Re: Olympus ds-50

2009-02-24 Thread tickpub
Ok, I use the Olympus 40, the only difference is in the capacity. But, the speaker works fine for me and I am sure that there might be an improvement on the 50. My ears ain't all that good now days but the sound quality is good. I listen to music and to many articles, you can turn it up pretty loud

Re: The New Netbooks

2009-02-24 Thread David Tanner
One thing I noted on the 4 netbooks that I have worked with is that most of them do not have a MP3 encoder. So, if you plan to use Goldwave or another editor that does not include a MP3 encoder you will need to download and install one. I installed the latest Lame and all is well since doing t

Fw: audacity?

2009-02-24 Thread Robert doc Wright
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Re: nero8 help please

2009-02-24 Thread Sunshine
the start smart is accessible from what i can tell - Original Message - From: "Dan Kerstetter" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:46 AM Subject: RE: nero8 help please First of all, you don't want to use the smart start. It's not very accessible.

mp3 plug in

2009-02-24 Thread Roger Stewart
Someone said something about a plug in for GoldWave that will allow it to edit mp3 files without converting them to any other format and thus avoiding any loss of quality when editing. Can someone please give me the link to get this plug in? Thanks. B B Roger Jonathan Mosen List Founder

Re: WMP 11

2009-02-24 Thread Gary Petraccaro
Thanks, I'll try that. - Original Message - From: Gary Schindler To: PC Audio Discussion List Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:58 AM Subject: Re: WMP 11 switch it to classic mode. I think this should fix it for you. - Original Message - From: "Gary Petraccar

Re: RSS feeds

2009-02-24 Thread Casey Mathews
I actually like the rss reader built into Internet explorer 7/8. hth - Original Message - From: "Kevin Wassmer" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 10:10 PM Subject: RSS feeds Hello folks. I am looking for a good RSS reader. Any recomendations out there? A

RE: Using a Bluetooth earpiece as a general PC headset

2009-02-24 Thread Lynn Schneider
David, I'm behind on my messages, so sorry if this has already been covered. Yes, there are a couple ways you could do this. I use the Plantronics Pulsar 590A, which is an over-the-head stereo headset costing about 100 bucks that comes with a universal adapter that hooks into any non-Blue Tooth ca

Re: The New Netbooks

2009-02-24 Thread Ken Buxton
Hello there Johnathan; You are aware of the prog Acrobat? well, if you happen to know wether or not this prog can aid in recording onto the pc, in mp3, preferrably,music on tape cassettes, from lps, Etc.,that is can I transferr from tapes, or lps, that would be marvelous. TXS for any suggestio

Re: The New Netbooks

2009-02-24 Thread Constantine
You can iether get one with a solid state drive - meaning it has no moving components - in 8 gb and 16 gb capacities. Then comes the hard drives with 120 gb and 160 gb at 5400 rpm, respectively. contact details: email: tcwoo...@shaw.ca and others msn: the_conman...@hotmail.com skype: the_co

RE: Olympus ds-50

2009-02-24 Thread Dave McElroy WA6BEF
There are three sensitivities and I've never found the need for being too close for recording. Good battery life too. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Ray Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:58 PM To: PC Audio Discus

Re: Olympus ds-50

2009-02-24 Thread Ray
I've never owned a DS50 but aren't there two or three different sensitivity settings on it? I believe there's a "conference mode" as well as dictation and possibly one other. Ray. audrey levine wrote: Hi Tim, I've been using the DS-50 for over a year. The speaker is fine, but you need

Re: Skype 3.8

2009-02-24 Thread Gary Metzler
Hi All, As an FYI you can find older versions of skype at: http://www.oldversion.com they have versions going back as far as version one. I hope this helps. - Original Message - From: "Arthur Barney" To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 4:11 PM Subject: S

Skype 3.8

2009-02-24 Thread Arthur Barney
If the person looking for Skype 3.8 can't find it, send me an e-mail, and I will send it to them. Address abar...@personainternet.com Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio

RE: Olympus ds-50

2009-02-24 Thread Dave McElroy WA6BEF
Sounds ok, but you'd be better off with headphones imho. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Martin, Tim A., NMDOT Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 9:34 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Olympus ds-50 I know thi

Re: Olympus ds-50

2009-02-24 Thread audrey levine
Hi Tim, I've been using the DS-50 for over a year. The speaker is fine, but you need to place the recorder very close to the person who is speaking into it. I use it primarily for having people give me their contact info, and then put the info on my Braille Lite. Once in awhile, I use

Re: The New Netbooks

2009-02-24 Thread Robert Logue
Thanks Rick. I listened to that podcast. Found it quite helpful. Think the Asus responds much better than my desktop.. Didn't notice any hiccups and long pauses. Aaron sure was loading up the system with processes. Playing audio games wile recording and processing noise in Goldwave is impr

Olympus ds-50

2009-02-24 Thread Martin, Tim A., NMDOT
I know this has been covered in the past, but can someone tell me how the little speaker on the ds-50 recorder sounds. I don't need perfect sound, just need to hear what I've recorded. I need something for simple voice recordings with a built-in speaker so I don't have to use head-phones. Someon

RE: nero8 help please

2009-02-24 Thread Dan Kerstetter
First of all, you don't want to use the smart start. It's not very accessible. That having been said, what problems are you having with Nero Burning ROM? I'm using version 8 and don't seem to have any problems. Dan -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio

RE: Is it possible to edit video?

