Re: Soft Synth Question.

2006-09-10 Thread Arnaud de Bonald
for classical music, you need a real bood piano such as synthogy hyvory or native instr piano, or steinberg piano, etc. etc. there are also paying giga studio sound font, such as bigas giga steinway grand piano, etc. they sound pretty good in my opinion too. for a more pop oriented usage, the p

Re: Soft Synth Question.

2006-09-10 Thread Jim Noseworthy
Hi Gang: Can anyone recommend a good accessible keyboard controler? Thanks all over the place gang. - Original Message - From: "Arnaud de Bonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 6:59 AM Subject: Re: Soft Synth Question. > for cla

Re: Replay AV and TV tuner cards.

2006-09-10 Thread TrueBlue
Arthur, thanks for this, I'll give the prog a go. Any hints/tips, you can provide, on configuring and using the program with a screen reader Jaws?. Billy - Original Message - From: "Arthur Barney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 5:

Re: Replay AV and TV tuner cards.

2006-09-10 Thread Arthur Barney
Hi TrueBlue, works with Jaws out of the box. Arthur Barney - Original Message - From: "TrueBlue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 8:27 AM Subject: Re: Replay AV and TV tuner cards. > Arthur, thanks for this, I'll give the prog a go. >

Re: Replay AV and TV tuner cards.

2006-09-10 Thread Jim Noseworthy
For those who wan't to know: RePlay AV definitely does not work with tuner cards. Cheers. - Original Message - From: "TrueBlue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 9:27 AM Subject: Re: Replay AV and TV tuner cards. > Arthur, thanks f

MMS?

2006-09-10 Thread Dana S. Leslie
In a URL such as: mms://helix1.argo.uwf.edu/wm/wuwf1.wma I gather the "MMS" refers to an alternative messaging protocol called Multimedia Messaging System, originally designed for cellular phone networks. But can anyone explain why all the URLs using the MMS protocol seem to open Windows Media P

Media laptops

2006-09-10 Thread Brandon Hicks
Hi all, A couple friends have just gotten HP Pavilion laptops. They came with the ability to start up and play DVDs but not boot entirely. My question is can that feature be added to any laptop? Like is it a particular type of bios and having the quickplay program, or is it something in the har

Re: Setting up internet Radio Station, with Shoutcast, Ice Cast, and other servers on personal web site o

2006-09-10 Thread Steve Matzura
Firstly, 250k bandwidth is grossly insufficient. Figure you'll want to broadcast at a minimum of 56kbps, rounded up, call it 64. That means you'll only have two, maybe three more blocks of 64kbps bandwidth to let others listen to your station. Of course, if choose not to stream live, that's anothe

Why the iPod is losing its cool

2006-09-10 Thread Kelly Pierce
The iPod lost its cool for me when I read the Sunday Mirror expose a few weeks ago. The story told of a place it called Ipod city where 200,000 people work and live with factories, dormitories, restaurants, grocers, and health clinics. It even has its own transit system. The article said wor

Re: If you had to buy a mp3 player today

2006-09-10 Thread Nick G
What i'm saying, Sarah, is not to even bother with an IPod at all. Do the EBay thing, they're working on RockBox for the IRiver IFP700-series - Original Message - From: "Sarah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 9:06 PM Subject: Re: I

Re: Why the iPod is losing its cool

2006-09-10 Thread Nick G
Death to the IPod, thank you very much...That's one device I really hate, and the thing about using chinese workers in those conditions...well...May explain, for instance, why IPod Nanos break in half. - Original Message - From: "Kelly Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, Septe

Re: Wh not the same media player.

2006-09-10 Thread Anders Holmberg
HellO! Well i have done that but when hitting links for streams which used to be played by foobar windowsmedia plays them instead. To me its really frustrating. /Andewrs. - Original Message - From: "Arthur Barney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Saturday, Septe

Re: Setting up internet Radio Station, with Shoutcast, Ice Cast, and other servers on personal web site o

2006-09-10 Thread Brent Harding
Well, the bandwidth on hosting sites is usually measured by a monthly rate. You would need a lot of gigs of bandwidth a month to stream. - Original Message - From: "Steve Matzura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 11:46 AM Subject: Re:

Re: Why the iPod is losing its cool

2006-09-10 Thread John Moore
Do they really? I had no idea they broke. What a crappy device. And the way they treat those workers is wrong. I gave up on trying to use IPod Shuffle and now just use a satellite radio. On 9/10/06, Nick G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Death to the IPod, thank you very much...That's one device I re

Re: Setting up internet Radio Station, with Shoutcast, Ice Cast, and other servers on personal web site o

2006-09-10 Thread David La Caille
and what is his address Jeff "The Ultra Guy" Harris and his fine suite of > > servicesDavid Come check me out on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/highenergyfm or take a listen http://www.live365.com/stations/highenergyfm >From: "Brent Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "PC audio disc

Re: Why the iPod is losing its cool

2006-09-10 Thread tj
with regard to that, that article is horidly out of date, that information came out last spring, and apple since investigated and inforced better working condissions oin the factory, which is one thing i must give them credit for, as apple has been notably proactive on employee rights. A 50

Setting Up internet stations on Web Site

2006-09-10 Thread Jardata Mail Services
Hello Steve! In your response to my question about setting up internet stations on a web site, you mentioned a service provided by a guy name "Jeff Harris", the Ultra Guy (or Checkman), who has a suite of services along the lines I am talking about. If possible, could you give me the URL to hi

