RE: Microphone Picking up Sounds from Headset

[Tim Aune]

The best thing to do is turn the headphone volume control all the way up and 
turn down the output of your soundcard to where you can just barely hear it. 
The micraphone and the headphone run along side of each other and the output 
from your headphones are being picked up inductively.

I hope this will help.

Tim



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From: Pc-audio  on behalf of K. Scott Carlson 

Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 5:10:51 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Microphone Picking up Sounds from Headset

All,


I am using a pair of Andrea 205-B binaural microphones. These are earbud
microphones and generally have excellent sound quality. However, when I
use them to record they pick up my screen reader in the background.
Obviously this is very distracting but I haven't figured out a way to
counteract it. What can I do?

Re: Question about a sound card issue - maybe

[Tim Aune]

Try going in to control panel and go to sound link and click on your sound 
card.  Then go to playback and then to the properties and then the 
enhancements tabs and check disable all enhancements.  I hope that solves 
the problem.

Tim

-Original Message- 
From: Larry Higgins

Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 5:38 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Question about a sound card issue - maybe

Listers,

Something has been kind of bugging me since I began using this Dell XPS
7500 machine back in march of last year.

It seems to me that the on board Realtech sound card has a
characteristic of making voices sound as if they are cave like,
depending how they are positioned. I think that if they are completely
centered in a stereo version, they sound more reverberous, or as if they
are a bit more in the background than they should be, at least more so
than they sounded with my old Creative Audigy card.

If anybody has also noticed this with either this or any other card, and
have a ready solution to what I at least consider a problem, I would
really like to hear about it.

Guess I can live with it, I have for almost a year, but if it could be
corrected, at least without having to buy another card, in the hopes
that it wouldn't have the same issue, it would be nice.


BTW, my speakers are correctly phased.

Any input or advice on this would be very much appreciated,

Larry

Re: recommendations for a usb sound card with line in put?

[Tim Aune]

This one is available on amazon for about $26.  It has gotten favorable 
reviews.  I don't have one yet but I do plan to order one.  Here is the 
info.

soundcard info
Sabrent
Model USB-SND8
8-channel
3D USB
2.0 External Sound Box
16 bit 44.1 khz and 48.0 khz audio

-Original Message- 
From: Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona

Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 9:50 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: recommendations for a usb sound card with line in put?

Hello my creative live usb sound card just died and am in need of a usb
sound card, what does any one recommend for a inexpensive sound card
with line input?
I see alot of them on amazon but none have line input just mic input
Hank

Re: jaws friendly program for cutting out commercials

[Tim Aune]

Just go to accessibleworld.org and arrow down to the search box and type in 
mp3 direct cut and the link for the show will be there.

Tim

-Original Message- 
From: Mac Norins

Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 11:45 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: jaws friendly program for cutting out commercials

How does one successfully navigate through the many offerings, at Accessible
World, to get to the specific catalog number of the podcast, that you are
talking about?  I had to arrow down, through the whole list and never got to
the specific numbered podcast that you are talking about, Tim.

Is there a search function, that I did not figure out, yet?

Thanks,

Mac

-Original Message- 
From: Tim Aune

Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 4:39 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: jaws friendly program for cutting out commercials

MP3 direct cut would work fine for cutting out commercials.  There is a very
good podcast about using MP3 direct cut and audacity in accessible world's
archives section. This is the one you want to look for.
tt-03-19-12-tutorial-gene-asner-audacity-and-mp3-cut
Hope this helps.
Tim

Re: jaws friendly program for cutting out commercials

[Tim Aune]

MP3 direct cut would work fine for cutting out commercials.  There is a very 
good podcast about using MP3 direct cut and audacity in accessible world's 
archives section. This is the one you want to look for.

tt-03-19-12-tutorial-gene-asner-audacity-and-mp3-cut
Hope this helps.
Tim

-Original Message- 
From: joanne

Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 10:03 AM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: jaws friendly program for cutting out commercials

   I have heard of and actually have MP3 Direct Cut--probably a very old 
version--but am not sure if this program will do what I want, and if it does 
I'm not sure exactly how to do this.  Is there a good and simple program 
which will help me to remove commercials and to then join the file back 
together minus the commercials?  I have heard the MP3 direct recording but 
am not real sure how to make markers, etc., so if someone has an easier 
solution I would appreciate info.


