[sdiy] Sound recording program advice ???

[Mike Brown]

Hi Harry,
hmmmm... well I think what I would suggest is a program called 'CoolEdit'.
There is a share/freeware version, which works very well (only missing some
of the more sophisticated features, I think).

I used to use this on one of my old machines (maybe a 486-100?), so it
should work OK for you.  I'd look on the net for an older version to keep
the system overhead down.

good luck!
Mike Brown

----- Original Message -----
From: "harrybissell" <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 10:23 AM
Subject: [sdiy] Sound recording program advice ???


> Hiya all...
>
> I want to record some old tapes from cassette to .wav using my sound
> card.
>
> Now this is a crippled legacy machine, 6X86-133MHz processor, and a 16
> bit soundblaster clone card (AD1816 controller).  So I nned something
> really
> low in system overhead.
>
> I can use the Win98 resident sound recording device to get about 28 sec
> of glorious 44.1K 16 bit stereo, without glitches.  Doing this with some
> of the
> other programs I've tried causes terrible glitches, stuttering.
>
> I'm looking for some reasonable freeware or shareware program... Nice if
> it worked
> with Exact Audio Copy, which I'm using now, but who cares ???
>
> Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope....
>
> (replies that suggest I get a life / new machine will be greeted with
> what we expatriates
> of New York call a "Bronx Cheer" :^)
>
> H^) harry