Re: Setting Up internet stations on Web Site

2006-09-10 Thread Chris Skarstad
hi. Check out Jeff Haris, the ultra guy at http://www.ultrahost.us He has very affordable rates on everything from Shoutcast servers, to domain registrations and dedicated servers for websites. Jeff's a good guy. At 05:44 PM 9/10/2006, you wrote: >Hello Steve! > >In your response to my ques

Re: Why the iPod is losing its cool

2006-09-10 Thread Doc
how did you varify this information? ** I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it robert Doc Wright http://www.wrightplaceinc.net msn [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Kelly Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, September

Realplayer, to install or not to install

2006-09-10 Thread Lynn Schneider
Having a very strong interest in hurricanes and severe weather events, I would like to take advantage of the live coverage from http://www.hurricanecity.com. However, this requires that I install Real Player on my PC. Considering the fact that the installation of Real Player on my previous ho

Re: Realplayer, to install or not to install

2006-09-10 Thread Arthur Barney
Hi Lynn, don't install RealPlayer, I have send an alternative Player to your e-mail. Arthur Barney - Original Message - From: "Lynn Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 8:00 PM Subject: Realplayer, to install or not to install > Having a very strong intere

RE: Realplayer, to install or not to install

2006-09-10 Thread Tim Grady
It wasn't Realplayer that messed up your system, it was probably you. I haven't seen anything like what you are talking about in at least 5 years. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lynn Schneider Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 8:00 PM To

RE: Realplayer, to install or not to install

2006-09-10 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Lynn, I have installed RealPlayer on many systems and never seen a negative consequence, at least not for many years. There was a time back in the late 90s where RealPlayer did install certain things that some customers objected to. Those days are long behind them. The install allows you to have

3GP player?

2006-09-10 Thread Brandon Hicks
Hi all, I ran across an MP3 player that plays 3GP stuff. Is that an audio format? I remember CD extractor 9.0 could convert to it, but I'm not really sure what it is. Anyone help? Thanks Brandon ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more...

Re: 3GP player?

2006-09-10 Thread Steve Pattison
For information about the 3GP format go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3GP. At 11:49 AM 11/09/2006, you wrote: >I ran across an MP3 player that plays 3GP stuff. Is that an audio >format? I remember CD extractor 9.0 could convert to it, but I'm not >really sure what it is. Anyone help? Regards St

computer tutorials

2006-09-10 Thread Chris Judd
If this is off topic for this list, I apologize and will not repost it. I thought by the description of this group that this may be of interest to members. Tutorials Please feel free to distribute the following to other lists and friends you think might be interested and have them e-mail me

need help with MP3 Splitter & Joiner

2006-09-10 Thread K4NKZ Jim Ardin
hi, I need some help with MP3 Splitter & Joiner! someone on 1 of these list tolled me about this program, and I can't get it to work right! who ever tolled me about this program, would you please email me off lists if you think you can help me use it right! the only thing I am trying to do is: lo

Re: Why the iPod is losing its cool

2006-09-10 Thread Kelly Pierce
the original report can be found here: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17226460&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=welcome-to-ipod-city--name_page.html If that url can't be selected because it is too long. type the phrase "mirror welcome to ipod city" into google without the quotations.

Re: Realplayer, to install or not to install

2006-09-10 Thread Kelly Pierce
Jonathan, I would agree. I have tried the alternatives and they don't play all the possible Real Player streams available at the high sound quality that Real Player offers. I just installed Real Player on a new computer about a month ago. It is important to pay very close attention when insta

Re: MMS?

2006-09-10 Thread David Tanner
I have a question to add to this question. Our radio reading service "Minnesota Radio Talkingbook" has a link on its' webpage that will let one listen to the service on a live stream. Because it uses a MMS earl a person using a PacMate or any other PDA using Windows Mobile cannot listen to thi

Winamp Upgrades Question

2006-09-10 Thread Wes Derby
Hello. I uninstalled and reinstalled Winamp, and am still having the same issues with CD's as I described a couple weeks ago (regarding playing and ripping). Other programs play the CDs fine without the crash, and CDEX will rip my CDs (but it's slower than Winamp Pro). I don't know if upgradi

Re: Realplayer, to install or not to install

2006-09-10 Thread Fazil M.
I am still using old RealPlayer Plus who has been faithfully serving me for the last 6 or 7 long years. I have not upgraded since then under the concern of non-accessibility or less or limited accessibility with Jaws 7.0 and Windows-XP-Home. How much am I behind and which version of Realplayer

Re: If you had to buy a mp3 player today

2006-09-10 Thread Sarah
but the IRiver is not accessible at all. at least tha'ts hwaht I'vee heard. - Original Message - From: "Nick G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 11:28 AM Subject: Re: If you had to buy a mp3 player today What i'm saying, Sarah, is not

Re: Realplayer, to install or not to install

2006-09-10 Thread Dana S. Leslie
Air America Radio can be heard via the following stream, which opens only in WMP, but will also play in Realplayer or winamp if entered in their respective address bars: mms://rx-lvl3-pa15.rbn.com/farm/*/airam/airam/wmlive/live.asf If anyone knows of a way to get streams using the MMS protoco

RE: Why the iPod is losing its cool

2006-09-10 Thread André van Deventer
I must agree. It sounds like some kind of a horror story ... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doc Sent: 11 September 2006 01:24 AM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: Why the iPod is losing its cool how did you varify this info

Re: Why the iPod is losing its cool

2006-09-10 Thread Dana S. Leslie
No more so than the well-documented cases of virtually enslaved textile workers in the *American* Marianas. If you don't know about/believe these latter, consult Google. - Original Message - From: "André van Deventer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" Sent: Monday,