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Re: Transferring files from HHb Portadisc to PC

Subject: Re: Transferring files from HHb Portadisc to PC
From: "1GDW" <>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:28:57 -0000
In the same area but using the wave out tab do you have your sound 
card listed?  Perhaps you should check the settings in devise order 
as well.
Gerald White  Muscatine, IA

--- In  Dana Blackmer 
<> wrote:
> Thanks Martyn and Greg.  After some more tinkering, I got it.  I 
still 
> can't get the Portadisc to play through the speaks when I'm 
recording from 
> it to the computer, but I can still listen to it through the 
speaker or 
> headphones of the Portadisc itself, which is fine with me.  The 
reason that 
> I wasn't recording anything in Audition is that I had to configure 
it so 
> that the Portadisc was the recording device (it was under 
Options>Device 
> Order).  Anyway, I've recorded a several tracks onto the computer 
now and 
> know just enough about Audition at this point to get myself into 
> trouble!  I'll have fun doing it anyway.
> 
> Dana
> 
> At 02:57 AM 8/22/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> >Martyn is right, it needs to be done in real time.  I'm not very
> >familiar with Audition but this should get you started.
> >
> >You have to open Audition, select the Portadisc as the souce (it
> >should show up as a sound card type device).
> >
> >Go into record mode in Audition, hit the record button in 
Audition,
> >then hit play on the Portadisc.  You should see levels on the 
Audition
> >meters.
> >
> >74 minutes later you should have you recording in Audition.
> >
> >Maybe someone who is more familiar with Audition can fill in the
> >blanks.
> >
> >Good luck,
> >--greg
> >
> >
> >
> >--- In  "Martyn Stewart" 
<>
> >wrote:
> > > Dana
> > >
> > > I don't believe you can up-load your files using the portadisk,
> >you
> >have to
> > > do it "real time"
> > > I use a Motu828 to do mine and I believe Walter Knapp uses a 
Roland
> >A30?
> > > Three is no facility to do this digitally.
> > >
> > > Martyn
> > >
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: 
> > >  On Behalf Of Dana 
Blackmer
> > > Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 6:41 AM
> > > To: 
> > > Subject: [Nature Recordists] Transferring files from HHb 
Portadisc
> >to PC
> > >
> > > With help from several of you, I have purchased my equipment 
and
> > > just finished my first recordings on my vacation, which sadly 
is
> >now
> > > over.  I now want to transfer my recordings from my Portadisc 
to my
> > > PC but haven't been able to do this.
> > >
> > > Here is a little info. on what's happening:
> > >
> > > I am using a PC that is running Windows XP.  When I connect the
> > > Portadisc to the PC using a USB cable, nothing happens.  The
> > > information in the Windows Control Panel tells me that the 
computer
> > > is recognizing the Portadisc, that it is enabled, and that it 
is
> > > working properly.  What little documentation there is on this 
in
> >the
> > > Portadisc's User's Guide makes it sound as though once the 
device
> >is
> > > plugged in, some software should run and walk me through the 
steps
> > > to transfer the files, but it doesn't.  I've checked the 
Microsoft
> > > web site for updated drivers on this device, but I'm told there
> > > aren't any.  I also have Adobe Audition 1.5 but am not sure if 
this
> > > can be used in transferring audio to the computer.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help me discover what I'm missing here?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Dana
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Microphones are not ears,
> > > Loudspeakers are not birds,
> > > A listening room is not nature."
> > > Klas Strandberg
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >"Microphones are not ears,
> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
> >A listening room is not nature."
> >Klas Strandberg
> >
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