I have used nematime over the years it does indeed work well. I have not checked mine was win98 and I used it on an old laptop. But it worked very well. Think I was using it for IRIG B which is an excellant timecode for recording on an audio track.
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:13 AM, jimlux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Collins, Graham wrote: > >> On another list to which I subscribe, the question was asked about the >> suitability of recording WWV 2.5mhz audio as one track when recording >> off the air signals of interest as a time reference. >> >> The person who asked the question didn't really state his intentions but >> they seem very similar to my immediate needs. That is, simply a time >> reference - that is "the time", the start of the minute, and periodic >> references (i.e. seconds) between the announcements. >> >> It seems that recording the audio of something like WWV or CHU is ideal. >> >> However, another approach would be recording a more proper time code >> signal as you might have available from a "precision clock". Of course, >> a decoder would also be required. >> A quick Google search turned up lots of leads which I have yet to sort >> through. In the interim I thought I would pose the question to the >> learned members of this group for their suggestions. Keep in mind KISS >> and that a very high degree of accuracy is not required. >> >> Is there an opensource/freeware PC app that will generate an appropriate >> time code signal that can be recorded on one track of an audio recorder >> (either PC based i.e. Audacity or standalone) that will also decode via >> soundcard or other input? >> >> > Not free, but might get you started on what to look for > http://www.greenlake-eng.com/gle_tcsw_data_sheet_1-0.htm > > > Dave Mills and the NTP folks at U Delaware have > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/drivers/driver6.html > > > for generators > http://www.wraith.sf.ca.us/ntp/index.html#test-tones > > http://www.visualgps.net/NMEATime/default.htm $15, which is probably > cheaper than your time to write something or find something that already > exists and try to fix it. > > > > If you move away from IRIG, there's also MIDI time code (used when we used > to record things on, gasp, analog magnetic tape, and you wanted to keep the > MPU-401 based sequencer running right), and various SMPTE AES/EBU time codes > used in the audio recording world. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.