Re: The Best $150 Over-Ear Headphones | The Wirecutter

2016-09-18 Thread Kelly Pierce
I use bensbargains.com for my headphones. I have been able to buy $200 studio headphones for $20 and I am currently using $300 noise cancelling headphones bought for $30 when I go to work on the subway. they work so well that a subway train can enter and leave the station without me needing to

Re: The new version of winamp

2015-12-23 Thread Kelly Pierce
The news is that last week vivendi, which owns Universal Music, bought a controlling interest in Radio Nomi. Many are hopeful that vivendi will breathe new life into winamp. Dane, which programs are more accessible than Winamp? I am on Brian's side in believing that winamp was the most

Re: Blaze EZ

2015-12-05 Thread Kelly Pierce
I have heard the OCR functionality quickly eats up the battery. the unit is twice the cost of the Stream, bookport Plus, or the Plextalk Pocket. It makes more sense to me to buy one of these kinds of units and buy the KNFB reader app for the i Phone for a much better experience. I believe Dane

Re: Flatbed scanner

2015-01-09 Thread Kelly Pierce
I don’t recommend the a300 either. At about $1,200 it is more money and much more scanner than what a blind end user needs. The a320 or 3800 are real possibilities. Kelly On 1/9/15, Samuel Wilkins clevercl...@gwilkins.co.uk wrote: I will be obtaining an OpticBook 4800 for flatbed scanning,

Re: Flatbed scanner

2015-01-08 Thread Kelly Pierce
the Plustek OpticBook 3800 has a surface area slightly larger than an 8.5 x 11 piece ofpaper. This scanner is not big enough for scanning two pages of many books at the same time. The OpticPro a320 scanner from PlusTek is about the size of tabloid paper or 12 x 17. This size is sufficient to

Re: Windows Machine Like A Mac Mini

2014-11-15 Thread Kelly Pierce
It is an i5, which sucks for audio editing. It is doable, but not as responsive as an i7. I can understand your interest in this machine. Macs are overpriced and underpowered compared to high performance Windows machines. Kelly On 11/15/14, Kulvinder Bhogal kbhog...@btinternet.com wrote: I

Re: FLAC Files was Time To Purchase FLAC?

2014-10-06 Thread Kelly Pierce
Dane, Your analysis of the FLAC format omits the lack of support on Apple mobile devices. The iPhone and iPad and their iOS operating system stands as the most coveted and popular consumer technology in the world. Yet, FLAC files cannot be played on these devices or Apple’s media player, iTunes.

Re: FLAC Files was Time To Purchase FLAC?

2014-10-06 Thread Kelly Pierce
, the Playback of FLAC it seems is built-in to Android as it should be. On 7 Oct 2014, at 11:48 am, Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com wrote: Dane, Your analysis of the FLAC format omits the lack of support on Apple mobile devices. The iPhone and iPad and their iOS operating system stands

Re: Iphone 6 not impressed with the speaker.

2014-09-30 Thread Kelly Pierce
I had no illusions that audio on the iPhone 6 would be lackluster. iTunes is falling behind in innovation with online music services severely out innovating Apple. Apple CEO Tim Cook knew he had an iTunes problem and had to do something different in music for Apple to stay cool. Apple bought Beats

Re: iTunes and Other Music Services

2014-09-30 Thread Kelly Pierce
and I think it likely that Apple will merge or form alliances with other Music service, I think Apple bought one recently. On 1 Oct 2014, at 10:40 am, Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com wrote: I had no illusions that audio on the iPhone 6 would be lackluster. iTunes is falling behind

Re: Sound card question

2014-07-29 Thread Kelly Pierce
My suggestion is to choose your sound card for music and high quality audio and select it as your primary sound card. then direct JAWS to only use the other sound card. I have found no need to then configure multiple players such as Winamp, windows Media, and Quicktimes along with itunes. I did

Re: Is Integrated Sound Adequate?

