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So my current plan calls for keeping the old old computer setup the
way it is, for midi
keyboard,rack synth, and Arp X-8 work. The new box will also be used
for music but is new enough to handle anything the old one won't ,
plus have room for storags. This leaves the medium old computer left
dedicated job of compiling songs of other artists . The only problem
may be that it only has an older Audigy (not sure which as I wtrite)
card , whereas the 2 misic boxes have AP 2496 cards. So (finally) the
question is (and I know it's been done to death but here we go again)
is it decent enough for recording mix cd's , old cassettes, etc.?. I'm
no hardcore audiophile , and I know it's an ok card but not quite pro
quality , and I'd like to use it because it's there , but I don't want
to be disappointed if my
precious mix discs sound like crap. I know I'll end up answering this
question for myself
and get a better card if I hear the need , but...

Second question: If I'm not a geek, why do I use 4 computers ?.
Which leads perhaps to the ancillary 3rd question : If I AM a geek,
why don't I
know dick about computers ?.

Dar

ps , while we're here ... I put this r/w drive in today and um...
there was no cable/cord to connect the soundcard to the analog
connection on the drive . I didn't look under the hood of my other box
to see what's up, so... what's up ? (with that) . Do I need to go get
the cable ?.

[David Morgan \(MAMS\)]

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ps , while we're here ... I put this r/w drive in today and um...
there was no cable/cord to connect the soundcard to the analog
connection on the drive . Do I need to go get
the cable ?.

That's only for the purpose of playing CDs. Not only should
the audio pass over the IDE, but extracting audio directly from
the drive pretty much renders it useless.

[Laurence Payne]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:40:29 -0000, wrote:

So my current plan calls for keeping the old old computer setup the
way it is, for midi
keyboard,rack synth, and Arp X-8 work. The new box will also be used
for music but is new enough to handle anything the old one won't ,
plus have room for storags. This leaves the medium old computer left
dedicated job of compiling songs of other artists . The only problem
may be that it only has an older Audigy (not sure which as I wtrite)
card , whereas the 2 misic boxes have AP 2496 cards. So (finally) the
question is (and I know it's been done to death but here we go again)
is it decent enough for recording mix cd's , old cassettes, etc.?.

Line In on the old SoundBlasters and Audigies wasn't too bad at all. I
doubt it will be the weak link when recording frm cassette. CD
compilations don't pass through the soundcard at all.


ps , while we're here ... I put this r/w drive in today and um...
there was no cable/cord to connect the soundcard to the analog
connection on the drive . I didn't look under the hood of my other box
to see what's up, so... what's up ? (with that) . Do I need to go get
the cable ?.

That cable is ancient history. You "rip" a CD digitally now. Don't
worry about it.

[Jakub Hadraba]

Hallo,

I've done some cassette copies with Audigy with no problem. Just keep
your signal cables short. With software like Adobe Audition (successor
of Cool Edit) you can measure your noise floor before attempting to
record. It's been also useful for broadband noise reduction "post
processing" of the recordings. Shall you be unsatisfied with it,
consider buying a soundcard with balanced inputs then.

Have a nice day,

J.H.

[Laurence Payne]

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:00:50 -0000, Jakub Hadraba
wrote:

I've done some cassette copies with Audigy with no problem. Just keep
your signal cables short. With software like Adobe Audition (successor
of Cool Edit) you can measure your noise floor before attempting to
record. It's been also useful for broadband noise reduction "post
processing" of the recordings. Shall you be unsatisfied with it,
consider buying a soundcard with balanced inputs then.

Balanced inputs won't be any use unless the cassette deck he's
recording from has balanced outputs. Which is highly unlikely.

NEVER record noisy with the plan of using noise-reduction afterwards.
NR is a last resort when things have gone wrong and a recording can't
be repeated.

[Jakub Hadraba]

I mentioned Noise Reduction because speaking about old tapes. Balanced
lines only when tape supports it of course. Thank you for the
refinements. J.H.