Hi Larry, Yes, i totally agree with what you said. That's why, as I have mentioned, vista shouldn't be a primary and only os that 1 should have. I am just having it as a secondary operating system. It does pay of quite a bit to upgrade to a newer os eh? Smile.
Regards, Edwin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry N" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 12:12 AM Subject: Re: Audio on Windows Vista > Hi Edwin. As far as I know, Sound Forge 8.0 cannot be installed on Vista. > You would have to upgrade to Sound Forge 9.0 to use the program on Vista. > > One of my Vista concerns is that it will not run some programs that were > designed for XP. So, yes you do indeed have advantages with new Vista > audio > alternatives, but you may also find that a necessary element of the > upgrade > is to upgrade software as well. And in some cases, there could be software > packages that the developer has abandoned. > > While these audio aspects are no reason to reject Vista, it seems to me > that > they must be considered when deciding whether or not to upgrade to Vista. > > Just my two cents for whatever it's worth. > > Larry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 7:48 PM > Subject: Audio on Windows Vista > > >> Hi All, >> >> I recently tried playing with Windows Vista and thought of asking some >> audio >> related questions as I am still in the midst of exploring. I got to say >> that, if vista matures a little further as time progresses, its >> worthwhile >> the upgrade just for the audio part. 1 very big bonus is that we could >> now >> control indivisual volume controls through the mixer. For example, if we >> are >> listening to real player streams, on xp systems, when u tune down the >> volume, it utilise the wav volume and this would affect our screen >> readers >> too. However, on vista, u could indivisually set the current active >> application's volume level. In this case, u could have different levels >> for >> your screen reader and real player. This is especially benificial for >> jaws >> as eloquence of jaws on xp system uses the main level of the volume >> control >> of your soundcard. But, I am just a bit puzzled. If such a powerful >> volume >> mixer exists in vista, why there isn't a volume control icon on the >> startup >> group like in xp? I know 1 could just go to control panel and go in to >> the >> sounds item to select our sources and go in to the properties page to set >> them, however, i find slightly of a hassel to do that. Of-course I could >> just create a shortcut of the sndvol32.exe at the start menu. Any intake >> from listers on this? >> >> Next, though not completely audio related, but someword related. I tried >> installing Sound Forge 8.0D in vista. I got a msg that SF needs .frame >> network 1.1. I tried installing but got some error message and my .dot >> frame >> network couldn't be installed. Does listers know why is this so and is >> there >> a work around? >> >> Finally, its regarding vista's windows media centre. I understand that we >> could setup our tv-tuner card to work with WMC and use it to set >> schedules >> and recordings etc and just use it without installing any related pvr >> softwares, as in xp. Currently, I have a cable set top box attached to my >> card. When I tried configuring it and told it that my card is attached to >> a >> external set top box, it told me that I need a microsoft remote control >> or >> something of that sort. I am a bit puzzled on this. How exactly does this >> work? Is WMC any accessible at all? Have I done anything wrong? >> >> Thanks all and hope to get any relevant input from listers who have >> experience with vista and its audio. Thanks. >> >> Regards, >> Edwin. >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