2014-07-07 Thread Kelly Pierce
from it. best regards Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Kelly Pierce Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 4:18 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Is Integrated Sound Adequate? Hamit, The Dell XPS 8700 purchase was two years in the making. I had a Pentium 4 computer that I

Re: Is Integrated Sound Adequate?

2014-07-05 Thread Kelly Pierce
Steve, It all depends on the kind of system you have and the fussiness of your ears. At the end of last year, I bought a Dell 8700 computer with the Intel i7 4770 processor, the fastest chip on the market at the time. It had built-in HD audio. When the Dell pre-amp was configured, the audio

Re: Is Integrated Sound Adequate?

2014-07-05 Thread Kelly Pierce
on it? - Original Message - From: Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 1:56 PM Subject: Re: Is Integrated Sound Adequate? Steve, It all depends on the kind of system you have and the fussiness of your ears. At the end

Re: Is Integrated Sound Adequate?

2014-07-05 Thread Kelly Pierce
, for his exquisite audio choice given that he handles and listens to these devices every day. Talk to you later. Kelly On 7/5/14, Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com wrote: Petro, A driver needs to be installed on the computer each time it is plugged into a USB jack. This likely would be once

Re: better equalizer for iphone

2014-06-22 Thread Kelly Pierce
Are you listening in the native music app or another app? The music app has equalizer presets that can be chosen. These presets are not available to other apps though. With Beats music, I look forward to Apple taking audio and music more seriously. The company is rapidly losing its hip factor

Re: question plextalk/book port plus

2014-06-17 Thread Kelly Pierce
this often happens to me when the cables are being moved around. When the cables are still, I find no static. Be sure that the end of each cable is not being moved during recording. Kelly On 6/17/14, Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net wrote: has anyone experienced theis problem when either

Re: question plextalk/book port plus

2014-06-17 Thread Kelly Pierce
this and no go still static what can be done about it? On 6/17/2014 5:13 AM, Kelly Pierce wrote: this often happens to me when the cables are being moved around. When the cables are still, I find no static. Be sure that the end of each cable is not being moved during recording. Kelly On 6

Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sizedMedia Player that Gives Blindand Visually ImpairedNear-instant Access to Printed Text

2014-06-05 Thread Kelly Pierce
For those in wage employment in the US, about a quarter to a third of the cost of the device can be reduced through tax deduction. If I can read any work-related document or book with the device or scan any work related document, I declare it an impairment related work expense. The filer’s

Re: Sound card recommendation wanted

2014-06-01 Thread Kelly Pierce
dane accurately points out that many quality computers have high definition audio built right into the motherboard or chip. Last year I bought a Dell 8700 with the Intel 4770 processor. It had built in high-definition audio equal to and actually slightly better than the M-Audio Audiophile 24/96

Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media PlayerthatGivesBlindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Access toPrinted Text

2014-06-01 Thread Kelly Pierce
something not mentioned in the pres release, on the Hims website or in a TechTalk presentation was the version of USB used. All current portable book readers use USB 2.0. this includes the next generation Victor Stream. The current version of USB is 3.0, which has significantly faster file

Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media PlayerthatGivesBlindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Access toPrinted Text

2014-06-01 Thread Kelly Pierce
3.0. On 2 Jun 2014, at 2:53 am, Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com wrote: something not mentioned in the pres release, on the Hims website or in a TechTalk presentation was the version of USB used. All current portable book readers use USB 2.0. this includes the next generation Victor Stream

Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media Player thatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Access to Printed Text

2014-06-01 Thread Kelly Pierce
the issue is that at this price, it is reasonable to expect the USB file transfer technology of this decade not the previous one. with windows 8.1, people are gradually adopting and accepting Windows 8. I want a device that is future focused and ready for the computers of today and tomorrow not

Re: Winamp Home Page

2014-01-31 Thread Kelly Pierce
these guys are ambitious. they offer free streaming and music file storage to broadcasters with them inserting ads. On their iPhone app, they save user bookmarks in the cloud so they don't get lost when changing devices or platforms. It was disappointing that AOL never added this functionality

