Re: Info for recording newbies (was: Cool Edit Users)

[Dan Dugan <>]

>What nature recordists almost universally use is a general purpose
>desktop computer with programming for processing sound. That's not a DAW
>to me, a DAW is a custom designed computer system specifically for sound
>processing alone, it's generally not even capable of more general use.
>It also has this characteristic of being for the deep pockets folks. I
>know it's become a fad to talk like you are using a DAW, but few are or
>need to.

It's customary to call any computer running sound editing software a 
DAW. It isn't pretentious, just common.

-Dan Dugan


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