Lang Elliott wrote:
> 1. Is Cool Edit 2000 his best option for basic audio editing? Or is there
> some other software that would be better in the less-than-$100 range??
That appears to be best choice, or at least most popular.
> 2. What kind of CD burner should he purchase? Would it be best to replace
> the current internal drive with another IDE drive that allows for the
> burning of data? Or would it be best to purchase an outboard "USB"
> CD-burner??
The thing to note here is that I've read that Dell has a lot of
proprietary stuff in their computers. He'd definitely want to find out
from Dell about changing the CD. He might have to buy the replacement
from Dell. That's why they make the stuff special. If it's ok to do so
then the internal is a nicer way to go.
USB CD-Burner's seem to work fine. I'm a luddite and prefer SCSI for
this sort of thing. That's very reliable.
His big problem is going to be with only 2 gigs of HD space he's going
to be real short. Probably better think about a much larger HD. Editing
just one CD will take close to half his HD space.
> 3. For sound-in from the DAT, we are considering two options. One of his two
> Sony DAT recorders has s/pdif out, and perhaps the USB-based Edirol UA-1D
> would be a good option for this, but, unfortunately, he has lost the special
> s/pdif output cable necessary for this transaction. We are checking to see
> if we can buy a replacement cable.
>
> 4. Alternatively, he could use the line-out jacks from the Sony DAT, and
> then input into his computer using the USB-based Edirol UA-1A intput, which
> would re-digitize at 44.1 kHz. This would probably be adequate for his uses.
Pretty much his choice on these two. Analog, as long as you have the
grounding good is fine.
Note in using a USB based input that his sound output will get routed to
it. I've explained this problem before. So make sure whatever you get in
the way of USB input has a headphone connection to monitor traffic both
ways. That's how I use my Roland UA-30.
On the Aiff files, you might be better if you can to simply save them as
.wav for him. I could not find in the Cool Edit pages where it reads
Aiff. Claims to read multiple formats but that's all I could find on the
2000 version.
Walt
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