Re: configuring eac

2012-08-08 Thread Kelly Pierce
Jim, What is updated with EAC is the LAME codec rather than the interface. Consider reviewing your version of LAME to determine if it is the latest stable version. As you know, LAME is downloaded and installed separately from EAC, although it should be placed in the EAC program folder to easily

Re: eac and window-eyes

2012-08-07 Thread Kelly Pierce
Because processing audio can command a lot from a computer, I have a second computer to perform tasks such as CD ripping, audio recording, audio editing, format conversions and stream capturing. I have had this second computer setup since 2006 and it has been well worth the investment. Kelly

Re: good cd ripping program

2012-05-26 Thread Kelly Pierce
As have been stated many times in the past, the world's best CD ripper is Exact Audio copy. Everything else is a step down from this. It is fully accessible, although there is a steep learning curve to use it. Kelly On 5/24/12, Mac Norins macata...@cox.net wrote: I must assume that what you

Re: Powered Speakers for Editing Audio

2012-04-04 Thread Kelly Pierce
and then feel their size and disbelieve what you are hearing could possibly come from speaker so small. They also come with wall mounting brackets which allows you to adjust their angle in relationship to your listening position. Walter. -Original Message- From: Kelly Pierce Sent: Tuesday

Powered Speakers for Editing Audio

2012-04-03 Thread Kelly Pierce
I have a computer at which I mostly edit field recordings I have made and capture and edit audio streams. The speakers I had died and I am looking for a pair of powered speakers that have a neutral sound that I can use to edit, mix and make spoken word recordings. I want to hear quality audio

Re: Youtube downloader

2011-12-28 Thread Kelly Pierce
I use a web service called vid2mp3. It is a web-based conversion service. paste a URL into a form and press enter. Within a few minutes, presto, they have an MP3 file ready for downloading. It is the complete audio of your video from Youtube, Vimeo, and about a dozen other video sites. You

Re: cdex questions

2011-11-08 Thread Kelly Pierce
? - Original Message - From: Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 9:10 PM Subject: Re: cdex questions I have said numerous times on this list that Exact Audio Copy with the current versions of Lame and FLAC deliver

Re: CCrane Tuneable Twin Coil Antenna Podcast

2011-11-05 Thread Kelly Pierce
Yes, Please post again. I live in Chicago and live two blocks from the the electrified elevated train on two sides of my home. What's worse, there are streetlights in back on the alley and in front. All of this generates incredible electrical interference and I am highly interested in antenna

Re: cdex questions

2011-11-05 Thread Kelly Pierce
I have said numerous times on this list that Exact Audio Copy with the current versions of Lame and FLAC deliver the best CD rips in the world. I continue to stand behind these comments as nothing better has emerged. Yes, EAC requires a steep learning curve, but the program is fully accessible

Re: Any JAWS Scripts For I-Sound Recorder?

2011-10-26 Thread Kelly Pierce
This is why I avoid Dell computers like the plague. Many don't accept standard PC parts and many are configured funny that cause problems not found with other brands of computers. The discount isn't worth the hassle to me. Kelly On 10/22/11, Kane Brolin kbroli...@gmail.com wrote: Hello. Not

Re: two questions about sound cards.

2011-10-04 Thread Kelly Pierce
I share Hammit’s thoughts here. About five years ago I bought the Audiophile 24/96 PCI card, which is produced by M-Audio. I herd so many good things on this list about high quality sound cards. I wasn’t disappointed. It was a thousand percent improvement in quality from the built in computer

Re: Winamp Question

2011-01-30 Thread Kelly Pierce
Dave, On windows XP machines, the newer Winamp versions place the bookmark file in the path documents and settings/primary user configuration\application data\winamp. Many peple set up owner as their system administrator. If your identity is something different, use that identity. Kelly On

Re: Sound Editors for Windows

2010-12-10 Thread Kelly Pierce
If much of the content is spoken word audio, the most accessible program that is easiest to use is Studio Recorder. I originally bought sound forge and grew weary of its drain on system resources and the steep learning curve needed to use it. Now that I have learned it, I still do all my audio

Re: Accessible audio editor...

