RE: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-28 Thread Brian West
Not that it matters, but I met Allison at Astricon and talked with her about her recording setup. All she does is voice over work. That is it. That is her job. All day long. Yep I was there too while we talked about her setup... She said her house was paid for by voiceover work she did for

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-27 Thread Greg Boehnlein
On Sun, 24 Oct 2004, Joe Greco wrote: I know she works at Digium but they probably go down the street to a real sound stage to do the recordings via 3rd party. A sound stage is a facility used to create and process professional recordings. They can be used by anyone employed by an

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-25 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On October 24, 2004 10:27 am, Joe Greco wrote: would seem to imply otherwise. I'd be a bit surprised if any company had enough work to keep her employed full-time, so the works at Digium line sounds a bit fishy to me. You're absolutely right, and I apologize. I thought she worked at Digium.

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-25 Thread Race Vanderdecken
] On Behalf Of Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists Sent: 24 October 2004 06:38 To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible A customer has ordered some voice prompts from Digium's TheVoice online store. They say

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-25 Thread Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:06:40 -0400, Race Vanderdecken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have not gotten your answer yet; I have tried the sox parameters Nicolas recommended and the files did seem to be ok with that on my Powerbook. I am now waiting for the feedback from the customer.

[Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists
A customer has ordered some voice prompts from Digium's TheVoice online store. They say the recordings' sound was good when they listened to it on their Windoze boxes. However, then Asterisk is playing back the recordings, the volume is far too high and they sound really bad. This is particularly

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Steve Totaro
of myself). I would choose number one. Thanks, Steve - Original Message - From: Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 6:37 AM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Steve Totaro
: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible A customer has ordered some voice prompts from Digium's TheVoice online store. They say the recordings' sound was good when they listened to it on their Windoze boxes. However, then Asterisk is playing back the recordings, the volume

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists
Hi Steve, On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 07:47:17 -0400, Steve Totaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. I am sure there are free programs that will allow you to adjust the files to sound more like the originial recordings as well as converting them to gsm. that's all very cool, but if you read my post

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Kevin Walsh
Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A customer has ordered some voice prompts from Digium's TheVoice online store. They say the recordings' sound was good when they listened to it on their Windoze boxes. However, then Asterisk is playing back the recordings, the volume

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Brian Roy
However, the format the customer ordered was WAV, whereas all the included recordings are of course GSM. Has anybody had similar experiences? I tried to convert the WAV files to GSM using sox but since I don't know what parameters are best in this case, the results weren't satisfactory. Any

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Kevin Walsh
Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 07:47:17 -0400, Steve Totaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. I am sure there are free programs that will allow you to adjust the files to sound more like the originial recordings as well as converting them to

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Elliot Moore
Helpful URLS about SOX/wav/gsm Have you seen these? Converting: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki- Convert+WAV+audio+files+for+use+in+Asterisk Volume: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+sound+files Other bits and bobs: http://www.marko.net/asterisk/archives/0212/0384.html e. On 24 Oct 2004, at

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On October 24, 2004 07:47 am, Steve Totaro wrote: 2 . If you dont want to go through all of that, kindly ask Digium to have the files fixed for you. I seriously doubt they have their own sound stage and most likely outsource this type of business. Chances are the people they outsource the

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Steve Totaro
: Andrew Kohlsmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible On October 24, 2004 07:47 am, Steve Totaro wrote: 2 . If you dont want to go through all of that, kindly ask Digium to have

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Joe Greco
I know she works at Digium but they probably go down the street to a real sound stage to do the recordings via 3rd party. A sound stage is a facility used to create and process professional recordings. They can be used by anyone employed by an company. http://www.theivrvoice.com/ would

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On October 24, 2004 10:24 am, Steve Totaro wrote: I know she works at Digium but they probably go down the street to a real sound stage to do the recordings via 3rd party. Oh I dunno, for telephone IVR you don't need much of a sound stage. Convert a bathroom into one with a lot of insulation,

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists
On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:47:56 +0100, Elliot Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Helpful URLS about SOX/wav/gsm Have you seen these? [snip URLs] yes, I have played with those and all I did achieve was making the recordings worse, but thanks anyway. However, it seems now that this is not a common

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists
On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 09:27:49 -0500 (CDT), Joe Greco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.theivrvoice.com/ would seem to imply otherwise. I'd be a bit surprised if any company had enough work to keep her employed full-time, so the works at Digium line sounds a bit fishy to me. I think when

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Nicolás Gudiño
Hi Benj, On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 23:39:06 +0900, Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip URLs] yes, I have played with those and all I did achieve was making the recordings worse, but thanks anyway. However, it seems now that this is not a common problem so I have to

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists
On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:01:19 -0300, Nicolás Gudiño [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've never ordered from thevoice, but I have converted some MP3 I guess you mean WAV to gsm and after fighting with sox parameteres I came up with this: sox in.wav -t gsm -r 8000 -g -b -c 1 out.gsm resample -ql vol

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Kristian Kielhofner
Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists wrote: On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 09:27:49 -0500 (CDT), Joe Greco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.theivrvoice.com/ would seem to imply otherwise. I'd be a bit surprised if any company had enough work to keep her employed full-time, so the works at Digium line

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread David Boyd
On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 10:24, Steve Totaro wrote: I know she works at Digium but they probably go down the street to a real sound stage to do the recordings via 3rd party. A sound stage is a facility used to create and process professional recordings. They can be used by anyone employed by

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible

2004-10-24 Thread Mike Boger Jr
] Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 7:38 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Digium TheVoice recordings' sound terrible On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 10:24, Steve Totaro wrote: I know she works at Digium but they probably go down the street to a real sound stage to do the recordings via 3rd party