What do you use for encoding? ----- Original Message ----- From: "mimi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 10:32 PM Subject: Re: question about recording books
> You get that with older tapes which are signs of wear and tear. Also, I > noticed the NLS machines have somewhat gone down in quality. I don't mean > to denigrate our fine program, it's great, and all, but I also notice there > is loud enough tape hiss on some of the books, and I wrote NLS about it > once, and they blamed ME and my equipment. No, I know it was not, and was a > little hurt. I've been handling tapes for a long time, and I know. I > noticed some NLS books are distorted on some sides, like they had the master > turned up a bit loud. I have heard sometimes, some noise in the background, > like a fridge going or the hiss of what sounds to me like central heating > and air conditioning. Other times, I notice they took pains to reduce the > noise and clean up the audio. So not every single book is sloppy. As tapes > age, though and many hands have handled them, I noticed they lose their > highs and develop wrinkles which you can hear as the wrinkled spots pass > over the head. Someone else told me the more they put on a tape at the > slowest possible speed, the more the quality deteriorates. I don't know if > this is the case in every case. I can hear a bad tape easily. I used to > copy from tape to tape. Now, since I learned to use an encoding program, I > bypass that step and encode books right onto my hard drive to transfer onto > a CD. I have an ongoing series of talking book CD's, all mp3's. > Eventually, NLS will have to switch to digital format, as cassettes are > already on the way out. I can even see it myself, having watched cassettes > give way to blank CD's and miniddisc, and digital blanks. I don't even see > cassettes cases being sold anymore at Wal-mart. It's clear enough to me. > Well, another thing I forgot to say is I never went for the cheapest tapes. > I stayed with Maxell over the years, or TDK. No Nemerex. I avoid that > brand in blank CD's. > (I might be misspelling that one.) > Good luck. TDK is a good brand. It may be the library tape. It's old and a > bit worn. > > Mimi > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terri Stimmel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 2:37 PM > Subject: question about recording books > > > > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to copy an NLS book. I'm recording it, using my tape deck. > You > > know, with the library tape in one side, and a blank tape in the other. > > Well, I've recorded one tape so far, and I've noticed something that I > > really don't like, but I don't know if there's anything I can do about it. > > When I played the tape in my NLS machine, I had to turn the volume up half > > way, so that I could really hear it well. And I noticed that I could hear > > noise, I believe from the other track. It wasn't coming threw real loud, > > but it was noticeable. > > What do you all think? Is it something with my tape recorder, or is this > > sort of thing normal? > > I'm using TDK tapes, and I've always thought that was a good brand. > > Any thoughts on this will be much appreciated. > > Terri > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