2010-09-19 Thread Kelly Pierce
Also, Dancing dots may offer some ideas. Kelly On 9/17/10, Robert doc Wright godfea...@wrighthere.net wrote: try Audacity. If you are looking for multitrack recording. - Original Message - From: Vincenzo Rubano vincenzorub...@email.it To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday,

Re: The Zoom H1 audio recorder

2010-09-19 Thread Kelly Pierce
wow, this price sounds great, even with a conversion rate. This recorder still has a high noise floor compared to minidisc recorders. I ended up deciding to pay more for a sony PCM D50 for the lower noise floor for broadcast quality recordings on the cheap. Kelly On 9/16/10, Dane Trethowan

Re: trouble splitting files with mp3 direct cut

2010-08-31 Thread Kelly Pierce
the production work needed is manual not automatic. I find it necessary to use the JAWS cursor to go to the time menu in MP3 Direct Cut to move to a time location in the file to edit it into discrete segments without splitting it at random time intervals and chopping off an interesting sscene or

Re: urgent need help

2010-07-07 Thread Kelly Pierce
does goldwave accept Lame? This program usually needs to be installed and downloaded seperately. also, if you already have EAC for CD ripping and Lame already installed in EAC, then EAC can convert the file to MP3. Just use the CBR choices or command line presets for best results. Kelly On

Re: flack files and not being able to add them to a CD to burn them

2010-05-23 Thread Kelly Pierce
I don't have Nero. Are there other ways to burn a FLAC album onto a CD? Kelly On 5/23/10, Gianluca Apollaro gianluca.apollar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Casey, Here is a link with what you need. there is the nero plugin for flac and other plugins. If you need more help, fell free to ask

Re: M AUDIO SOUND CARD QUESTION REPOST

2010-05-02 Thread Kelly Pierce
Customer Service Les Gordon Phone: (267)329-8150 email: sa...@cdrdvdr.com web: http://www.cdrdvdr.com - Original Message - From: Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 10:50 PM Subject: Re: M AUDIO SOUND

Re: M AUDIO SOUND CARD QUESTION REPOST

2010-05-01 Thread Kelly Pierce
John, I have two Windows XP computers using the Audiophile 24/96 card from M-Audio. No, Jaws scripts are not needed to use them successfully and fully accessibly. The manual is not well written and I needed to read it five times or so very thoroughly before I fully understood what I needed. I

Re: bit rate and sample rate

2010-04-25 Thread Kelly Pierce
For audio books on CD I obtain from the public library and rip to listen on my MP3 player, I use a 44.100 sampling rate and 96k bitrate. I have found that I lose some of the emotion and distinctness of the reader at 64k. At that lower bitrate, the recording sounds flat. Broadcast radio standards

Re: Rules for Naming Ripped Files

2010-04-24 Thread Kelly Pierce
There are no specific rules. Realize that the free database that EAC uses does not have information on some albums. The commercial CDDB database that Winamp and iTunes use can be accessed using the .player program. And exported as an .ini file that can be imported into EAC. From experience, I

Re: Lame encoder question

2010-04-08 Thread Kelly Pierce
I don’t have total Recorder but I have faced this situation with Exact Audio copy. I visit the Lame website and download the latest release as tested by the gurus at Hydrogen Audio. I unzip the packet and copy the lame.exe file and drop it into the program file, copying over the current lame.exe

Re: Revisiting nls digital player

2010-04-02 Thread Kelly Pierce
tom, You learn about the accessible means of geting the serial number from the PC-Talk list. NLS head Cylkie has not directed that documentation for the digital player be updated, so staff is not updating the player's documentation at this time. Kelly On 4/2/10, Frank Brown

