Re: TECH: software for recording your voice

Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
>
> On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Sally Caves wrote:
> > It took about forty seconds.  Yes, it's beautiful.  Now I've heard
> > Lamay Narenmen spoken as Boudewijn meant it to be!  I just can't hear
> > your instrumental music, B.
> >
>
> Forty seconds! You've got a good, fast link! I'm currently without
> easy access to midi sounds, too: my synthesizer is in Irina's computer,
> and the soundcard in my computer is - well, if I'd known beforehand, I
> would have bought another one!
This morning it was only 20 seconds!
>
> >
> > I don't have the canyon.mid.  So I guess I've been had.  But I bought a
> > very basic computer with Windows 98 already preloaded.  For a very
> > reasonable price.  Is that what they want me to download when I get that
> > warning message? "Canyon.mid"?
> >
>
> No, Canyon.mid is the standard midi sound file included in all full
> installations of Windows, so people can test whether their computer works
> according to specs - Microsoft has decreed that every computer must be
> able to play wave and midi files. It's quite possible that your setup is
> too basic for that - is it a real brand computer or a clone put together
> by a local shop?
It was put together by a very reputable local shop.  I prefer that to
getting a Compaq for $999 dollars that you can't add anything to.  And
it was cheaper than a Dell.


>
> Just another type of sound file - this is software, which means there
> are literally dozens of ways of doing something, some rather clever,
> others rather basic, and mp3 is a clever way of storing good quality
> sound in little space.
Hmmm.  Maybe I'll download the winamp with player and producer.  But
my screen is getting pretty filled up.

>
> What I really want to recommend to you is getting a copy of _Web Design
> in a Nutshell_, by Jennifer Niederst, published by O'Reilly - she has
> a very thorough discussion of audio formats, much clearer than I can write
> it, and Irina and I find this book indispensable when doing up our web
> stuff. It's available from Amazon.(In my opinion O'Reilly is the only
> publisher of computer-related books who produce books that are worth
> the money.)
I have a wonderful book called USING HTML 4, which promotes Paint Shop
Pro
as its graphics designer, something I think I'll buy, on Taliesin's
recommendation.  Let's see: what does it promote for sound?  Doesn't
have
much on sound.  I got this in 1998, but it's been a dynamite book.  I
taught myself how to design webpages using this book.  But it's
deficient
on the audio part.

Sally