Recording from audio tapes
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Defragmenting the HD before a direct to disk recording may help - or using a second HD or partition which is kept clean and/or defragged.
Some suggest that you disable write-behind caching if recording to HD, as it makes the throughput less bursty - the option is under System, Performance, File System, troubleshooting - in win9x - not sure where you'd find it in XP.
Sound recorder records to RAM, and can be persuaded above 1 minute by recording 1 minute, then copy/pasting to increase the length, then recording over it - not sure if it'll break if you end up using swapfile instead of physical RAM though, it probably won't be pretty!
Some suggest that you disable write-behind caching if recording to HD, as it makes the throughput less bursty - the option is under System, Performance, File System, troubleshooting - in win9x - not sure where you'd find it in XP.
Sound recorder records to RAM, and can be persuaded above 1 minute by recording 1 minute, then copy/pasting to increase the length, then recording over it - not sure if it'll break if you end up using swapfile instead of physical RAM though, it probably won't be pretty!
He he.scarecrow said:
I've done a lot of recording of tape to disk, and never had
the problems you mention.
Most often I use CoolEdit Pro, simply for the ease with which
I can clean out tape hiss or other noises once I'm done.
In other audio work, you can get clicks and/or crackling in
audio, particularly during recording, if audio buffer sizes
are too large for your system.
Check in your audio card settings and/or whatever program
your using to record, see if it allows for changing buffering
settings. If it does, lower it a notch or two, and those clicks
should go away. If you're using a recent model hard-drive,
just recording to that, in itself, shouldn't be causing your
problem.
the problems you mention.
Most often I use CoolEdit Pro, simply for the ease with which
I can clean out tape hiss or other noises once I'm done.
In other audio work, you can get clicks and/or crackling in
audio, particularly during recording, if audio buffer sizes
are too large for your system.
Check in your audio card settings and/or whatever program
your using to record, see if it allows for changing buffering
settings. If it does, lower it a notch or two, and those clicks
should go away. If you're using a recent model hard-drive,
just recording to that, in itself, shouldn't be causing your
problem.
jorel
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sorry my poor english ..domer said:
but if i understand you got
"EAC I became clicks sometimes"
means that the programs is clicking the sound?
if yes,i ask:
did you "over" the cpu?
when my pc was an old 200mmx,i "turbo" the cpu and got tons of clicks when was recording from line in.
then i return to normal way and the problem is gone!
jorel
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domer, check the temperature of the cpu.
the program to clean and rec:
two friends in another forum ask me about a program that remove the "hiss" from tapes.
i have one fantastic but don't remember the name and it's on one of my (little lots) cds.
i try to remember the name for more than a week.
....can't remember but i will find!
the prog rec to hd or memory,
remove "hiss","humm" and clicks.
removing clicks is better using wave corrector cos don't remove the treble,only the clicks.
wait a few days and i try to find in what cd are this,ok?
the program to clean and rec:
two friends in another forum ask me about a program that remove the "hiss" from tapes.
i have one fantastic but don't remember the name and it's on one of my (little lots) cds.
i try to remember the name for more than a week.
....can't remember but i will find!
the prog rec to hd or memory,
remove "hiss","humm" and clicks.
removing clicks is better using wave corrector cos don't remove the treble,only the clicks.
wait a few days and i try to find in what cd are this,ok?