Re: DIGITAL TALKING BOOK PLAYER QUESTION

2010-03-16 Thread Kelly Pierce
In addition to playing NLS books, the digital player also plays books from Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic. The entire 58,000 book RFBD collection is available digitally, unlike the NLS collection. Currently, registration and membership for downloadable books is free. If you are currently

Re: looking for a good stereo microphone to conduct podcast interviews

2010-03-10 Thread Kelly Pierce
Dean, I chose a dynamic microphone for my Sony MZ-b100 minidisk recorder a few years ago. I wanted an omni directional microphone for my first purchase. It has an excellent pick up and robust sound. I find the sound from powered microphones to be sharp with edges with the increases and falls

Re: An audio editing beginner

2009-12-23 Thread Kelly Pierce
the best solution for CD burning is Exact Audio Copy. It can rip in both the lossless flac format which offers CD quality sound or in MP3. Flac is supported on both the Victor Stream and Booksense. There's a learning curve with EAC for a newbie, but hearing classic jazz recordings digitally

Re: Creating A Podcast: Use Sound Forge 7 or Gold Wave?

2009-10-22 Thread Kelly Pierce
The most accessible and easiest to use audio editor I have found is Studio Recorder from APH. I paid as much for it as I did Sound Forge, but the response time of SR is fantastic and saving and processing happens in the background without freezing the computer as happens to me with Sound

Re: Winamp and autotagging

2009-07-15 Thread Kelly Pierce
I'm able to batch auto tag in the play list editor when I clear it with control N and load a folder fresh with shift l. I then select all with control A and use the context menu to auto tag the selected files. If you want greater access to the play list editor in JAWS both Jonathan and tom at

Re: CD Ripping Question

2009-06-04 Thread Kelly Pierce
- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:04 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: CD Ripping Question Hello, I use Exact Audio Copy and LAME for MP3 encoding. Exact Audio Copy can also encode

Re: CD Ripping Question

2009-06-02 Thread Kelly Pierce
Hello, I use Exact Audio Copy and LAME for MP3 encoding. Exact Audio Copy can also encode with the lossless FLAC format and I rip music CD’s in FLAC. EAC scans each track twice and compares the .wav forms. If there is not a match, it scans the track more than 20 times trying to obtain two

Re: needing some good audio settings for cd ex when ripping classic rock cds and cds with heavy metal on them

2009-05-19 Thread Kelly Pierce
have down loaded and installed the program. Casey - Original Message - From: Kelly Pierce kellyt...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:28 AM Subject: Re: needing some good audio settings for cd ex when ripping classic rock

Re: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads

2009-03-07 Thread Kelly Pierce
The reason I joined the PC Audio list and not the National Federation of the blind is because I have a life beyond eating, sleeping, voting, working, paying taxes and going to the bathroom. All of these things the NFB wants access to but really nothing else. Kane, if you want audio described

Re: external hard drives

2008-12-29 Thread Kelly Pierce
unfortunately, your message doesn't say where you are located. If you are in the United States, I find good options for computer hardware on www.techbargains.com www.bensbargains.net TechBargains and Ben's Bargains have slightly different formats. Check them both out. I have found greater

Re: broadcast recorders

2008-11-23 Thread Kelly Pierce
I'm not sure what your specifications are for a recorder. The transom website for public radio producers and reporters did a review of the Sony PCM D50 earlier this year. It can be found at: http://transom.org/tools/recording_interviewing/200803_sony_pcmd50/ Neal Ewers did a review on this

Re: Studio recorder question:

2008-11-10 Thread Kelly Pierce
to subscribe to the list, haven't done that yet. What I didn't see in the manual was exactly what you described moving the arrows with the shift key as you would in sound forge or goldwave to move a marker that may have been improperly placed. thanks a bunch. Don Kelly Pierce wrote: I use

Re: Studio recorder question:

2008-11-09 Thread Kelly Pierce
I use the zoom view in SR rather than the time view. It offers a similar method of adjusting a selection as in Sound Forge. The issue isn't moving an edit point but changing the parameters of a selection, which is discussed in the manual. I adjust selections by going to the beginning or end

