them

Re: putting cds on a hard drive

2011-08-15 Thread Steve Matzura
Jailbreak means to remove restrictions placed usually by a reseller which change or remove capabilities oribinally placed there by the manufacturer. Kind of like unlocking hidden features the reseller turned off because they don't want you to access them for their own reasons. This is very common

Re: Skype and the Sound Blaster

2011-08-15 Thread Steve Matzura
://www.twitter.com/richardclaypool last.fm http://www.last.fm/user/lord_of_beer msn bellevue@gmail.com skype lord_of_beer - Original Message - From: Steve Matzura numb...@noisynotes.com To: pc-audio pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 9:09 AM Subject: Skype

Skype and the Sound Blaster

2011-08-13 Thread Steve Matzura
I made a startling discovery the other day. I've been using Skype for years with a Soundblaster Audigy card, microphone connected to a mixer connected to the line-in jack on the Audigy. I had always thought that both stereo channels would come through Skype, although in mono. I just learned last

Re: the mac

2011-07-11 Thread Steve Matzura
Forced? OK, the quick answer is no, there's only one set of analog I/O for just about every Macintosh hardware I've ever laid hands on--notebook, desktop, they're all the same. What you want is a separate audio interface, like you suggested. Depending on what program you'll be using for your audio

Re: Reconstituting Albums from APE and FLAC files

2011-07-11 Thread Steve Matzura
You're right, I wasn't thinking correctly. I thank you. On Sat, 2 Jul 2011 14:30:54 -0500, you wrote: you aren't understanding. take the ape, or flac file. load the cue file and convert the file to its seprate tracks. in easy cd da extractor. this does work. - Original Message -

Reconstituting Albums from APE and FLAC files

2011-07-01 Thread Steve Matzura
I have several albums in both .FLAC and .APE formats which were ripped as single discs, complete with cue and log files. What's the best way to turn these back into single tracks? Do I have to burn them to a disc and then reconvert (re-rip) them to the individual tracks? Thanks in advance. To

How to Keep Total Recorder from Dropping the Stream During Recording

2011-06-26 Thread Steve Matzura
What setting, if any, is there to cause Total Recorder to reconnect to a stream from which it has somehow become disconnected while recording? Thanks in advance. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org

Re: program for playing sound clips

2011-06-22 Thread Steve Matzura
- From: Steve Matzura numb...@noisynotes.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 6:19 PM Subject: Re: program for playing sound clips That's a mighty expensive solution for such a small thing. What's wrong with good old Winamp and a playlist file? Just set

Re: Has anybody ever had this happen?

2011-06-21 Thread Steve Matzura
Hi, Larry: First off, being an experienced user doesn't necessarily imply knowing a lot about hardware. Hey, I consider myself an experienced user of locks and keys, but could I make one, or pick one? Not on your life! LOL! Same goes for fridges, stoves, light bulbs, etc. (LOL). But, to your

Re: Has anybody ever had this happen?

2011-06-21 Thread Steve Matzura
Pursuant to my previous message about finding out if your hardware is USB 1.1 or 2.0, Windows 7 will tell you right off. It's only XP that you have to go speelunking to find out which you have. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org

Default audio device changes on the fly

2011-06-20 Thread Steve Matzura
Here's a puzzler for you puzzle fans. I have a Firewire audio interface that I use for everything except Windows sounds and speech output. When I start Windows XP, the Windows sounds come through the default audio device, an SB Audigy sound card, but sometimes, not always. After the system startup

Re: FLAC Question

2011-06-20 Thread Steve Matzura
Dane, I think the question is more about performance than audio quality. Dana, the audio quality is identical whether compressed at level 0 or level , but it sounds like you're wondering whether your machine can handle the higher compression levels without audio breakup, stuttering, crackels,

Re: program for playing sound clips

2011-06-20 Thread Steve Matzura
That's a mighty expensive solution for such a small thing. What's wrong with good old Winamp and a playlist file? Just set Winamp not to advance to and play the next track, you control that yourself. On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:20:54 -0600, you wrote: `station playlist should help you out. No matter

Streaming on one's local network

2011-06-20 Thread Steve Matzura
I can certainly do this to a limited extent with Icecast, but what I really want to do is stream audio and/or video (MP3, AVI) that lives on a network-attached (NAS) drive to something on my network that can connect to an old analog TV for playback of video content. I've read a lot about Apple TV

Re: The Rockbox presentation can now be downloaded

2011-06-19 Thread Steve Matzura
I just tried downloading this. I guess you or Accessible World doesn't keep their files around very long? On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:50:30 -0500, you wrote: In my debut on Accessible World, I gave a presentation on what Rockbox is, what it does, and demonstrated what it can do on a Sansa Clip Plus

Re: What opens .MOGG files?

2011-06-14 Thread Steve Matzura
-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 8:29 PM To: pc-audio Subject: What opens .MOGG files? I know they're an Ogg variant, but that's all I know. Renaming them to .OGG doesn't work. To unsubscribe from this list, send

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