Re: [all-audio] Winamp not in focus

2018-10-21 Thread Casey
Hi where do you get this plug in and how do you configure it so it works well with win amp? I would like to know where to get this WASAPI plug-in  plug in. On 10/21/2018 2:15 PM, Peter Russillo wrote: Hello, I have the latest Winamp on my Windows 10 machine; I am using the WASAPI plug-in

Re: [all-audio] Replacing the Upload Feature for Amazon Music

2018-10-21 Thread Kenny
You may want to checkout the My Media for Alexa server application: https://www.mymediaalexa.com/ Once installed, the My Media server will integrate with Alexa to enable your local media files to be indexed and played through Alexa voice commands. Recommend you listen to the installation

[all-audio] Replacing the Upload Feature for Amazon Music

2018-10-21 Thread Steve Jacobson
Hi, When we got into the Alexa platform, one thing I did was to move a bunch of music that my wife listened to on her Apple TV from iTunes over to Amazon Music. They had an option that let one upload music to Amazon that could then be accessed by one's echo. Unfortunately, they decided some

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Hamit Campos
Yeah to be fair too we'd have to understand what gear was used for recording. Also mic placement. Saddly recording gear doesn't exactly replace ear drums. I would say only a Sound Devices 7 series recorder and some real good mic but even at that I can't really judge as I've not heard a

[all-audio] Winamp not in focus

2018-10-21 Thread Peter Russillo
Hello, I have the latest Winamp on my Windows 10 machine; I am using the WASAPI plug-in because the Nullsoft DirectSound plug-in makes the volume too low, but the WASAPI one makes the volume what it should be; however, If I hit enter on an audio file, I just hear the name of the file in the

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yes I lament the disappearance of the Echo Tap so are you sure that’s gone? I use my Echo Dot machines as clocks and information providers for want of a better description as they’re really not good music players unless you have them paired to Bluetooth devices or set up with a line-in source

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Hamit Campos
Ah good. Because that's something else I forgot to point out. I've never heard a dot. But I was just pointing out to that person that recordings can at times be unfair. Good to hear that wasn't the case here though. On 10/21/2018 4:31 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: From hearing this demo I

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yes and thanks for pointing that out. The chap in the review under discussion knew his stuff by the sound of things and certainly knew how to record something, he certainly had the right equipment to do the job which really doesn’t take all that much these days. > On 22 Oct 2018, at 7:34 am,

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Dane Trethowan
Certainly the Echo Dot 2ND machines I have here sound Tinny compared to the Google Home Mini which sounds okay so if there’s anything around the same size that sounds better then I’m all for it and I wouldn’t waste any time in ridding myself of the Amazon 2nd Generation Dot machines and

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Dane Trethowan
The Hands Free of the echo is rubbish and - as the reviewer points out - this has been improved with the Echo 3rd Generation, I make calls with my Echo 2nd generation where hands free quality is absolutely brilliant - 2nd Generation of Echo not to be confused with 2nd generation of echo dot -.

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Dane Trethowan
>From hearing this demo I believe the representation of the machines >demonstrated to be fairly accurate so no problem there, the Echo 2ND Dot >sounded to me exactly as mine do. > On 22 Oct 2018, at 5:45 am, Hamit Campos wrote: > > Yeah to be fair too we'd have to understand what gear was

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Kenny
Very informative. Now if they implement some sort of trade-in program for the Echo 2nd Generation I purchased earlier this year. I'll definitely pick the new 3rd generation Echo up. On 10/20/2018 8:03 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: Now this is quite stunning. Hear the differences between the

Re: [all-audio] Need to record screen reader output; is Virtual Audio Cable the best way to do it?

2018-10-21 Thread tim cumings
Dean, I assume your sound card doesn't have a "what you hear" option, sometimes called "stereo mix." I think virtual audio cable is much too complicated. I would recommend virtual recorder, which is a free windows recording program which can record the input and output of your sound card at

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Laz
hmm. I have both an Echo Dot 2nd gen and a Google Home Mini and neither one ssounds as bad or quiet as the ones in the Youtube video. In fact I use a Google Home mini in my bedroom to listen to music when I'm in the shower and if the volume was that low I would never be able to hear it over the

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Tom Kaufman
I have the second Generation Echo; sounds really nice; only problem I have (and I knew this going in) is that you don't get stereo sound with it! But it does have a nice, full sound! Am sorry that Amazon has discontinued the Tap (that does produce stereo sound) but if there are any left, once

Re: [all-audio] Need to record screen reader output; is Virtual Audio Cable the best way to do it?

2018-10-21 Thread Aidan
That program is not always working as expected on all systems, and no developing anymore is possible for now, its a chance you take on that one, but yes a very handy small utility. I found that with Goldwave you can record internal sounds well, but as soon as you want to add a microphone to the

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Tom Kaufman
I've actually heard the original Dot; I found it to be "okay"...but some of us would definitely want to plug in another speaker as the original Dot was just " okay!" Not any base; but it did seem (as best as I remember) to have an ample amount of volume; more than what it sounded like in the

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Dane Trethowan
Its certainly loud enough that’s for sure, I can hear it even without my hearing instruments in place so that’s why its in the bathroom. > On 22 Oct 2018, at 9:27 am, Tom Kaufman wrote: > > Oh yes...my Amazon Tap has gone into the bathroom with me as well; has plenty > of volume so it can be

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Tom Kaufman
Dane: Yes...as best as I understand, the Tap has been discontinued! Am sorry to see this happen! with the Tap, you cannot sync it with an Echo; this is to say, let's say you are listening to your Amazon music library on the Tap and wish to continue listening on an Echo where the Tap left

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yeah very sad, I knew it wasn’t being updated as the tap can’t support audio calls and so on. As for the product being discontinued? Well there may have been a whole variety of reasons from Amazon’s point of view and the first that comes to mind is the very short battery life by today’s

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Dane Trethowan
And by the way, my Amazon Alexa Tap goes into the Bathroom, I then take it back to the charging dock. > On 22 Oct 2018, at 7:54 am, Tom Kaufman wrote: > > Dane: Yes...as best as I understand, the Tap has been discontinued! Am > sorry to see this happen! with the Tap, you cannot sync it

Re: [all-audio] Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Generation hands-on review

2018-10-21 Thread Tom Kaufman
Oh yes...my Amazon Tap has gone into the bathroom with me as well; has plenty of volume so it can be heard while I'm taking a shower! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2018 5:12 PM