It's a handy feature for, say, recording off of NASA TV. I just had Gold Wave record in response to a certain threshold, told it to stop after a second of silence, and told it to start recording half a second before the threshold was crossed. What resulted was a nice tight, but not choppy-sounding recording of the shuttle launch.
Bruce -- Bruce Toews E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Patrick Perdue wrote: > Hello Jerry, > > On Sunday, January 8, 2006, 11:52:26 AM, you bellowed the following: >> The things I find nice about Sound Forge 8.0 are the ability to >> start a recording based on time or audio level and the ability to scrub >> through a file. > > Yeah, the audio level thing is nice, but it's kind of annoying that you > have to reset the threshold each time you press record, even on the same > open project. Each time you do, it sets the threshold to -10 DB, which > is way too high for most stuff I record using this method. I mostly use > it for things with unpredictable dynamics, such as stuff going on in a > room, or recording things that have really long gaps in them so as not > to waste hard drive space. plus, the re-arm after recording > checkbox gets unchecked. So, once something drops below -10DB for 5 > seconds, it stops recording and doesn't start again. Pretty crappy for > defaults if you ask me... > > Also, in order to get better use the automatic threshold feature, you'll need > to use it with the record buffer feature in order to make sure you don't > miss anything prior to when anything goes at or above the threshold, and > thus, starts recording. Otherwise, it will just kind of "click" in. This > is a problem with just about anything that does this, but fortunately > sound forge does have the buffer to compensate, and it works pretty well. > > _______________________________________________ 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] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
