At 07:25 PM 9/4/2005, Martyn Stewart wrote:
>You have to remember too, I believe Total recorder, records in 8 bit Mono?
Total Recorder records a full range up to CD quality, using WMA MP3=
Ogg Vorbis or whatever codecs you have in your system. I'm not sure which =
codecs come with TR itself. I already had Windows Media Player version 10 l=
oaded, and the LAME MP3 codecs as well. It's possible that TR simply recogn=
ized them and offered them to me as recording options.
The limit is the soundcard. I too would like to hear about laptop s=
ound cards/attachments. I have the M-Audio Transit and I simply cannot make=
it work properly. I don't know whether it's driver trouble, USB conflict t=
rouble, USB bandwidth trouble, conflicts with the built-in card or what, an=
d I've tried *everything*. I'd advise anyone else thinking of buying one to=
make sure it gets tested within the return-to-store time limit.
-- Chuck
PS: I've had so much trouble on the playback side I have not tried =
to record with it. It claims to accept PIP mics in the line/mic input, but =
when it's just one input circuit I suspect one would need a preamp to maxim=
ize quality.
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Chuck Bragg, Pacific Palisades, CA
Membership, Newsletter, Web manager
Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society
www.smbas.org
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