[sdiy] Sound recording softs part II

[mikko.a.helin at nokia.com]

If there are PCI slots use them for soundcard.
-Mikko

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext harrybissell [mailto:harrybissell at prodigy.net]
> Sent: 01 September, 2003 19:35
> To: music.maker at gte.net
> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Sound recording softs part II
> 
> 
> Hiya Scott...
> 
> Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
> 
> > 1816...  I think that's bad news.  I remember buying 3 cards at a
> > computer swap years ago.  Withing 6 months, all were DEAD.  
> I do remember
> > other herky jerky problems with them before they crapped the bed.  I
> > cannot remember the "brand name" of the cards, but I do remember the
> > chipset number.
> 
> I think mine is either an ACER FX-3D or the clone AOpen 
> FX-3D.  I got it for
> the
> right price, including the tiny leetle speakers (free).  It 
> works 'ok' but I
> have never asked
> it to record.  Maybe I'll try to get a soundblaster 16 or 
> something. Thanks
> for the tip.
> 
> H^) harry
> 
> >
> >
> > I'd get a different sound card.  The system isn't all that slow, it
> > should work with a decent card, especially if you don't have other
> > programs running (I also do a fresh boot for these things).
> >
> > harrybissell <harrybissell at prodigy.net> wrote:
> > >Hello Obi Wan Kenobi(s)
> > >
> > >Thanks for the tips. So far I'm still a non starter.  I downloaded
> > >both Audacity and Emagic "LogicFun" (which does indeed look
> > >like fun).
> > >
> > >Audacity seems to look pretty good, but I can only reach 16kbit
> > >stereo before the stuttering sets in.  I have disabled 
> everything in
> > >sight (all background progs, virus scan, etc...). I tried disabling
> > >Windows virtual memory (to no avail).
> > >
> > >I am able to use this machine to read and burn CDs so it seems its
> > >not TOO dog-slow. But no luck with this sound card (yet).
> > >
> > >The card shows up in win98 as an Analog Devices 1816 chipset.
> > >
> > >The hard drive is big, but has a bios emulation to allow the drive
> > >to be partitioned to larger than the standard Opti-viper 
> bios allows.
> > >I figure not to try and update the bios... might as well throw the
> > >machine
> > >out because it'll get screwed up for sure (even if I knew 
> how to do it).
> > >
> > >It has 96M of memory...
> > >
> > >Anyone have any more good ideas or tricks... I'd like to 
> keep this dog
> > >going
> > >for a while... its good for everything else I run.  I 
> might consider
> > >another soundcard,
> > >but most modern units require WAY more resources than I've got :^P
> > >
> > >thanks for not laughing out loud :^P
> > >
> > >H^) harry
> > >
> >
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