Re: Olympics from bbc

2008-08-09 Thread Kelly Pierce
yes and after the BBC eliminated shortwave broadcasts to North America, listening to them in big cities with all the electrical interference other then the Internet is a near impossibility. I like the radio coverage, but the rest of the world that is sighted would rather watch. NBC will have

Re: Amazon mp3 downloader (Hopefully not too far off topic)

2008-08-08 Thread Kelly Pierce
I do know that Utorrent is fully accessible. Kelly - Original Message - From: patricknc [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC audio discussion list. Pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 6:15 PM Subject: Amazon mp3 downloader (Hopefully not too far off topic) Does anyone know if

Re: CD Ripping

2008-07-18 Thread Kelly Pierce
I believe EAC, Exact Audio copy can do this. It also has cue sheet creation and some audio players allow you to use the cue sheet to go directly to a track in the single file. Kelly - Original Message - From: Bruce Toews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday,

Re: Live 365

2008-07-05 Thread Kelly Pierce
Some Live365 streams are encoded with the MP3Pro technology. This allows a MP3 stream to sound about as good as a stream double its bitrate. there is a couple of different MP3Pro encoders that can be lugged into Winamp. I chose one with no bugs or reported problems and my Live365 streams

Re: live365

2008-07-04 Thread Kelly Pierce
go to listen settings and choose external MP3 player. If you want to know what you are listening to, it is necessary to start the stream from the Live365 player window and/or have it open while you are listening. Artist and track name do not appear in Winamp's title bar. Kelly -

Re: Free-For-All Friday

2008-06-09 Thread Kelly Pierce
Tom, rather than increase list noise, how about compiling a document of list members who are broadcasters which can be accessed on the Internet? This document would be sent monthly with all the other scheduled list reminders. It could also be placed on the Pc-Audio website for ongoing and

Re: Unfortunate News From America Online (AOL)

2008-06-07 Thread Kelly Pierce
Darrell, In his response, Tom Wlodkowski did not offer a workplan or timeframe on how the access concern would be resolved. He indicated that there was no commitment from CBS Radio and other third parties to give AOL the ability to modify the interface for accessibility. Currently what we

Re: can't hear radio 1

2008-06-02 Thread Kelly Pierce
I live in Chicago and didn't find the UK restriction on the windows Media link. I used Replay A/V to capture all the URL's generated by the Windows Media stream when played using the BBC iPlayer. When I opened: mms://wmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms%5Cradio1%5Cradio1_nb_e1s1 in Winamp, Radio One

Re: most popular sound editing program?

2008-04-26 Thread Kelly Pierce
It's funny that Studio Recorder seems to be missing from this discussion, although some say it is highly accessible and excellent for editing spoken word audio. Kelly - Original Message - From: David Tanner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent:

Re: A question about audiophile 192 and recording.

2008-04-07 Thread Kelly Pierce
I believe the issue is with the Delta Audio interface and not the card itself. it took me two days and reading the manual five times and a few visits from a sighted friend to fully figure this out. to record successfully using the Delta Audio interface, go to the patch bay/router tab in the

Re: Fwd: Accessible Devices Opportunity To Have InputOnTheDesignofNewRadio

2008-04-07 Thread Kelly Pierce
InputOnTheDesignofNewRadio Are there any stations broadcasting both their regular streams and their second channel which you could receive with a radio designed to pick it up? thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce Sent: Sunday

Re: Fwd: Accessible Devices Opportunity To Have Input On TheDesignofNewRadio

2008-04-06 Thread Kelly Pierce
enabling or disabling the audio cues is how the built-in accessibility on the talking cell phones work. personally, I would like access to the meta information on HD radios, such as song title and artist. A few HD stations in Chicago have just added deejays that now recap the songs they have

Re: Lame Encoder Question

2008-03-31 Thread Kelly Pierce
Have you asked our friend Google about this? He's pretty good about accurately answering these kind of questions. Kelly - Original Message - From: Dan Kerstetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 5:54 PM Subject: Lame

