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Re: [ARSCLIST] Beginner's question RE: digital recordings



I think Lisa has a laptop, but perhaps I misread her posts. For a laptop, I highly recommend the PCMCIA card by that French company. Of course, I'm not in the studio and thus completely forgot the name of the card. The only thing to be cautious is the connection harness has a short and heavy cable, so use their securing screws to take tension off where it connects to the card. Dammit, I just can't remember the name of it! It sounds great. Mine is 4 balanced inputs, 4 balanced outputs plus SPDIF in and out and a headphones jack. Cost me something like $150 on eBay. Works great in a Toshiba PIII laptop running either Soundforge or CoolEdit 2000. Runs silently -- UNLIKE the MAudio unbalanced card in my video workstation! I am no fan of MAudio stuff. Even though I got that card for well south of $100, the Soundcrapper it replaced had less hum/buzz issues.

Lisa, if you decide to upgrade to a desktop, check out the Digital Audio Labs CardDeluxe. In my opinion, it's by far the best value for an internal card. Thousands of hours of transfers done with one here, many satisfied clients (including myself since I use it to transfer my own archives).

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie Azile O'Connell" <marie.oconnell@xxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Beginner's question RE: digital recordings



Hi Lisa

The Lynx soundcards are very good.  A laptop one or PC sound will not 'cut the
mustard', so to speak!

Cheers
Marie

Marie O'Connell
Sound Archivist/Sound Engineer/Sound Consultant
Cell: 601-329-6911


Quoting Lisa NnNnNn <waterchild7@xxxxxxxxxxx>:


Hello David,

That is a very good point about having a higher quality sound card; until
now, the card that I've been using was just the stock card that came with my

laptop. I'm guessing that when the time comes, I will be doing this work on

one of the museum's PC's, and I'm guessing that whatever kind of soundcards
those have, they would probably be even worse.  Can you recommend a decent
quality sound card that I should add to my list when I'm writing up my
budget?
As for headphones, I've been using some decent, DJ-quality headphones in
order to drown out ambient noise in my work area, and they seem to be
working very well for me.  I don't think I will need to be replacing those
any time soon.  Thanks.

Lisa

>From: David Lewiston <david.lewiston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
><ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx>
>To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Beginner's question RE: digital recordings
>Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 09:35:18 -1000
>
>Hello Lisa
>
>Two other details of working with digital audio programmes:
>
>Do you have a decent sound card? If you've been relying on the sound chip
>in the computer, you need to upgrade.
>
>For critical monitoring, when I *really* need to hear all the subtle
>details of the recording, I use headphones. I find a decent mid-quality
>headset, such as Koss 4AA (less than $100 at J&R Music World etc),
>perfectly adequate --  and if you're working in an environment which is
>plagued by ambient noise, this particular headset, of closed design, makes
>a good seal around the ears. In fact, when my phone rings, I can't even
>hear it!
>
>Salutations, David Lewiston
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lewiston"
><david.lewiston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: August 04, 2006 8:14 AM
>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Beginner's question RE: digital recordings
>
>
>>Hello Lisa
>>
>>Like Richard, I rely on Samplitude for all audio editing, find it truly
>>excellent, and recommend it highly. It comes in different flavours. I use
>>& recommend Samplitude Pro.
>>
>>Salutations, David Lewiston
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard L. Hess"
>><arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: August 04, 2006 4:50 AM
>>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Beginner's question RE: digital recordings
>>
>>
>>>Hello, Lisa,
>>>
>>>What digital audio software do you already have in your lab? Many of the
>>>packages will do what you ask. I use Samplitude and it will do a lot of
>>>what you ask, and you can add Sound Laundry plug-ins from Algorithmix. I
>>>believe Adobe Audition will also do what you need.
>>>
>>>Is this your project?
>>>http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-05/fm-mr050305.php
>>>
>>>The remaining players may need service as well. I have no idea who can
>>>service them.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Richard
>>>
>>>At 10:17 AM 8/4/2006, you wrote:
>>>>Dear list,
>>>>
>>>>I have been reading your emails silently for a while, and finally have a

>>>>couple questions of my own.
>>>
>>>Richard L. Hess                   email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Aurora, Ontario, Canada       (905) 713 6733     1-877-TAPE-FIX
>>>Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
>>>Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.



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