Joanne 

Re: I'm trying to record from my turntable

[Tim Aune]

One program to use is mp3 direct cut.  It has a recording feature that does 
a nice job and best of all, it's free.


-Original Message- 
From: randy tijerina

Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 8:20 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: I'm trying to record from my turntable

what's the best programm, then?
At 07:59 PM 8/30/2014, you wrote:

Sound recorder will only give you one minute.
- Original Message - From: randy tijerina 
rtijeri...@satx.rr.com

To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 4:19 PM
Subject: I'm trying to record from my turntable



friends, I'm trying to record a record from my USb turntable.
is sound recorder a good programme to use?
I'm not gonna clean my records. I wanna just do a test file before i share 
with anyone. I'm using windows 7 home by the way.


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Re: Need Help with Sound Forge Pro 11

[Tim Aune]

I might suggest using MP3 direct cut for editing MP3 files.  It's very fast, 
and you don't have to convert the files.  It doesn't have a lot of the 
features that a program like sound forge has but it is very reliable.


-Original Message- 
From: Steve Jacobson

Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 9:32 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: RE: Need Help with Sound Forge Pro 11

Bob,

These are all very good points.  I'd like to explain a bit more about my 
earlier response in case it helps Kelly.
I was editing a four hour MP3 file over the weekend, and I was finding 
everything to be very sluggish including
moving through the file with PGUP and PGDN.  Since I had worked with some 
other large files in SF 11 I wondered
what had changed.  It turned out that I had generally worked with WAV files 
before.  I saved my MP3 file as a WAV
file and worked on it in that format and much of the sluggishness I was 
experiencing was gone.  Of course,
converting an MP3 file to WAV doesn't make it sound any better, but it did 
make a large difference in my ability
to move around in the file.  It may be my imagination as it is not that easy 
to verify this, but I believe that
saving a file takes longer in SF 11 than it did in SF 10 or before, but I 
could be experiencing something else, or
it could be the added overhead that you mention.  It has been my experience 
that heavy file activity can lock out
screen readers or make them not responsive, so saving a file might be 
causing the appearance of loosing speech.
Sometimes starting NVDA or Narrator can help one figure out what is 
happening.


Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:13:34 +1000, Robert Nelson wrote:




SF 11 is a far more complex program than SF 6.  The way that SF handles the
file being edited has changed  because it is now a multi-channel editor and
every time you do something that causes SF to write out the edited files to
protect you from yourself, it takes time to complete the process.



How quick the process will be is dependent on the read/write speed of your
hard disk.  If you are working on a large file, that is to say, 4 or 5 hour
mp3, then it will appear to be slow.



The only setting that you might change is the location of temporary files.
If you use a separate drive for the temporary files, there may be some gain
but that will depend on the read/write sppeed.



And, no, using a solid state drive will not really improve things that much
because the Windows way of reading and writing to disk pretty well negates
any gain there may be in using a SSD.



The mp3 codec does appear to be slower than in SF 6 but you must remember
that the program is doing a lot more processing than SF 6 did.



Opening, editing and saving in wav format  may be slightly quicker  but you
will eventually have to convert it to mp3.



However, I find that for files of an hour or less the performance is on a
par with SF 8D.



The moral of the story may well be that the Sony people did not  anticipate
that SF would be used to edit  7 or 8 hour long files.



Bob Nelson




-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Kelly
Sapergia
Sent: Sunday, 13 July 2014 1:38 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Need Help with Sound Forge Pro 11



Hi,



After recently getting a new 64-bit PC with Windows 7 Professional, I
decided to upgrade Sound Forge from 6.0D (which I've used for a number of
years) to the latest version, Pro 11. However, I've noticed that this new
version seems to be rather sluggish when compared to 6.0D.
For instance, if I have two files loaded, and I switch to the other file by
either using the Window menu or pressing Control+Tab, it seems to take
awhile before I can do anything again. With 6.0D, going to a new window was
instantaneous. There have also been times where I'll be doing some editing,
and the program will seem to freeze for a couple minutes. When this 
happens,



I lose speech, but can Alt+Tab to another program, such as WinAmp.
Eventually, everything works fine again, but I find this very frustrating.
If anyone else is using this version, have you experienced these issues? 
Are



there any settings I should adjust to make it work more smoothly?