2009-02-24 Thread Blackwell, Clifford
It really does work well. Try the "Ad Dective" feature for finding and deleting ads more or less automatically. If you need help with it, write back off list. Good luck. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of John Gu

Vista Sound TuTutorial

2009-02-24 Thread Morey Worthington
Hello all. A while back there was a link to a tutorial about using Windows Vista and its recording properties and the troubles within. It was done using Jaws and Vista Home Premium. Any thoughts on where I may find it? I tried the Blind Geek Zone but not there, but was pretty sure it was there,

RE: Is it possible to edit video?

2009-02-24 Thread John Gurd
I just tried the trial of the TV suite version of the program and it appears surprisingly accessible. The keyboard shortcuts let me do some rough cuts and navigate in the file. It's quite expensive at $75 but I think I'll go for it. Thanks for the tip. John -Original Message- From: pc-au

RE: The New Netbooks

2009-02-24 Thread Judy W
Does anyone know what speech chip they use? Judy -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of David Edick Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 3:10 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: The New Netbooks If there was a

Re: WMP 11

2009-02-24 Thread Gary Schindler
switch it to classic mode. I think this should fix it for you. - Original Message - From: "Gary Petraccaro" To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 2:25 AM Subject: WMP 11 I've just installed WMP 11 and can't figure out how to play a movie and how to rip a

Re: The New Netbooks

2009-02-24 Thread Rick Alfaro
There is a podcast that someone did on the Asus 904ha. You can find it at www.blindcooltech.com. Just do a search for Asus on the main page and you should find it. Although the podcast wasn't put together all that well, you can see the netbook in action, using GoldWave for recording and proc

Re: The New Netbooks

2009-02-24 Thread Rick Alfaro
Just to add to this a bit, the Asus EEE pcs also use the RealTek sound. My particular model the 904ha can also go up to 7 hrs plus with screen brightness turned all the way down. It has a 6 cell battery and the Asus Hy bread engine also offers a super turbo mode that will over-clock the Atom.

Re: The New Netbooks

2009-02-24 Thread Gary Schindler
all the issues you bring up can be addressed quite nicely. you can buy plug and play sound cards for audio work. you can get USB cd burners that run off the buss and you can buy USB keyboards if you like. instead of a 72 RPM hard drive they usually have a 54 rpm speed. now it is up to me to choo

Re: The New Netbooks

2009-02-24 Thread Gary Wood
I was wondering if I should post about netbooks, but I thought that since many seem to be using them, and like the portability, I thought that maybe PC audio may be exactly the things people might be using them for. I'm sorry, Tom, if this may be off topic, but that may have been my only reason

Re: The New Netbooks

2009-02-24 Thread Gary Wood
Anders! How many gigs of memory does the harddrive have? - Original Message - From: "Anders Holmberg" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 2:21 PM Subject: SV: The New Netbooks Hello! Actually i have an asus eee pc. Its quit good i think. It starts very f

Re: The New Netbooks

2009-02-24 Thread Saqib
Hi. I have the NC10 and I do not get as much as 5 hours on a full charge. I have disabled the musical screen saver and dimmed the screen. Even then I still get around 5 hours. - Original Message - From: "David Tanner" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 3:4

nero8 help please

2009-02-24 Thread alan pollard
Hi Listers, after useing nero burning rom 5.5 basics,without many problems,t I have recently installed :Nero 8,and have to admit i am at a loss to get either the :smart start or Nero burning rom opsion to allow me to Burn mp3 Audio files from the Hard Drive to a blank cd r disk. .could someone

RE: The New Netbooks

2009-02-24 Thread Tom
Please folks, this is not the place to discuss and give general reviews of hardware or software when not related to audio. If you want to discuss using audio related hardware or software on a netbook that's fine, but please do not make posts dealing with memory, processor speed keyboard etc.

RE: The New Netbooks

2009-02-24 Thread David Edick
If there was a need for a CD-ROM, connect one via USB. Make sure you find one that is capable of being a boot device. /David -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary Wood Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 11:25 PM To: PC

WMP 11

2009-02-24 Thread Gary Petraccaro
I've just installed WMP 11 and can't figure out how to play a movie and how to rip a cd. Are there tutorials on either? Thanks. Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-uns

Re: The New Netbooks

2009-02-24 Thread Gary Wood
Hi Stephen! Maybe we could keep the keys the same size if we did some things: Maybe we wouldn't need the keypad. I don't know about the six-pack, and maybe get rid of the function keys. Of course, we would need the arrow keys, so other keys would have to substitute for the keys that would n