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Re: Minidisk data transfer and bat recordings

Subject: Re: Minidisk data transfer and bat recordings
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Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 15:17:38 +0100 (MET)
Walt wrote:

> I really think that copying all that large amount of recording into the
> computer is not the way to go. It's going to eat hard disks like mad,
> and will use time that it's not necessary to use. You are much better
> standardizing on a system where the initial sort is done by listening to
> the recording on the original medium and only selectively transferring.
> Best if you have people who can do the selective transfers on the fly as
> they listen.

This is what I usually do. Additionally, I'm simultaneously watching the
real-time spectrographic display on the computer. The software I use does n=
ot
save the data immediately onto the harddisk. It just streams the incoming a=
udio
data into a temporary circular RAM buffer and displays its spectrographic
representation on the screen. Once I have recognized a sound event that I w=
ant
to keep, I press a button and can save that section explicitly onto the
harddisk.

Regards,
Raimund

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