Thanks.



Yours Sincerely,
Kelly John Sapergia
Show Host and Production Director
The Global Voice Internet Radio
http://www.theglobalvoice.info



Personal Website: http://www.ksapergia.net
Business Website (KJS Productions): http://www.kjsproductions.com
Follow me on Twitter at: KJSapergia

Re: Need help finding an MP3 music track to purchase or download

[Tim Aune]

There are three different recordings of Octopodes - Holding Out for a Hero 
on youtube.  None of them meet my standards for audio quality, but if you 
just need to hear there version, that would work.

Tim

-Original Message- 
From: Jeff Samco

Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 6:49 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Need help finding an MP3 music track to purchase or download

Thanks, Guy. This is the only selection I'm looking for. I'm not sure
of the record date but it is after 2000. So, doesn't qualify as an oldie.
Artist: Octopodes
Track: Holding Out for a Hero

Thanks,
Jeff

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[mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Samco Sent: 13 
July 2014 22:35 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Need help finding an 
MP3 music track to purchase or download I am looking to get an MP3 of a 
track by Octopodes, called Holding out for a Hero. It is not available 
on Amazon MP3 nor on eMusic. I've googled around and not found it elsewhere 
except on free MP3 download sites which I'm lyrie of trying. Can anyone 
suggest another site where I can purchase or a safe free download site? 
Thanks, Jeff 

Re: Connecting External FM Antenna To Tuner

[Tim Aune]

It is one of those press on connectors that goes on the end of rg 59 cable. 
They also will work with type F connectors.  The plug part will work with a 
F connector which is threaded.  I'm not sure what the RCA look-alike plug is 
called but they are found on the little transformers that come with 
receivers so you can use a dipole antenna.


-Original Message- 
From: Gary Schindler

Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 9:02 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Connecting External FM Antenna To Tuner

It sounds to me like it has a Motorola type connector which was often  used
for car radio antennas. you should be able to buy an F connector to mail
Motorola connector.

- Original Message - 
From: Laurence Taylor g7...@btopenworld.com

To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 6:36 AM
Subject: Re: Connecting External FM Antenna To Tuner



On 12/06/2014 05:08, Dane Trethowan wrote:


This tuner has antenna connecters that look like oversized RCA
sockets as opposed to the standard F Connector or TV antenna
type connectors, I know the adapters are around to convert one
type to another, mine broke, I need to get another so does
anyone know the name of the connector type I've described on
the back of my tuner so I know what to order from my local
electronics store?


Stange Japanese (probably Yamaha unique) connector. According to
a post on another forum, they originally came with their own
adaptors. You might get away with a push-on F connector (bent
about a bit) if the centre pin is the right size.

If all else fails, take the sockets out and replace them with
something more usable.


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Re: Really strange problem with winamp 5.07

[Tim Aune]

Gracenotes, the company that used to provide that information to winamp, was 
sold to another group.  Therefore, none of the tagging features in Winamp 
work any more.  I don't see this being fixed any time soon.

Tim

-Original Message- 
From: Brian Olesen

Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 2:31 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Really strange problem with winamp 5.07

Hi list,
I’m writing for a friend do have winamp and he uses version 5.07.
Until now it has presented the cd tracks fine, when he inserted a cd in the 
drive.
But this functionality has stopped working. Now Jaws only says Artist 
unknown, Album unknown and so on.


Any help will be highly apreciated.
He don’t wanna upgrade to the latest version as it has some issues. For 
example it recognises all external drives as a portable music player and 
wants to add them, which is annoying.


Best regards
Brian 

Re: Problems With Auto Tagger In Winamp

[Tim Aune]

I have noticed the same thing.  It just says failed, no match found.  I hope 
they fix it because I use it for tagging songs on my radio shows.

Tim

-Original Message- 
From: Tom Kaufman

Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 8:24 PM
To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Problems With Auto Tagger In Winamp

Hello List:  Have just noticed that the auto tagger in Winamp seems to be
not working!  I tried to used it on several things; even tried it on things
that were already tagged!  Yet, it says failed!  Does anyone here have an
explanation for this?

Tom Kaufman