Re: ripping audio

2008-03-30 Thread Kelly Pierce
Rick, Hydrogen Audio has a full discussion on the joint stereo controversy, including extensive commentary from one of the leading members of the development teams of the technology. With recent Lame codecs, the technology has fully matured and I now rip all my stereo CD's at 256 VBR in

Re: Sound devices for the PC

2008-02-17 Thread Kelly Pierce
Dane, A couple of years ago, I wanted to obtain excellent audio at a reasonable price. After sifting through years worth of messages on this list and that of blind tech, the consensus from the enlightened and informed was the Audiophile 2496 sound card from M-Audio. The card includes the

Re: VLC Keystrokes

2007-11-28 Thread Kelly Pierce
: VLC Keystrokes The volume up and down don't work for me either. I am joining their e-mail list. I will post a question about this and let you know if I find out anything. Dean - Original Message - From: Kelly Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc

Re: VLC Keystrokes

2007-11-25 Thread Kelly Pierce
Is anyone else having the same trouble I am having with volume control? It cannot be adjusted on my computer, even though I tried the control up and control down keys. I reassigned the hotkeys with the same result. The volume level does not budge. Kelly - Original Message - From:

Re: A new conversion utility:

2007-11-24 Thread Kelly Pierce
I'm downloading it now. the download speed is rather slow. I found the download link at: http://www.erightsoft.net/S6Kg1.html The file will take more than an hour to download from this site. I can transfer it to interested folks once I get it. Just zap me on AIM. My screen name is

Re: A new conversion utility:

2007-11-24 Thread Kelly Pierce
site. They want no affiliates. My download was running at 36KPBS. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 10:17 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: A new conversion utility: I'm

Re: A new conversion utility:

2007-11-24 Thread Kelly Pierce
get aim working with bitlbee for the moment. SAG - Original Message - From: Kelly Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 10:17 AM Subject: Re: A new conversion utility: I'm downloading it now. the download

Supercopyright Download

2007-11-24 Thread Kelly Pierce
Here's the info from Send Space: File Name: SUPERsetup.exe Size: 26MB Description: supercopyright file converter Download Link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/0wqe4z Kelly Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a

Re: Soundforge and reducing hiss, static, etc.

2007-11-16 Thread Kelly Pierce
mastering the world of PC Audio has for me required a big investment in learning and gaining an understanding of audio concepts as well as tools. Also, if one is not highly familiar with their screen reader and Windows accessibility features, they will likely be lost and confused. Much of

Re: the worth of bit rates:

2007-11-13 Thread Kelly Pierce
Albert, How old are you? Older people ten to have a diminished ability to hear certain frequencies than younger people. Also, bit rate alone can't simply be compared, according to the folks at HydrogenAudio. The developers of the Lame MP3 encoder report that accuracy of the ripped track,

Re: Writing file names:

2007-10-07 Thread Kelly Pierce
I don't know about the situation presently, but Unix when I was using it did not accommodate file manes with spaces, like Windows and the Mac do. Therefore, people who create files on some Unix servers use underlines instead of spaces. Kelly - Original Message - From: albert

Re: What program is the best for birning music CDS?

2007-10-06 Thread Kelly Pierce
They all perform about the same in quality as the output needs to meet highly specific industry specifications. for a greater understanding, check out Burn World at: http://www.burnworld.com/ Personally, I use either Nero or the CD burning functionality built into Windows XP. Kelly -

Re: What program is the best for birning music CDS?

2007-10-06 Thread Kelly Pierce
Indeed, EAC performs an analysis of all the CD drives connected to a system and creates offsets and individualized profiles for each of those drives. Kelly - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday,

Re: Getting track titles from CD when ripping to MP3

2007-09-30 Thread Kelly Pierce
One of the benefits of using a stand alone CD ripper such as CDEX or Exact Audio Copy is that these programs are highly configurable. Both programs allow you take the CDDB information about the disc and have it displayed in many different ways, depending upon user preferences. Often, mass

Re: Sony MZB-100 won't record in cool weather!

2007-09-17 Thread Kelly Pierce
What about underneath your armpit? Kelly - Original Message - From: Jerry Richer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 12:25 PM Subject: Re: Sony MZB-100 won't record in cool weather! This morning I tried keeping it

Re: How does one Cross-fade in Winamp 5.x

2007-09-16 Thread Kelly Pierce
For those using the Audiophile 2496 and other sound cards that can play 24 bit audio, this plug in only supports 16 bit. To use this plugin, it is necessary to disable 24 bit playback in winamp. I liked how it nicely faded things. It was so slick and the interface was highly configurable.

Re: Alternative to CDex

2007-09-16 Thread Kelly Pierce
You must be thinking of Exact Audio copy, which will provide you with the highest quality rips of your CD's: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/ it does this by reading and comparing the wave form of each sector and making a copy only when a match occurs. it will do this more than 20 times if

Re: Good digital recorder for recording confreences and lectures

2007-09-13 Thread Kelly Pierce
The best quality from any recorder will happen with an external microphone placed six to nine inches from the speaker's mouth. I know that this requires toting around at least 25 feet of thick microphone cord and a tripod microphone stand, which is inconvenient and a hassle. yet the great

Re: Some CDEX questions

2007-09-04 Thread Kelly Pierce
: Re: Some CDEX questions Does winamp, windows media, or ITunes have error correction, wave form comparison, or rescanning of tracks? Or is eac the only program that does this. Will definitely look in to it. - Original Message - From: Kelly Pierce To: PC Audio Discussion List

Re: Some CDEX questions

2007-09-03 Thread Kelly Pierce
if you really want the highest quality rips possible, use Exact Audio copy with the Lame extreme preset. With the current version of Lame, variable bit rates with joint stereo deliver the extra fullness and richness when it is needed. EAC does offer a preset for 320 CBR, but the developer

Re: Some CDEX questions

2007-09-03 Thread Kelly Pierce
that be just as good if not better? - Original Message - From: Kelly Pierce To: PC Audio Discussion List Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 10:21 PM Subject: Re: Some CDEX questions if you really want the highest quality rips possible, use Exact Audio copy with the Lame

Re: RFBD: Victor Reader vs. Bookport

2007-09-02 Thread Kelly Pierce
I believe he is based on the subject line. However, the question is somewhat artificial. NLS will have its digital audio books available next year and folks likely want a machine that can access them as well as RFB books. Unfortunately, NLS uses DAISY version 3.0 while RFB uses DAISY 2.2.

Contractor Response Regarding Applian Freecorder 3 Access

2007-08-30 Thread Kelly Pierce
I am back from vacation. I received this response from Rafi at Conduit, the company that developed the Freecorder 3 toolbar and its famous buttons for Applian Technologies. Rafi appears to be a member of the Conduit Research and Development team. If folks have further suggestions,

Re: M-Audio information you might need.

2007-08-29 Thread Kelly Pierce
this is indeed true because Microsoft has elected not to adopt industry-wide standards in its Media Center software. On the other hand, I have a Dual core Media Center computer with the M-Audio Audiophile 2496 PCI sound card installed and have had no problems, except getting a handle on the

Re: [blindreplay] Freecorder 2 Freecorder Toolbar Scripts Wanted

2007-08-22 Thread Kelly Pierce
Petro, You seem to be highly comfortable with the response that Applian uses third-party contractors for various components of its software business and therefore has no responsibility to its customers for the performance of these components, which in our case is the accessibility of Applian

Re: MP3 Directcut

2007-08-13 Thread Kelly Pierce
Have you successfully made recordings using other programs with this laptop? Also, have you checked the appropiate volume settings in Windows volume controll? Kelly On 8/13/07, Mike Pietruk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been a happy user of MP3 Directcut on my HP Pavillon a510n desktop. Over

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